The-Awesomest-7-Year-Postdoc or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Tenure-track-faculty-life
Written by Radhika Nagpal and published on the Scientific American Guest Blog.
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July 22, 2013
Geeks and Non-Geeks: From Contraxioms to Collaboration in Higher Education
Written by Paul Glen and Maria McManus, and published by Educause. Information technology is disrupting colleges and universities, forcing them to reevaluate their missions, methods, and business models. Everyone knows…
June 6, 2013
First MOOC Accredited Degree: Masters in Computer Science at Georgia Tech
CrunchU, you're now below the fold. Georgia Tech teamed up with Udacity and AT&T to offer the first accredited masters degree in computer science through MOOCs. In terms of pricing,…
May 15, 2013
Will You Revamp Your Course This Summer?
Grades are posted. Gowns will be donned. Tassels will be flipped and faculty will move from teaching to summer projects. Fall 2013 is far away at this point, but summer…
May 10, 2013
Why MOOCs Are Hindering and Not Helping Higher Ed
Written by Debbie Morrison on her blog: Online Learning Insights.
May 9, 2013
‘An Open Letter to Professor Michael Sandel From the Philosophy Department at San Jose State U.’
Published in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
May 2, 2013
Supporting Faculty through Their Career Lifecycle
Over the weekend, I met Dr. Adrienne E. Christiansen and learned about the Jan Serie Center for Teaching and Scholarship at Macalester College. Dr. Christiansen is the center's director and spoke…
March 11, 2013
Hire Education: Fiscal Fallout for the Humanities
Jon Marcus spoke about the SHEF Report on Here and Now. He raised the question of education for the public good versus the private good and where we, in the…
March 7, 2013
Understanding AltAc
My blog post “Alt-Ac: Breathing Life into Libraries or Eroding the Profession?” made me realize I didn’t fully understand what those who self-identify as alternative academics mean when they use the term AltAc. So, I turned to Twitter and began asking questions. Based on the conversation, I guess I’m an alternative academic, though I’ve never thought about it in those terms.
February 20, 2013