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A World Without Community Colleges
In the wake of yesterday’s post, which prompted notes from several alert readers reminding me that other states (such as...
Negotiate Like a Professor
Adam Fulton discusses how to get the best offer (and risks to avoid) for those going for first tenure-track job in a tough job market.
Humans and the Humanites
An instructor and a student share lessons they learned from a class in which university students taught Russian literature at a juvenile correctional facility.
TED: Swap "Education" for "Entertainment"
Should TED replace "Entertainment" with " Education"? Doesn't "Technology, Education, Design" make more sense than "Technology, Entertainment, Design"? Entertainment? We've...
Reno 911
With Wisconsin and Ohio getting most of the national attention lately, I’ve been struck by the amazing goings-on in other...
Is Changing Higher Ed Really Possible?
For all of my pie-in-the-sky musings about why you should blog, I have become increasingly troubled by a nagging feeling...
The next stage of assessment
For all of us as educators, the Lumina Foundation draft report on “The Degree Qualifications Profile” needs to be must...
Prepping for the Empty Nest
Both of Ben’s bands are taking off. His school jazz band is literally taking off in a little over a...