Opinion

Reading Reamde (Kindle) and Ready Player One (Audible) simultaneously is somewhat of a surreal experience, as both novels feature massively...

By Joshua Kim

‘Flexibility’ is genuinely slippery concept, one that provides some sense of coherence with vagueness. It is also a concept that is a resource to be used in the pursuit of power. I’m most familiar with the concept of flexibility in relationship to the changing nature of production systems. There has been a long debate in Economic Geography, for example, about phenomena like ‘flexible specialization’ and ‘flexible accumulation’. These interrelated concepts have helped scholars and industry analysts make sense of how production systems are evolving to cope with increasingly levels of competitive pressure, the emergence of global value chains, new forms of territorial development, and so on.

By Kris Olds

Professors send a message with their attire, writes Nate Kreuter.

By Nate Kreuter

When experts advise academe to embrace a radical new future, they ignore what students really need and move us toward a faculty-free future, writes Laurence Musgrove.

By Scott Jaschik

A thoughtful correspondent wrote last week to express concern about what she perceived as a growing rift between faculty and...

By Dean Dad

Every year or two, I need to restore what passes for my sanity. When that need arises, I read. More...

By G. Rendell

Michael Feldstein has a terrific post over on his e-Literate blog: "Why Pearson’s OpenClass Is a Big Deal." Michael's post...

By Joshua Kim

UVenus Around the Web: Dr. Davis tried to decide whether she matches Elizabeth Lewis Pardoe ’ s definition of a...

By Mary Churchill