Author: Melissa_Miller

Back to School

By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. Ask, and you shall receive! Awhile back I wrote a blog about my desire to become a student again. Oh, how I missed the back-to-school feeling, the excitement of the new syllabus and mapping out the course assignments. Well, fate...

Questionable Professionalism & New Adjuncts — Drawing the Line

By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. True headline: "Campus Shock: Michigan Professor Actually Takes Nude Pictures...With Student." Wow. Just wow. Seriously? Where do I begin? When you first read that headline, since.

Are Your Students Prepared For College When They Get To Class?

By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. Are your students prepared for your class when they walk through your door? I read an interesting article about the preparedness (or lack thereof) of.

Ever Miss Being The Student?

By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. Do you ever miss being a student? I don't mean a student of the world, or a life-long learner, as those of us in education tend to be. I don't mean the Chris Farley in Tommy Boy or Rodney Dangerfield...

For Adjuncts Life Can Be Tough, But Let’s Accentuate the Positive

By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. Let's accentuate the positive. In this time of protests, war, and crises of epic proportions, perspective is in order for my world. I love my.

Is Google Destroying Higher Education?

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 technology on our.