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Fixing Technology Transfer

Recent debate about freeing professors to commercialize their inventions misses the mark, write Joshua Powers and Eric Campbell, who suggest rethinking the profit motive entirely.
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The Great Training Robbery

As regular readers know, I'm usually unimpressed by The New York Times' coverage of higher education. But this story is...
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Mothering at Mid-Career: Unknitting

There are some undertakings so overwhelming that, if you knew too much about them before diving in, you might never...
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The Economist, in print

"Inchmale, she guessed, was sitting up in business class, headed for New York, reading the Economist, a magazine he reads...
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The Teaching Trap

Just because you care about your students doesn't mean their needs should take over your life, writes Kerry Ann Rockquemore.
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Ranking Confession

Phil Baty, who oversees a controversial international rating of universities, admits that the process had serious flaws, but argues that rankings serve a legitimate purpose.
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The Paradox of LMS Feature Choice

In our LMS (Blackboard 8), instructors have the following drop-down options in a content area (in the order they appear)...
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Level Playing Field

Early this week, a graduating senior came to my office to ask for a recommendation to Law School. Since I...