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What is a Blog Post?
“What’s the point of this?” “Poorly argued.” “This isn’t about anything.” Lee Skallerup I’ve read these comments at the bottom...
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You! Out of the Pool!
This kind of situation gives administrators fits, since there’s no easy answer. Let’s say a student is so disruptive in...
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Columbus Discovers Illinois
Columbus arrived triumphantly here in the Midwest this past week, dressed in his embroidered robes and that pincushion hat thing...
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Mothering at Mid-Career: Service and the Profession
I am on break right now. That is, my students are (mostly) at home or off on service trips or...
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EDUCAUSE 2011: 6 Things on My Mind
EDUCAUSE 2011 in Philadelphia is a week away! Are you going? What do you want to get out of the...
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#EDU11: Are You Going to Start-Up Alley at EDUCAUSE
The exhibit hall at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference is enormous. Higher education technology providers construct massive display booths to engage...
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Dual Use of Academia
“Dual use” is a term in my field, International Relations. Very simply put, it refers to the use of an...
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Cheating
Six students from a top Long Island high school each hired the same recent high school graduate to take the...