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9 mai 2019

Turning Off My Phone, Email, Browser, Slack, and Notifications at Work

By Joshua Kim. When are you unreachable?
I just did five things that I never do at work:
1. Closed Outlook
2. Turned off my iPhone
3. Closed Chrome
4. Turned off Slack
5. Set my computer notifications to do not disturb
My trigger for turning off all digital communications channels is a free hour. More...
9 mai 2019

'Zoo Nebraska' and Small Colleges in Rural Areas

By Joshua Kim. How are zoos like colleges?
This is the question that I found myself asking while reading Carson Vaughn’s engaging, in-depth account of a failed small-town zoo. More...

9 mai 2019

The Annual Extra-Credit Warning

By Matt Reed. Questions of fairness.
This one is somewhere between a blog post and a public service announcement for faculty. More...

9 mai 2019

A Plea to My Colleagues

By Matt Reed. That time of the semester.
Speaking as someone who has had multiple highly-charged conversations in the last week or so, a plea to academics everywhere. More...

9 mai 2019

Against Application Fees

By Matt Reed. A fee that doesn't make sense at community colleges.
Why do most colleges charge application fees?
I’m not referring here to the selective places that operate in a different world. Presumably, they have to pay people to comb through applications and try to sort out the actual coxswains from the ersatz ones. More...

9 mai 2019

The Continuing Adventures of Free College

By Matt Reed. Last week, New Jersey finally got around to extending “Free Community College” to all of its community colleges, instead of just the initial 13. It was certainly welcome, even though awarding it retroactively creates a non-trivial task for the FInancial Aid office. More...

9 mai 2019

Judge Blocks ‘Unlawful Presence’ Policy

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. A federal judge on Friday issued a nationwide order temporarily blocking the Trump administration from enforcing a 2018 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services policy memo that makes it easier for international students to accrue “unlawful presence” in the U.S., a determination that can subject them to future three- or 10-year bars on re-entering the country. More...

9 mai 2019

In Brazil, a Hostility to Academe

HomeBy Elizabeth Redden. In the past 10 days, new president has proposed defunding philosophy and sociology departments and announced ideologically motivated cuts to federal university budgets. More...

9 mai 2019

Tweet From the Past Comes Back to Haunt USC

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. A 2018 tweet from the women's rowing team at the University of Southern California has taken on new meaning and led to much mockery in light of the admissions scandal. The tweet, seeking recruits, would have been an invitation to try out for the team and win a spot. More...

9 mai 2019

The $6.5 Million Parents, a Video and More Guilty Pleas

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. Mother in case says she was fooled; her daughter boasts of hard work; more admissions of guilt … and more humor. More...

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