Category Archives: Education

First They Came for . . . the Academics??

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: One cheer, at best, for Rebecca Shuman’s article in Slate on the issue of budget cuts in the academy.  Shuman fairly criticizes the growth of administration relative to academics in the competition for resources.  A lot of that … Continue reading →

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Tricky Teachable Moments

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Here is an article about a college prof getting a reprimand for what for some was a heavy-handed approach to teachable moments about white privilege and racism.  This is tricky territory.   Here, the administration seemed to be … Continue reading →

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Pursuing Excellence in Higher Education

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: A good book from 2004, first edition: The second edition, 2013, pared down and more to the point:

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On Research

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: A while back, the Chronicle of Higher Education ran a piece by Mark Bauerlein, a professor of English at Emory.  The article describes a recent research project of his, one that deals only tangentially with his area of expertise. … Continue reading →

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Rant Du Jour

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Fred Reed thinks that boys should be taught by men. Women are totalitarian. Men are happy to let boys be boys and girls be girls. Women want all children to be girls. In school this means emphasizing … Continue reading →

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Prison/School

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Which is the prison, which is the school? Shouldn’t the architecture be giving us more of a hint than it is? And why do we sentence children to spend many years of long days in buildings that … Continue reading →

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Over-educated, Over-promised, Over-priced

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Epaminondas

epiminondas writes: It is becoming increasingly evident that we are putting the cart before the horse.  We have great colleges BECAUSE we’re wealthy…not the other way around.

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Linkage

Posted on September 14, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: A fun set of snapz from the recent Burning Man festival. World’s happiest countries? Amazing story of a real-life psycho killer. Hate crime? Social Security cannot go bankrupt … though it certainly may need to be tweaked. Foseti … Continue reading →

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The Monopoly is Over

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Epaminondas

epiminondas writes: The barriers to entry just got dynamited.  And the tremors are going to be felt everywhere.

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Actually Kind of Enough

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: A trendlet I’ve been noticing recently is one that has built on another trendlet I first noticed some years ago. Here are some visuals to illustrate: Oops, forgot to use highlighter in those final examples — but … Continue reading →

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