By Herman Berliner. I am a faithful TONY awards watcher. Every year, I try to make sure that my schedule allows me to watch the actual broadcast and virtually every year I have been able to do so, often accompanied by my older daughter who shares my passion for theater. Last year, because I was in China, I made sure that I not only recorded the broadcast but I also called/video chatted with my family so that I could get all the details. Read more...
By Tracy Mitrano. Nicholas Lemann, a professor of journalism and dean emeritus at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, as well as a staff writer for The New Yorker, has written a very important and cogent piece on higher education recently for the Winter 2014 issue of the Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Carnegie Reporter. An excerpt of it appears here. Read more...
By Laura Tropp. A colleague of mine, having just returned from a conference, questioned what she saw as a new commonplace practice: audience members taking pictures of the Powerpoint presentations of conference participants during sessions. We debated the advantages and potential problems of this latest trend. On the one hand, it is helpful for the participant to have access to a key slide or data point for later recall. Read more...
By Ashley Sanders. Writing can be such an isolating task, whose very isolation may deter us from starting or progressing toward our goals. The other obstacle we often face is a lack of accountability once we leave the classroom for the desert of dissertation writing. Writing boot camps address both challenges by providing a space and time in which to work on writing projects alongside others doing the same and setting a schedule with periodic, brief meetings to report on goals, challenges, and progress. Read more...
By Joshua Kim. We Inside Higher Ed folks are a cantankerous bunch. That is good, as open and respectful debate is one of the hallmarks of academe.
By Matt Reed. As one of the few academic administrators who blogs, I frequently find myself trying to shed light on how an administrative move that may seem strange or silly from the outside actually makes sense from the inside. My goal in doing that is to clear away useless myths to make possible a more intelligent and useful discussion as a sector about the challenges we all face, and how best to handle them. And then there’s Quinnipiac. Read more...By Matt Reed. Dear Graduate Directors,
I hope all is well with you, and that all of your charges have landed safely and happily in tenure-track positions at high salaries in desirable locations with compatible cultures, happy partners, and book contracts. I hope a lot of things. That doesn’t always make them happen. Read more...
Last fall, the author of The Exorcist contacted the Vatican, alleging that Georgetown University – his alma mater and the backdrop for his book and subsequent film of the same name – wasn’t Roman Catholic enough. And it appears his prayers have been answered, the National Catholic Register and Washington Post reported. Archbishop Angelo Zani, head of the Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic education, reportedly wrote to William Peter Blatty that his canonical petition against the university constituted “a well-founded complaint.” Read more...
"Strategies for the New Normal" is a compilation of news articles about approaches that institutions -- public and private, two-year and four-year -- are taking to adjust to today's realities and prepare for an uncertain future. Download the print-on-demand booklet here.By Scott Jaschik. A quick exchange on a university's faculty discussion board has led experts in Appalachian studies to consider again whether bias in academe (and society) is too accepted when it is about the people of the region they study. Read more...
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