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From Seminar to Jail Cell
Zimbabwean activists may face death for gathering to discuss Egypt and Tunisia. Scott McLemee looks beyond Facebook activism.
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Sustainabili . . . why?
David Schatsky of Green Research just released the results of an interesting survey of senior business executives with corporate sustainability...
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Gen X as Transitional
Those of us who went through grad school in the '90s probably remember when “post-” was the prefix of choice...
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ABC's and PhD's: Yet more on role models
Like Libby, I also was interested in Rosemarie’s Monday post about Role Models. I agree with both of these Mama...
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Idea for a Network/Platform/App for Creators
This post is written for three audiences:- People willing to pull apart, critique and improve upon the idea.- People who...
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Our Wise Politicians
Do we need politicians with a serious academic background to increase the general quality of the public debates? Or, is...
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The Telemarketing of Higher Ed
When his number landed on a list sold to numerous for-profit colleges, David Farris couldn't stop the phone from ringing.
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Krugman's Challenge
Regular readers know that I'm consistently disappointed in the New York Times' coverage of higher ed, since it mostly boils...