I couldn't resist putting two and two together. The Washington Post has a piece today about the fact that more women than men snagged Ph.Ds during the 2008-2009 academic year. Then, the Post readership is discussing the oh-so-pressing topic: Why are women surpassing men academically? Since...
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As an instructor, what does it mean to be a good listener? Is it about the actions taken when responding to a learner’s message? When an adult learner is communicating.
You know how the dialogue goes when trying to explain your career path to people outside academia. Oftentimes the thought of working online from the comfort of home is too.
After working for twenty-five years in the financial services industry I started on my quest to change careers and entered into the teaching field during the fall of 2008. I started working as a substitute teacher for three school districts within Columbus Ohio, and became...
This first week of the semester in my online classes, students are required to post an introduction of themselves. Some students write lyric, Dickensian accounts of their lives up to.
By Kat Kiefer-Newman Do you remember writing those horrible gradeschool essays "What I did for my summer vacation"? I always hated those because we rarely did anything at all. I.
I have mentioned in a past blog the amount of time I spend writing and answering email on an average day (one hour for four or five email accounts) and what a great tool it is for freeway flyers. Messages from the colleges for whom...
By Kat Kiefer-Newman Welcome back, Adjuncts! Does it feel welcome at your institution(s) of higher learning? My classes began this week at both schools - that's never happened before -.
I watched my youngest graduate from high school and, while I was extremely proud of her, it was a bittersweet moment for me. Proud, because of her many accomplishments and.
by Daniel deVise For the first time, more women than men in the United States received doctoral degrees last year, the culmination of decades of change in the status of women at colleges nationwide. The number of women at every level of academia has been...
