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How to Avoid Cringey Communications

February 21, 2023

Just because you have a camera on your phone doesn’t make you a photographer. Please let your marketing and communications colleagues do their jobs.

Confessions of a Community College Dean

What Should a Required Civics Course Look Like?

February 21, 2023

Hint: it should draw on composition and public speaking.

Higher Ed Gamma

Does College Need to Be 4 Years?

February 20, 2023

Should colleges ditch the costly four-year straitjacket?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Boilerplate and AI

February 20, 2023

This almost certainly will happen again.

Learning Innovation

Why ‘The Guest Lecture’ Is This Year’s Must-Read Academic Novel

February 19, 2023

A sleepless night with Keynes while preparing to lecture on the economic possibilities for our grandchildren.

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Friday Fragments

February 17, 2023

Student hunger, ’90s memories and some thank-yous.

Learning Innovation

3 Questions With Marni Baker Stein, Coursera’s New Chief Content Officer

February 16, 2023

From university to ed tech.

Higher Ed Gamma

10 Ways to Prevent Cheating

February 16, 2023

Ten simple strategies to reduce academic dishonesty that don’t rely on students’ ethics.

Beyond Transfer

Seeking the Right Fit

February 16, 2023

Transfer guides as exploratory maps.

Confessions of a Community College Dean

‘Soft Money’

February 16, 2023

Predictability cuts costs.

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