Betsy DeVos Bethune-Cookman Debacle
Do you think whoever thought this was a good idea will have a job in the fall?
Higher Education
Being a Caregiver with an Academic Career
How do you balance being an academic with being a new parent or caregiver?
Iowa Legislator Wants Game of Thrones Death Match for Academics
You may be smart, but are you tough enough to teach in Iowa?
Reply All Podcast Explores Racism at Colgate through Yik Yak
For more in-depth coverage and an update on how racism and Yik Yak currently converge at Colgate University, tune into the podcast from Reply All.
Hendrix College To Cover All College Costs for Arkansas Students
The college has announced a new program that will meet the financial needs of all Arkansas students, “who have a 3.6 or higher GPA and who have a 27 ACT or above or 1200 SAT (excluding Writing) or above.”
Business School, Disrupted | NY Times
The question: Should Harvard Business School enter the business of online education, and, if so, how?
College Tuition Cost: MSRP vs Discounted Deal
Somewhere, banging about my brain (we’ll call it the annoying-clips-of-movies region) there’s a scene with a woman who has a drawn out accent saying, “I never pay retail.” I imagine her smoking a cigarette and being generally disinterested in both the conversation and the act of smoking. I share this detail, because in the conversation about the costs of college and whether or not college is “worth it,” one thing that seems to get less play is how much college actually costs. Read More »College Tuition Cost: MSRP vs Discounted Deal
The Points Don’t Matter: MOOCs, Resumes, and Learning
“The Points Don’t Matter: MOOCs, Resumes, and Learning” by Derek Bruff. Apparently, employers are starting to assign value to the SoAs they see on job applicants’ resumes. Coursera is worried that if this continues, there will… Read More »The Points Don’t Matter: MOOCs, Resumes, and Learning
Link: Late March – the calm between two storms
My title, “The calm between two storms”, is designed to place the audience in a weird spot. Some will feel surprised, considering our own time to be one not of calm, but rapid change. Others will see themselves as having successfully weathered storms economic and/or technological, and not be delighted at the onslaught of new ones.
Link: We Need More EdTech, But Less Technology In The Classroom
Technology plays a primary role in my teaching, but I rarely turn on the computer that makes the classroom “smart.”