Blogs

Elizabeth's April 25 post about Nick's uncertain academic future moved me strongly, in part because of the excellent writing and in part because we have had many of those nail-biting moments in Ben's history. He is one of those students who seems destined to give teachers TMJ; a gifted underachiever, as his mother was before him.

This is the season. Winter gray is replaced by the color of spring and the blank spots on my schedule are filled with more and more end of the semester, as well as end of the academic year, activities. Plus my school board activities also escalate as the Board works to provide a clear understanding of the proposed budget before the community votes and hopefully approves the budget.

What’s New at UVenus: Sarah Emily Duff at UVenus at the Guardian with Dispatches From South Africa: Making the Case...

My semester has ended with its usual whimper.

About a month ago, I decided I'd had my fill of the Silicon Valley tech blogs. I can't even remember what triggered it -- a thousand different blog posts, all saying the same thing about the latest iPad probably. So I unsubscribed to all the tech blogs in my feeds. And one month later...?

We have a grant-funded program designed to get students with severe educational deficits into basic skills programs, and then into “contextualized” remediation that leads into short-term employable certificates. The idea is to help folks who would normally be consigned to the economic margins to become employable at higher, if still fairly modest, levels.

Young women scientists leave academia in far greater numbers than men for three reasons. During their time as Ph.D. candidates, large numbers of women conclude that (i) the characteristics of academic careers are unappealing, (ii) the impediments they will encounter are disproportionate, and (iii) the sacrifices they will have to make are great.

How many non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) with edtech companies have you signed?