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It all revolves around economics
When I was in college, it took me a long time to decide what to major in. I started thinking...
My 10 Best Audio Nonfiction Books of 2010
Audiobooks have changed my life. How often have we heard complaints that our students don't read enough? What if we...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Holiday Baking
Christmas is, for our family as for so many others, all about the traditions. But the way we observe the...
Pseu-down-ymity
When I was first thinking about starting this blog, the editors at InsideHigherEd asked whether I intended it to be...
Six months as an IHE blogger
I started writing for Inside Higher Ed this past July. With 45 posts and more than 19,000 words, it's a...
If at First You Don't Succeed...
This story about course repeaters in California struck a chord with me. We’re facing a similar question at my own...
The Joy of Teaching in Iraq
Jim Owens taught at community colleges, a state college and a private university before finding the ideal academic post.
Misrepresenting the GAO
The watchdog's updated report on for-profit colleges does not change its conclusions one bit, Senator Tom Harkin writes.