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The Obama administration is right to recognize the key role of community colleges -- but it should embrace quality for-profit institutions, too, write Jonathan Kaplan and Terry O'Banion.
Gut Reactions to McGraw-Hill Acquiring Tegrity
Smart move: The big publishers, (McGraw-Hill, Pearson, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Reed Elsevier), all realize that unless they change they will...
Oblecs, or, Statements That Don't Mean What they Mean
My brother -- known to regular readers as Brother of Dean Dad -- sent me a nifty thought piece that...
Idle-atry
One of the policies Greenback U. has implemented, as it strives to be more environmentally and economically sustainable, prohibits vehicles...
Everything I Have Learned About IT Began With My Mother
This post is dedicated to my mom and every woman who has had to fight to be recognized as an...
The N-Word
The adjunct fired by Towson U. last week may have been clumsy and inexact in his language, but the university had no business firing him, writes Cary Nelson.
Fixing the Broken Financing Model
State colleges need a new approach to fund their operations. Public service corporations are one solution, Darryl Greer and Michael Klein argue.
Can You Explain IT to Your Mom?
Here’s an interesting challenge for many of us who work in and around technology: can you explain your job –...