Opinion

There is a function in math called the “Greatest Integer Function,” which assigns a value to every number that is the largest integer less than or equal to that number. For example, the numbers 1, 1.2 and 1.9 would all have a value of 1 for this function. As you can imagine, this leads to a graph that looks a lot like a set of stairs, and is the typical example used when describing what a “discontinuous” function looks like. I found myself thinking of this over the past week, as I watched my daughter move up a grade in school.

By Rosemarie Emanuele

What happened to me when I had a chance to meet one of my writing heroes.

By John Warner

Elizabeth Popp Berman considers the negative consequences of portraying the value of higher education primarily in terms of boosting the economy.

By Elizabeth Popp Berman

Congress and the White House are deadlocked over expensive ways to keep the interest rate low on some student loans for a year. Jason Delisle offers a long-term alternative that would help more students and cost the government nothing.

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I ventured onto campus today, something I rarely do. But I had research to conduct -- the sort of research that required a library with printed books, the sort of research I couldn't do online. (Shocking, I know.)

By Audrey Watters

In response to yesterday’s post about what college should cost, several people answered by saying something like “just add up what you need to provide a good education and divide by the number of students.” Which sounds reasonable enough, until you reflect on the word “need.”

By Dean Dad

A crisis in public higher education: coming soon to a university near you – if not already there.

By Margaret Andrews

Dean Dad kicked off a great discussion in his column yesterday asking "What Should a Year of College Cost?". His post, and the dialogue that followed, got me thinking about this question from an academic technology perspective.

By Joshua Kim