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Your Advice for Online Learners?
Recently, I was asked what advice I'd give to a new online learner. What are the main things that an...
Global regionalism, interregionalism, and higher education
The development of linkages between higher education systems in a variety of ‘world regions’ continues apace. Developments in Europe, Asia...
Culture Law and Society of the Internet, Part I
[For Cornell's Summer Session I am teaching a six week course on the "Culture, Law and Politics of the Internet."...
Academic and Financial Officers
Sometimes I think I’ve been blessed. At my college, the academic and financial sides of administration work well together. This...
ABC's and Ph.D.'s: Chess
Every year the fourth grade math teacher at my daughter’s school teaches all the fourth grade students to play chess...
They Shoot the Intellectuals First
What happens when your scholarship is considered a crime? When the state tries to stop you? What do you do...
A Biography of Plastic
Plastic: A Toxic Love Story by Susan Freinkel A Challenge: Write down every object that you use in one day...
Advocacy and academe
Climate change. Energy supply. Economic activity. Employment. Public health. Water pollution. Species die-off. Penn State. Pitt. Cornell. Research. Public funding...