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Synthesizing 'The Gated City'
Why do you live where you live? Did you move for a job, a partners job, or for the location? Perhaps it is the schools? Avent, an economics correspondent for The Economist and primary contributor to the Free Exchange blog, thinks that the most powerful explanatory variable of location choice is housing prices.
Twitter, Screencasts, and Non-Traditional Students: 3 Lessons
This is a story about a professor who wanted his students to use Twitter to continue an in-class discussion. As...
"Race Against The Machine" vs. "The Great Stagnation"
Race Against The Machine is a 67 page count-argument to Tyler Cowen's excellent (128 page) The Great Stagnation.
"Change.edu": 3 Pros and 3 Cons
For-profit higher ed evangelists, agnostics, and critics should all read Change.edu. If you are inclined to see for-profit higher ed as a positive force for innovation in post-secondary education (as I am), then you will find much to like in Rosen's argument for the place of proprietary institutions in the higher ed ecosystem.
6 Reasons to Read 'Sakai: Free as in Freedom (Alpha)'
Sakai: Free as in Freedom (Alpha) by Chuck Severance comes at a particularly interesting time in evolution of the LMS ecosystem.
$248.49 On Books in 1 Hour: 5 Lessons
On 12/27/11, between the hours of 9:00 p.m/ and 10:00 p.m., I spent $248.49 on books.
The Quest is the Best Nonfiction Book of 2011
The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World by Daniel Yergin 2011 was a great year for...