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Stuck on Student Learning
As Measuring Up 2008 prepares to grade higher education progress on a variety of fronts, most states' efforts to gauge academic outcomes have stalled, writes Peter Ewell.
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Votes of No Confidence
(Happily, this isn't a concrete issue for me now. This just falls under "I've always wondered…") What are the rules...
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AASHE2008 - Monday, November 10
It doesn't make sense. Fourteen hours of mostly sitting around shouldn't leave me more tired (and certainly more stiff) than...
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Mothering at Mid-Career: Knitting
One of the things I do when I'm not teaching or preparing for class, not grading or cooking or working...
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College at 16?
An alert reader sent me a link to this story about New Hampshire. Apparently, the Granite State is considering funneling...
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Higher Education in the Age of Obama
Academics may need a reality check about what may and may not be possible in the new administration, writes Arthur Levine.
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AASHE2008 - On the road again
To save gas, money and GHG emissions, a number of us from the Backboro area shared a ride to AASHE...
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When HR Meets IT
Before Crazy Larry dropped out to play the train conductor in some holiday “experience” that we aren’t allowed to call...