By Yves Salomon-Fernandez. It’s not every day that I get to have this type of a mesmerizing experience through the course of my work. Of course students reading essays or explaining their experiments are often captivating. Their gripping stories of how they overcome serious obstacles to succeed in college sometimes bring me to tears. More...
By Gwendolyn Beetham. Right now there is a debate in the NY Times on the cost of public higher education with some, including Sara Goldrick-Rab, arguing that public higher education should be universal and free. Amongst Goldrick-Rab’s arguments is that free universal education would help students from lower socio-economic backgrounds focus on learning. More...
By Mary Churchill. When I saw the map in the New York Times this week, I felt compelled to find out where I had lived from birth to five. I knew that I had lived in a trailer park near Dort Highway and that I had lived on Mary Drive. More...
By Philip G. Altbach. Although German universities provided the model of a research university throughout the nineteenth century the US produced the most advanced research university model for the 20th century. Additionally, the Americans “invented” what Clark Kerr referred to as the 20th century “multiversity” in his 1963 classic, The Uses of the University, that combined research, teaching, and service to society in one institution. Read more...
By Liz Reisberg. Who wins by adding international students to the classroom? In a recent article, Elizabeth Redden quotes Green River College’s president reflecting on the increased number of international students on campus. Read more...
By Eric Stoller. Every once in a while, I will take a few minutes and browse the student affairs job listings here on Inside Higher Ed. I think it's always a good idea to see who's hiring and what types of openings are available. Read more...
By Eric Stoller. The Social Media Toolkit from the Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association (UCISA) is a terrific resource for the higher education community. Read more...
By Laura Tropp. I’ve read a chapter of The Cricket in Times Square to my daughter, used a list of my son’s vocabulary words in our morning conversation (he was quite boisterous this morning, which might make us acutely aware of the need to be resolute about our rule for not partaking in food outside our kitchen in order to protect our abode), arranged for my youngest to wear a completely brown outfit in honor of Groundhog Day, made three lunches and two snacks within the guidelines of each school’s wellness policy, communicated with the teacher regarding my misspelled email address in the class list, explained the purpose of caucuses from a neutral political viewpoint, cleaned up Legos, built a pretend trough for Wilbur (it’s the end of Charlotte’s Web month at one of the schools), helped four students with registration problems, answered questions from administration, problem solved Blackboard issues so students could see the online portion of my class, and put the final touches on my syllabus. Read more...
By Laura Tropp. I thought I would be the best feminist mom.
Here I am, an academic who studies feminism, motherhood, and families. I know about the glass ceiling, the maternal wall, and the second shift. I’ve read the studies on girls and self-esteem. Read more...
By Rosemarie Emanuele. I am finding my sabbatical leave to be both exhilarating and isolating, as reflected in my label “hello from the other side” on e-mails I send to my colleagues. Read more...
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