Opinion

I never thought it would happen.

By John Warner

I had the opportunity to attend a session last week, hosted by Pearson, on how higher ed faculty use social media. Much of the content was quite interesting.

By Margaret Andrews

One of the consolations of middle age is that it brings the power of invisibility. That brings with it a certain amount of unintentional eavesdropping.

By Dean Dad

What is your vote for the book that you think every student on your campus should read before the election?

By Joshua Kim

Analysis and advice on questions and issues of individual ethics and institutional integrity, from Jane Robbins. Do you have a question or comment that you wish to make anonymously? Click here to send it to me.

By Jane Robbins

Caden Steele explains how he handled the dilemma of whether to leave a doctoral program in which he had invested considerable time, but that he found frustrating and debilitating.

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You leave digital footprints when you do research. Scott McLemee listens to the librarians who follow them.

By Scott McLemee

The killer apps for education, argued Stanford University professor John Willinsky at last week’s Open Education Conference, will be built when we apply our lessons to our communities “so that the learning I do in school contributes to the public library and to the public knowledge of my community” — so that open education remains open.

By Audrey Watters