By Yves Salomon-Fernandez. Over the last three to five years, we have seen a rapid rise in violence on college campuses. The number of violent attacks and fatalities at colleges and universities during this time period is unprecedented, based on data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System which collects information from higher education institutions responding to the Clery Act campus crime reporting mandate. More...
By Lee Skallerup Bessette. I’m standing in the middle of the chaos that is moving, among my stuff, in and out of boxes, and I am overwhelmed. This is not an unfamiliar or unsurprising feeling for anyone who has ever moved. But this particular move feels different. This is a lot of letting go. And this is a lot of reconnecting. More...
By Joshua Kim. How much do you talk in meetings at work?By Joshua Kim. What do you think of the idea that our digital world is bifurcating? By Joshua Kim. The e-mail CC is the defining struggle of our cognitive age. By Joshua Kim. The only flaw in Eric Weiner’s terrific new book The Geography of Genius is that my small college town did not make it on to the author’s list of places to visit. Read more...By Joshua Kim. Many of us know Tetlock for his work on expert political judgement - research that concluded that most commentators, pundits and prognosticators (and bloggers) are no more accurate than a dart-throwing chimpanzee. Read more...By Joshua Kim. What apps do you use most on your phone?By Joshua Kim. How can I persuade you to check the EDUCAUSE's 2016 Top IT Issues?
The reason that I’m hoping that you’ll check out the EDUCAUSE Top IT Issues materials is that I’m wondering what you think. Read more...
By Joshua Kim. As John Warner writes in The Adjunct Solution, the issue at hand is actually quite simple. Contingent faculty should be paid a fair wage for their labor.
What would it mean for the edtech profession to support the adjunct cause for a living wage? I’m not really sure (we should discuss), but I can think of a few ideas. Read more...
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