By . Our increasingly connected and digital world is vulnerable to attack and needs more skilled professionals who know how to defend it. As connected devices proliferate, particularly smart devices creating what has been called the “Internet of Things,” the problem is getting worse. In 2016, there were 6.4 billion connected devices in use in homes and businesses across the country. By 2020, that number is expected to more than triple. More...
American Cloaca: At Standing Rock, Part 3
By Oronte. My last two posts were about deciding to go to Veterans Stand for Standing Rock (VSFSR) at the start of December, with three other vets and two stringers for Al Jazeera. Read more...
Why Starbucks Gets Digital Engagement
By Eric Stoller. What can higher education learn from big brands. Read more...
The Media Has Always Been the Opposition Party
By Barbara Fister. And it’s a good thing, too. Read more...
Objectivity, Professionalism, Citizenship
By Barbara Fister. Reporters shouldn't air their personal opinions in public - or so the tradition goes. I see some problems with that. Read more...
Multi-Institution Resource Allocation: A Strategy for Indonesia
By Defta Oktafiga. Since 2014, the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education has focused on creating world-class universities — an aspiration strongly influenced by globalization and university rankings. Read more...
Bribes Found in Ukraine’s Criminal Code, Literally
By Ararat L. Osipian. Ukraine state security officers arrested a law professor for the systematic extortion of bribes from students in exchange for good grades on examinations. During the search, the officers shook bank notes from the volume containing the criminal code. Read more...
May 1 Law Day: Let's celebrate!
By Tracy Mitrano. May 1 is a United States holiday known as Law Day. Declared in 1958 and formally established in 1961, it was the brainchild of an advisor to President Eisenhower, who designed it to counteract the Soviet Union’s celebration of Worker’s Day. Read more...
The Veneer of Civilization
By Tracy Mitrano. The three most important issues for education this past week, at least to me, were: the status of the DeVos nomination; the incident at UC Berkeley; and Trump’s tweet about that incident. Read more...