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More Work Than Pay
If your college expects you to take on 12 months of work for 9 months of pay, what's a principled response? C.K. Gunsalus reviews the choices.
Storytelling
There's big money in applied narratology! Scott McLemee finds out too late to benefit from the bubble.
Ask the Administrator: Transferring to a Private College
A new correspondent writes: I have been away from the academic world for a while, and have been made an...
The Advantages of a 2,500 Slide PowerPoint Deck
I saw a great presentation today (on the brain and learning) where the speaker made wonderful use of PowerPoint. Some...
Effective Use of Chocolate aka How to Bribe Your Registrar
A good friend of mine claims that when he was an undergraduate, he always returned to school late, bearing a...
Catching Up
Hello, Readers! While I was on vacation, much has been going on in the national IT policy arena. I will...
Trying to focus
I'm currently attempting NOT to multi-task, given recent reports that increasing, device-facilitated (arguably, device-driven) high-frequency task-switching not only makes us...
Fixing Higher Ed
Many of the popular criticisms are off the mark, writes Henry F. Fradella, but real reforms are needed and possible.