15 octobre 2017

By Matt Reed. Many colleges require teaching demonstrations of candidates for faculty jobs. The idea is that if people are being hired to teach, it’s fair to see first if they’re any good at it. There’s a certain surface validity to that. More...

By Matt Reed. Engaging with the world, in these times. More...

By Matt Reed. How do you handle academic support more broadly, for college classes taught in high schools. More...

By Matt Reed. Several years ago, when I was at Holyoke, the internet on campus went down for a few days. (Phone service went with it.) But electricity and water were unaffected, so we reported to work and tried to carry on as normally as possible. More...

By Matt Reed. Accepting the inevitable.
In the Northeast, the school year typically starts after Labor Day. More...

By Matt Reed. I heard a comment this week that gave me pause. In a meeting to set up a new committee to help direct a campuswide function, we were going over a proposed membership list. More...

By Matt Reed. Yesterday’s title included “sex,” and today’s includes “death.” This concludes Goth Week. More...

By Matt Reed. Millennials get a bad rap. And I say that as a Gen X’er, the nearly-forgotten generation that pioneered getting a bad rap. More...

By Matt Reed. Considering a shift in funding and delivery. More...

By Matt Reed. Yesterday I mentioned the moment in the talk to the state directors of community colleges at which I got stuck. Essentially, I’m seeing an increasing tension between place-bound funding systems and geographically mobile students. Some states are responding by kneecapping student mobility with post-graduation residency requirements, which I’ve opposed and still do. More...