Blogs

My mordant assessment, with a twist (and a P.S.).

Recently there's been more support for the need for - and payoff from - having schools focus more on the 'soft skills.'

The willingness to take risks.

4 observations.

Explaining graduate school to a six-year-old can be tricky.

Even in the age of the Internet, an effective university requires academic community. A neglected requirement of community is space — an actual physical space — where teaching staff and students meet.

Contradictory policies.

As we move toward open access to research, libraries will still need to help our communities navigate a complicated world of printed material, electronic subscriptions, and openly accessible knowledge.