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Tolerance for Ambiguity
“That’s stupid.” As a professor, I gritted my teeth every time I heard a student say that. It was an...
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ABC's and PhD's: Part-timers
Joshua Kim wrote an interesting post in his blog on Monday about voluntary part-timers. His thesis is that part-time workers...
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Cheating, Plagiarism and Just Plain "Not-too-Bright" Students
We’ve discussed the notion of cheating several times here at the University of Venus, its ramifications, philosophical perspectives, and devices...
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The Arcade and the University
What will the university be like in 30 years? In 1981 I was 12 years old, growing up in Brookline...
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Tinker Toy Story II
Last week, I riffed on a controversy over a library organization restructuring that led to new positions being created, old...
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A world worthy of consideration
I just finished James H. Kunstler's novel, World Made by Hand. It's the tale of a small community near the...
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Reflections on accreditation: What's behind the curtain?
Accreditation is about as ambiguous a measure as anyone could imagine. Yet, being “accredited” has tremendous value in the academic...
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Purgatory
What if you could predict with confidence which prospective students would succeed in college and which wouldn’t? Apparently the University...