Too Big to Know is a surprisingly small book (around 200 pages - you can sample an excerpt at The Atlantic) that covers a lot of ground, touching on issues of interest to anyone who wonders where knowledge is headed and what shape it is taking in this unstable era. The subtitle, written in the elevator pitch style that is so popular with publishers these days, provides a hint of what's inside: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room is the Room.
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February 10, 2012 - 3:00am
The federal government could create small savings accounts for every newborn child, and change the equation on paying for college, write Reid Cramer and William Elliott III.
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February 9, 2012 - 3:00am
W. Joseph King and Michael Nanfito look to 18th-century Japan for a possible model for the future, non-institutional role of the professor.
February 8, 2012 - 3:00am
A new book series offers polemics against prominent figures -- including an influential academic turned politician. Scott McLemee casts his vote.
February 7, 2012 - 3:00am
Given the corrupting influence of rankings, there is no cause for surprise by what happened at Claremont McKenna, writes William D. Adams. What the incident should inspire is a collective stand.
February 6, 2012 - 3:00am
The gaming of citation index measures has Gaye Tuchman wondering about how professors value themselves and their work.
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Wick Sloane, who writes the Devil's Workshop column for Inside Higher Ed, has embedded himself at Bunker Hill Community College.
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GradHacker
February 9, 2012 - 10:50pm
The busy life of a grad student is often spent juggling multiple responsibilities from school, work and personal life. If you’re anything like me, you’re always finding yourself overcommitted to things and something has to drop to the wayside.
One of my goals has been to better manage my time and set up boundaries with my commitments. I’m not naturally a planner (big understatement!), but I’ve come to realize that if I’m not careful, things are just going to fall apart.
University of Venus
February 9, 2012 - 9:22pm
Academic conferences offer opportunities to test-run ideas before like-minded colleagues, to network, and to key into conversations within one’s discipline or specialization. For many academics, it’s an integral part of the job. In my University’s promotion system, considerable weight is given to presenting papers at academic conferences. Whether local, national or international, conferences provide venues for institutional promotion-- a chance to showcase research outputs from our little corner of the world.
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February 03, 2012
A techno-phobe professor at U of All People experiments with the iPhone's voice-activated assistant -- and the results aren't pretty. David Galef surveys the damage.
February 02, 2012
Historians look back at the 2008 election in a new book. Scott McLemee registers his impressions.
February 01, 2012
Michael Bérubé reflects on the first national meeting of an organization fighting for academics off the tenure track.
January 31, 2012
William Bradley considers how students treat professors these days, and how he treated the professors he revered in college.
January 30, 2012
While the administration should be praised for focusing on rising tuition rates, it needs to craft its policies with care, writes Robert J. Sternberg.
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