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Google: Groupon? Not Blackboard?
Six billion for Groupon from Google would have been a stupid number. A stupid deal. Google got lucky that Groupon...
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Research Design in a Recession
My college is planning a major student survey for the Spring. We’re drawing up questions that we think could help...
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The Pumpkin Seed Principle
During October, November and December each year I tend to serve stuffed pumpkin four or five times. That means I...
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To Waive or Not to Waive
I am not in a position to gauge whether Cathleen P. Black should or should not be granted a waiver...
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Read Me
For several years during my early 20’s, I kept a journal that I called the “Read Me Journal.” There are...
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The Great Divide
When I was growing up, a vacation meant two weeks in Florida visiting my grandparents. Delray Beach, with its palm...
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Stephen Toope (UBC) on global challenges and the organizational-ethical dilemmas of universities
Editors' note: our sincere thanks to Stephen J. Toope, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of British Columbia, for his thought provoking...
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The Post-Modern MRS
The benighted “MRS” degree bore a particular meaning for my mother’s generation. Young women went off to college with minimal...