Opinion

Geez. What a week it’s been for women’s health rights. The Susan B. Komen Foundation flip-flopped after the online outrage for defunding Planned Parenthood. (Over a million Planned Parenthood Tweets!) Now the Obama administration appears to be hedging on a decision to require all health plans, including Catholic universities and hospitals, to cover contraception.

By Elizabeth Coffman

Over at the Chronicle, Scott Carlson had a really good article a couple of days back. Based on the observations of a number of faculty members on different campuses, he suggests that our education system tends to segregate us from how the physical objects we deal with really work, get made, could be improved.

By G. Rendell

We do, because of the Internet and its intersection with business, law and people. All one has to do is...

By Tracy Mitrano

A couple of weeks ago I had the chance to discuss a proposed and relatively dramatic policy change with someone fairly high in state government. I objected to the change with some vigor, and outlined several objections that I thought added up to a compelling case. She listened politely, and then gave an answer for which I hadn’t prepared.

By Dean Dad

Western academics can find good positions and plenty of the comforts they crave (with a better standard of living) far from home, writes William Roden.

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A new book series offers polemics against prominent figures -- including an influential academic turned politician. Scott McLemee casts his vote.

By Scott McLemee

It's fairly clear that Silicon Valley has decided that education is a space ripe for "disruption." But there's a lot of talk that "suddenly" technology and education are coming together. This is a grossly a-historical way to think about ed-tech, one that ignores years of research, development, successes and failures.

By Audrey Watters

Last November, I briefly visited Boston to give a lecture at Northeastern University, my alma mater where I got my Ph.D. degree. The last time I was there was four and a half years ago to defend my dissertation. It felt like “Homecoming” for me this time, when I visited my old university after such a long time.

By Itir Toksöz