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Book Review: “Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America”
In “Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America,” Alissa Quart lucidly recounts these and other wrenching stories of economic hardship, while meticulously deconstructing some of the prevailing myths about middle-class life in the United…
Book Review: “My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture”
My Word! is written in a scholarly style. Blum also uses personal examples from her teaching background. Chapters are best read individually, with time spent between them to ponder the concepts or look at some of her references. The book…
Book Review: “Gypsy Scholars, Migrant Teachers and the Global Academic Proletariat: Adjunct…
Gypsy Scholars, Migrant Teachers and the Global Academic Proletariat: Adjunct Labour in Higher Education, a collection of fourteen essays by male and female adjuncts in the U.S. and in other countries, is extremely diverse in subject…
Book Review: "Academic Apartheid, Waging the Adjunct War"
This book should make any adjunct laugh or cry or maybe prepare to consider other work. Perhaps it will inspire more adjuncts to take part in the growing number of unions and try to become more included in their college’s or university’s…
Book Review: “Blended Learning & Flipped Classrooms: A Comprehensive Guide”
This handbook would be especially relevant for new faculty, adjunct or full-time, as it includes tools that some professors might never have thought of or dared to try. The language is lively and enthusiastic, not too laden with academic…
Why You Should Be Asking Your Students to Ditch Their Laptops During Class
When a laptop is being used to take notes or download class slides, it may become tempting to check email, catch up on homework for another class or see who won the game the night before.This article is only available to subscribers. If…
A Review of "The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy"
The Slow Professor: Challenging the Culture of Speed in the Academy by Maggie Berg and Barbara Seeber (University of Toronto Press, 2016; $26.95) Reviewed by Christina Turner Symbols of the neoliberal university in Canada are so common…
New Study: Who's NOT Reading Books in America? (The Answer May Surprise You)
The share of Americans who report not reading any books in the past 12 months is largely unchanged since 2012, but is slightly higher than in 2011, when the Center first began conducting surveys of book-reading habits. That year, 19 percent…
Documentary Film About Higher Ed “Starving the Beast” Has Many Villains (and Few Heroes)
If, like me, you are anxious about the condition of public universities, “Starving the Beast” will only heighten your concerns. The film is a compelling account of how special interests collude to weaken public universities.This article is…
Print vs. Digital Books? The Majority of Americans Still Favor Print
by Andrew Perrin A growing share of Americans are reading e-books on tablets and smartphones rather than dedicated e-readers, but print books remain much more popular than books in digital formats. Americans today have an enormous variety…