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Blowing cold air

One of the tactics Greenback would like to use to decrease our carbon footprint in the short term is to...

My Application, President of Williams

Wick Sloane's previous offers to lead Harvard, the University of Iowa and the U.S. Education Department have been for naught. This time his alma mater has an opening, and he lays out his ideas for running the prestigious liberal arts college.

Math Geek Mom: Learning to Learn

I attended a Montessori kindergarten, and so it was with great interest that I picked up a book recently outlining...

Long Distance Mom: Bridging Cultural Divides -- Across the Universe

For many of us, the political, social or cultural gaps we experience with our students may feel at times like...

The Assessment Impasse

To bury the debates about whether to measure student learning, higher education -- and the new education secretary -- should do the hard work of figuring out the higher skills that students should have, writes Merilee Griffin.

Man Bites Dog

My cc has been getting an unusual amount of local press attention lately. The press attention has been largely positive...

ABCs and PhDs: Little Hackers

It’s something every parent has experienced … the mournful cries of a sick child in the middle of the night...

The Mind on Fire

Ralph Waldo Emerson ... writing instructor? Scott McLemee signs up for a workshop with the sage of Concord.