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20 juin 2018

'The Happiness Curve' Explains Why Academics in Their 40s Are So Miserable

By Joshua Kim. Along with everybody else.
A takeaway from The Happiness Curve is that we should be recruiting as many people over 50, and preferably over 60 or even 70, as possible to our institutions. Not only will they bring their accumulated years of knowledge and experience and wisdom, they are also likely to be in a good mood. More...

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20 juin 2018

25 Million Reasons Why LinkedIn / Microsoft Will Buy Coursera

By Joshua Kim. Y’all need to tell me if I’m crazy. From where I sit in the ivory tower, free of the burdens of either useful knowledge or accountability for my prognostications, it seems obvious to me that LinkedIn / Microsoft should buy Coursera. More...

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20 juin 2018

Using Your Phone (or Watch) as Your Student ID

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/student_affairs_and_technology_blog_header.jpgBy Eric Stoller. Apple partners with Blackboard to offer digital wallet integration with NFC access. More...

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20 juin 2018

Cool It

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/library_babel_fish_blog_header.jpgBy Barbara Fister. It’s hot out there. Sit back and pop open a cold thriller.
It’s maybe not the right time to be slacking off. Every time I look at the news there’s some new horror.  Even our generally cheery weatherman is shaking his head: This weekend will be a scorcher, and half the western states appear to be ablaze again. More...

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20 juin 2018

Anti-Social Media: A Review

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/library_babel_fish_blog_header.jpgBy Barbara Fister. Facebook has been in the news a lot, lately. It’s getting flack for apparently violating a 2011 consent decree with the FTC by sharing data with device makers, including Chinese firms, one of which our intelligence agencies considers dangerous. More...

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20 juin 2018

GDPR and U.S. News

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/library_babel_fish_blog_header.jpgBy Barbara Fister. I noticed some chatter about how news sites are addressing – or not addressing – the new European Union privacy regulations that just went into effect, aka the GDPR. In particular, I was surprised to hear that if you are in Europe you can’t read the L.A. Times. More...

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20 juin 2018

I'm Not Against Inspiring Words...

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/blog_landing/public/JustVisitingLogo_white.jpg?itok=K5uvzo_-By John Warner. Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid. – Definitely not Albert Einstein. More...

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20 juin 2018

Ed-Tech That Makes Me Want to Scream

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/blog_landing/public/JustVisitingLogo_white.jpg?itok=K5uvzo_-By John Warner. I’m sure I lost count of how many times I shouted this during my childhood, running away from whomever was tormenting me in the moment. Teachers, parents, siblings, friends, strangers…all were on the receiving end of “Just leave me alone!” at one point or another. More...

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20 juin 2018

An Act of Academic Self-Preservation

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/blog_landing/public/JustVisitingLogo_white.jpg?itok=K5uvzo_-By John Warner. On the AP Literature exam in 1988, on an essay in which I was to compare and contrast two texts, I invented one of my sources. More...

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20 juin 2018

The Wastefulness of College Competition

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/blog_landing/public/JustVisitingLogo_white.jpg?itok=K5uvzo_-By John Warner. The result, a report titled, “Decoding the Cost of College: The Case for Transparent Financial Aid Award Letters” found a disturbing lack of consistency and transparency among the information institutions supply to prospective students on financial aid and college costs. More...

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