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After Transfer
A few months ago I mentioned a conversation with a contact at a respected private university who mentioned that her...
First, you play the Shell game
Sustainability, as any cause, has its wild-eyed fundamentalists. True believers who know, in their souls, the one true path to...
Meanings and Metrics
It's time for humanists to move beyond a Luddite approach on student learning, for strategic and educational reasons, David Scobey argues.
The Myth of the Online Cash Cow
According to a new survey from the League for Innovation in the Community College, enrollments are, in fact, increasing at...
Long Distance Mom: Solving Journalism's Mess
Journalism is in crisis. Or, to be more specific, the funding for journalism is in crisis. What does this have...
Why Johnny can't jump-start
I’ve been working, this semester, with a senior engineering student who’s doing an honors project at Greenback U. He’s not...
ABCs and PhDs: Screen time
Like many parents of young children, my husband and I make limited use of the TV babysitter so that we...
Toxic Assets
Sometimes, in spite of trying to be helpful, spouses can hurt a job candidate's chances, writes Jean Dowdall.