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...
11 juin 2019
A Case of the Varsity Blues
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...
Reimagining In Loco Parentis
By Steven Mintz. Reinventing the college-student relationship in the era of helicopter parenting. More...
Leaving Las Vegas
By Barbara Fister. You can’t take a “what happens in Las Vegas” approach to online speech. More...
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...
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...
Master of the House
An alternative income opportunity for graduate students: become a landlord. More...
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...
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...
