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Called It!
Apparently, Mt Hood Community College in Oregon is responding to a threatened faculty strike by threatening hire permanent replacements. I...
Math Geek Mom: Happily Ever After
In statistics we often talk about an idea of the “expected value.” By multiplying outcomes of something that involves uncertainty...
Mission Possible? Teaching Social Sciences to Engineering Students
I have been teaching Media and Art History courses to Engineering and Architecture students at a technical university for the...
Conflicted Expectations
Yesterday’s piece in IHE about traps that college presidents routinely fall into is well worth a read. It outlines several...
Long Distance Mom: Domestic Pathology
Todd Haynes’s adaptation of Hollywood noir writer James M. Cain’s novel, Mildred Pierce (1941) , premiered on HBO recently. Kate...
Academic employment - security (2)
A couple of folks wrote in response to my statement that tuition benefits for my children were a factor in...
Buying Blackboard: Thoughts on Questions from Casey Green
Casey Green's analysis of the news that Blackboard is in play is a must read. Unfortunately, my gut seems to...
ABC's and PhD's: Race to Nowhere
I had another blog planned, but I just got back from a presentation of the film “Race to Nowhere,” (see...