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A Defense of Textbooks
I like textbooks. I like to design courses around textbooks. How can I promote textbooks with one hand and open...
Living, learning, walking
In my perambulations of the internet, I came across an action plan for a neighborhood called Snyder, in Amherst NY...
More on Advising
I have been reading Libby Gruner’s recent “advising” columns with interest, both because I wish I’d had someone like her...
Talking During the Test
Oral exams shouldn't be reserved for the dissertation defense, write Tom Deans and Jamie Frueh, who use them with their undergrads.
The Brain and Learning Technology
I'm reading a great book called The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain...
Ten Books
The "what ten books have influenced you?" meme is making its way around the blogs, and while I don't usually...
Fooling with fonts
No, this information does not originate with the Finnish linguist Sloof Lirpa. It originates at, among other places, the University...