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Destination Moon
Scott McLemee reviews Charles Pappas's One Giant Leap: Iconic and Inspiring Space Race Inventions That Shaped History.
Notes on Cynicism
Two flavors, one more troubling than the other.
FutureLearn or EdX for Uber Drivers
A random conversation from the airport.
'Digital Transformation' and the University
What might the convergence of cloud computing, big data, IoT, and AI mean for us?
Learning Why, Not How
Citing your sources matters, but teaching citation just muddies the waters for first-year students.
How Higher Ed Is and Is Not Changing
It’s time to reframe the question: Why is it so hard to innovate within higher education?
August Homework for College Leaders
Presidents, board chairs and other trustees should spend time now thinking about how best to prepare for potential crises that may arise in the fast-approaching new academic year, Margaret Dunning advises.
Defending Science Through Its Values
The myth that science should rely on proof or certainty is a view so harmful to scientific understanding that it only gives aid and comfort to climate-change deniers and others who attack it, argues Lee McIntyre.