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Ask the Administrator: Marked for Life?
A new correspondent writes: This is something I have been thinking about for about 6 months, but your two columns...
Luck and the Ph.D.
The Economist makes a convincing case that pursuing a Ph.D. is, at best, irrational. In " The Disposable Academic" (12/16/10)...
What is a Course in Higher Ed?
My 200-level students last semester proposed or redesigned a university-level course for their final assignment.* They were allowed to make...
Rights and the General Welfare of Society
In response to my last blog, John commented very keenly. By the time I was finished with a rejoinder, it...
Learning to lead?
A recent post by David Roberts on Grist promises the top five stories of 2010 for "climate hawks" (Grist's new...
Funding Argentine universities
After a period of high growth between the 1993 and 1998, the Argentine economy underwent a significant slowdown that ultimately...
Bad News, Good News: Riding the RSS Roller Coaster
Browsing RSS feeds is always an adventure, yanking me around from dystopia to utopia as I go from one link...
A Good "School" Friend
Last week we had parent/teacher conferences for The Boy and The Girl. We’re lucky enough that parent/teacher conferences pretty much...