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The Patriot Act: Conclusion
[This blog entry is the last of the three devoted to reflections on the Patriot Act, ten years later, an...
A Student Loan Stimulus?
President Obama has proposed spending five billion dollars on building renovation at community colleges across America. It’s a nifty idea...
ABC's and PhD's: An important lesson from middle school math
For some unknown reason over the weekend, I felt compelled to check the electronic service that our school system uses...
First Year Focus-Understanding Student Choices
September is upon us and with the beginning of another academic year comes a fresh crop of undergraduate students jostling...
Listservs and the "Unsubscribe me" Meme
Initially, this post was going to be titled: "If you've ever sent "unsubscribe" to a listserv, please break the glass...
Google, Motorola, and Our Nationwide Bandwidth Market Failure
I've been mulling over the Google $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobile. The consensus on the rationale for the purchase...
International student mobility highlights in the OECD's Education at a Glance 2011
Education at a Glance 2011 was released today by the OECD. The report is replete with data about education systems...
Patriot Act: Technology and Jurisprudence
[This blog post is the second in a third on the Patriot Act article extract.] Because Internet communications are “electronic,”...