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Math Geek Mom: The Discussion Continues
I usually enjoy reading comments to my columns, and my column from last week was no exception. I picked up...
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NASPA: Technology, iPads, Twitter, Social Media, PLNs, and Kudos
As I write this post on a plane back to Oregon from Philadelphia I am struck by the immense amount...
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Taming the 'Wild West'
Changes are needed in the federal student aid system to ensure that money flows to worthy colleges and students, Charles Reed and King Alexander argue.
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Progressive Discipline and the Tenure Clock
In most non-tenure based settings, managers use “progressive discipline” to address many employee issues. Progressive discipline is the practice of...
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Mater: De Facto et De Jure
“One baby, one book,” my adviser told me, when as an ambitious, twenty-three-year-old, Marshall Scholar at Cambridge University, I announced...
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Proposed Course: The Learning Universe of Curtis J. Bonk
Some people deserve their own courses. They are both interesting and prolific enough that only in the context of a...
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Long Distance Mom: 'Superman' and Teacher Evaluation
There’s been a lot of negative media lately, particularly surrounding education and teachers' unions in Wisconsin, Ohio and Florida. My...
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Separation anxiety
Illinois decision to decouple IT chain of command from the academic one, and resignation of a displeased CIO, sparks debate on "centralized" technology.