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The Academic Love Affair
Eliza Woolf wonders how the lure of the professorial career seduces so many unemployed or underemployed Ph.D.s.
Where the Streets are Paved with Crushed Candy
My sons and I didn’t drive three hours south over Memorial Day weekend to score candy; we went to see...
A Google / Microsoft Educational Content Platform?
The marvelous Barbara Fister writes in our discussion yesterday about my argument that Google should provide a syllabus platform: "…..I...
Math Geek Mom: Class Reunion
I have written in this column before about the concept of "opportunity cost." This topic from economics says that every...
Long Distance Mom: Oil and Water
The media and the sciences… They mix like oil and water. Commercial media seeks narrative personas, two-sided conflicts and attention-grabbing...
Higher Education's Big Lie
The notion that education, particularly a college degree, is the key to career success is a particularly American idea. It...
Syllabi Should Be Open
Every syllabus should be published, indexed, and freely available online. Where possible, the online syllabus should have these 5 traits...
Differing economies
The recent Memorial Day holiday was more than welcome. In truth, that's the case most years. Given that the last...