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Mothering at Mid-Career: Academic, Interrupted
This was supposed to be a post about service. I was struck that last week’s post didn’t receive many comments...
The White Man's Trick Bag
Its time for advocates for black colleges and black students to embrace statistics and metrics, writes Roy L. Beasley.
Consultation and Conflicts
This piece in the Washington Post -- sent along by a few alert readers -- inadvertently draws attention to one...
Adrian Sannier, Pearson's OpenClass Guru, Responds to IHE Community Questions
Before we get to OpenClass, and my re-posting Senior Pearson VP Adrian Sannier's answers about our IHE community OpenClass questions...
Sink or Swim
Colleges need to abandon the philosophy they use to justify doing little to help new faculty members, writes Kerry Ann Rockquemore.
Canons, Curricula, Numbers
When public university leaders kill programs in crucial disciplines on the basis of low enrollments, they distort the responsibilities of professors and administrators, writes Rebecca Gould.
Is higher education fit for the global urban era?
Our era of ‘global urbanization’ -- one where the majority of the world’s population now lives in ‘urban’ areas –...
Ask My Readers: Working With an Instructional Designer
Sometimes I take questions from readers, but today I have a question for you. My college will bring its first...