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The ‘Broader Impacts’ of Sequestration on Science

CSID Director Bob Frodeman has some suggestions about the interconnection of research & society in post-austerity world. Now that we’ve been driven off the “fiscal cliff,” perhaps we should look around and assess the results. It turns out that sequestration … Continue reading

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Open Access: What is it?

A video from PhD Comics. What is PhD Comics? Piled Higher and Deeper – Life (or the lack thereof) in Academia (also known as PhD Comics), is a newspaper and web comic strip written and drawn by Jorge Cham that follows the lives of several grad … Continue reading

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Innovation Is About Arguing, Not Brainstorming. Here’s How To Argue Productively | Co.Design: business + innovation + design

Turns out that brainstorming–that go-to approach to generating new ideas since the 1940s–isn’t the golden ticket to innovation after all. Both Jonah Lehrer, in a recent article in The New Yorker, and Susan Cain, in her new book Quiet, have asserted as much. … Continue reading

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So Many Hands to Hold in the Classroom – Commentary – The Chronicle of Higher Education

A more and more common trend that seems to be tied to how educational cooperatives (colleges & universities) are becoming more & more like financial corporations who operate via an advertising curriculum that tells clients what they need and what … Continue reading

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5 New Technologies That Have Changed The Digital Classroom | Edudemic

In the past, the suggestion of getting a college degree without ever cracking a book meant paying a degree mill. It meant the degree was in name only, reflecting neither learning nor effort. Then distance learning meant correspondence courses, perhaps … Continue reading

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Can E-Tutoring Bridge Economic Divides?

In a 1984 paper that is regarded as a classic of educational psychology, Benjamin Bloom, a professor at the University of Chicago, showed that being tutored is the most effective way to learn, vastly superior to being taught in a classroom. … Continue reading

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Denied Tenure, a Professor Burns His Bridges – Faculty – The Chronicle of Higher Education

The comments to this piece demonstrate the on-going issues arising from the merger of “college” (oriented on teaching) with “university” (oriented on research). Denied Tenure, a Professor Burns His Bridges – Faculty – The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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McGraw-Hill Education Establishes First-Ever “Pay-for-Performance” Business Model In Partnership With Western Governors University

I am not sure as yet what I think about this. McGraw-Hill Education Establishes First-Ever “Pay-for-Performance” Business Model In Partnership With Western Governors University.

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The Case for Breaking Up With Your Parents

While Lambert, author of “Nonstop,” admires the multitasking undergraduates Harvard attracts, he also worries about the intellectual and emotional costs of such all-consuming busyness. In a turn toward gravitas, he quotes the French film director Jean Renoir’s observation that “the … Continue reading

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