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Prized Vocations
A sociologist speculates on the nature and function of awards. Scott McLemee considers the merits of the argument.
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Maybe If We Were Ignorant
Larry called at midnight. “I went to see this improv show for the third time. How to describe it to...
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Let's shift some paradigms
Student Affairs and Technology have been my primary interest areas ever since I found out that student affairs was a...
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The Class That Never Ends
My graduate department gave particularly brutal comprehensive exams. For our major field, we were expected to answer three questions in...
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The Ed Tech Sonic Boom
Greg Easterbrook is making two big arguments in Sonic Boom: Globalization at Mach Speed. Future Prosperity: Due to a combination...
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Consumer "eco" fees?
I really don't know what to think about a news item which crossed my (virtual) desk this morning. Apparently, the...
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Protect Unpaid Internships
Discouraging companies from using young people as free labor is laudable, but colleges, not the government, should gauge the educational value of internships, writes Joseph E. Aoun.
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When Technology Doesn't Help
Joshua Kim’s piece yesterday reminded me of a basic, but widely ignored, truth. In most industries, new technology is adopted...