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“The Case of the Disappearing Liberal Arts College,” Roger G. Baldwin and Vicki L. Baker, Inside Higher Ed (July 9/09). “The Silence of the Grads: Academe has its own version of … more →
Living in interesting times
Training vs. Educating and the Plight of Obama's Education Plans
brokeharvardgrad wrote 3 days ago: Image by Gabriel Liendo via Flickr Inside Higher Ed, which I routinely like to shred with my … more →
Human rights for all?
msewall wrote 1 week ago: A controversy has brewed in the last week at New York University over the hiring of a human rights l … more →
Of interest:
Miriam Jones wrote 1 week ago: “The Case of the Disappearing Liberal Arts College,” Roger G. Baldwin and Vicki L. Bake … more →
Dept of Ed announces that online learning is more effective than classroom learning*
karlbakeman wrote 2 weeks ago: *Except being online isn’t really what makes this type of learning effective. It’s real … more →
Higher education news and views
Miriam Jones wrote 1 month ago: “Out of the Loop,” Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed (June 12/09): international study on … more →
Do elevators cause breast cancer?
Trevor Butterworth wrote 1 month ago: The comments sections of news articles and blogs have a deserved reputation for flame outs and nutti … more →
For your reading pleasure
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Miriam Jones wrote 1 month ago: Getting through the crisis: “CANADA: Academics call for greater transparency,” Anne Ke … more →
The Recession Is Affecting Online Higher Education - Duh...
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jimskcc wrote 1 month ago: By John Sener In an earlier article in March (How Is the Recession Affecting Online Higher Education … more →
Framing farming
John wrote 1 month ago: As Shamus on Scatterplot posted earlier in the month, Washington State University has decided to eli … more →
Inside Higher Ed on the Elimination of WSU's Rural Soc Dept
karlbakeman wrote 1 month ago: Washington State announced a couple of weeks ago that they’re closing down their rural soc pro … more →
Extra reading
Miriam Jones wrote 2 months ago: “The Universities in Trouble,” Andrew Delbanco, New York Review of Books 56.8 (May 14/0 … more →
How to write a dissertation
John wrote 2 months ago: It is comforting to know that while Cecilia and I may have no idea how to write a dissertation, ther … more →
Bowdoin College has lofted a censurious water balloon at Goldstein
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brokeharvardgrad wrote 2 months ago: Image via Wikipedia Wow, so many profs punished, so little time, so much like Bush Admin poli … more →
If this is a marathon, stop telling me to sprint
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John wrote 2 months ago: A recent Inside Higher Ed post summarizes research by Susan K. Gardner, an assistant professor of hi … more →
Firing of faculty: How Mc Nealy got it wrong and Stillman College is in for a fight
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brokeharvardgrad wrote 3 months ago: Image via Wikipedia Stillman College’s president, Ernest McNealey, fired a faculty memb … more →
Online ed
Miriam Jones wrote 3 months ago: The good: the new YouTube EDU page includes material submitted by more than one hundred colleges an … more →
Assessment in the Humanities
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Stacy Grooters wrote 3 months ago: Just in time for Maria Curtin’s roundtable Monday on “Assessment Tools We All Can Use, … more →
Permanent sociologists
John wrote 3 months ago: Between 2001 and 2007, the ASA reports that the percentage of permanent faculty members has remained … more →
In the News
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asaresearch wrote 3 months ago: The March 24 article, The Tenure-Track (Busy) Sociologist, from Inside Higher Ed discusses our resea … more →
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