Perhaps familiarity does breed contempt. Nearly half of post-secondary faculty work as adjuncts, yet Ph.D. students pay them scant attention when choosing dissertation topics. During the past three…
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For researchers and academics at all levels, the problem of misinformation has consequences extending to the very institutions to which they are affiliated. My experience demonstrates how…
Academics write for the public more than ever before but are hampered by precariousness of their profession. This article is only available to subscribers. If you're a…
By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. I just read a great book. It's titled, "The Googlization of Everything," by Siva Vaidhyanathan and it discusses the impacts of Google…
One of the things that struck me when I started working on this blog was how little research had been done into the great sea change of…
In his recent (2009) book Designing the Smart Organization author Roland Deiser primarily focuses on learning in the corporate environment. In fact, one of his starting points is…
One of the things that struck me when I started working on this blog was how little research had been done into the great sea change of…
By Ron Tinsley I have learned the hard way that not all Ph.D.s are created equal. I went to graduate school dreaming about teaching college. For some…
by Steven Knapp Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus have written a lucid, passionate and wide-ranging book on the state of American higher education and what they…
My recent posts have ranged over publications and interviews; it seems time to bring this back to me for an embarrassing confession: the common criticisms of adjunct…
