11 juin 2019

A Case of the Varsity Blues

By Steven Mintz. I’ve worked in higher education my entire life. As a staff member of two fine institutions, I’ve had roles in academic publishing, communications and media relations, online learning, and academic support. More...

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What They Say and What it Really Means

By Steven Mintz. Perhaps you remember a feature in Mad Magazine: “What They Say and What It Really Means.” It’s an approach worth applying to the discourse of innovation. More...

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Reimagining In Loco Parentis

By Steven Mintz. Reinventing the college-student relationship in the era of helicopter parenting. More...

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Papers, Please

By Barbara Fister. Complaints I hear at the end of the term. More...

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Leaving Las Vegas

By Barbara Fister. You can’t take a “what happens in Las Vegas” approach to online speech. More...

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Promises, Promises

By Barbara Fister. All of the tech giants are suddenly into privacy. Apple started it, fighting off a federal demand to decrypt a phone and break a promise to their customers that their data, if not stored in the cloud, is secure, even from Apple. More...

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Words With Students

I still love The Smiths. The songs performed by the 1980s English alternative rock band, like “How Soon is Now,” and co-written by its angsty lead singer (Steven) Morrissey helped me survive (ignore the worst of) my high school years and the days beyond. More...

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Master of the House

An alternative income opportunity for graduate students: become a landlord. More...

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Alt-What?

Pathways Beyond the Professoriate.
We’ve just finished putting on a professional development bootcamp at my home university and I’m on my way back from the Graduate Institute on Public and Engaged Humanities, and I’ve been thinking quite a bit about professional pathways and career prospects for graduate students. More...

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Moving On

May has always been a particularly hard time of year for me as, I suspect, it is for many of us in academia. May (or June) typically marks the end of the school year and a time for celebration―end-of-the year awards and receptions, promotions, graduations, just making it through. More...

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