By Tracy Mitrano. Remember the big splash that Francis Fukuyama created with the 1992 publication of The End of History? Intentionally provocative, the book posited that with the fall of the Soviet Union the Marxist interpretation collapsed. Fukuyama, a conservative, came to bury Marxism, not to praise it. Read more...
By John Warner. Our nation’s founding was a confidence game, a bluff. Colonial Nate Silver wouldn’t have given more than a 30% probability of the revolutionaries to escape from the tyranny of the King. Read more...
By John Warner. The Cleveland Cavaliers had less than a 10% chance of winning the NBA title when then went down 2-0 to the Golden State Warriors. Read more...
By John Warner. Large scale efforts to quantify and standardize student learning are destined to miss the meaningful. Read more...
By John Warner. OSU was about to do something bad to its NTT English faculty. Making a fuss helped gain a reprieve. Read more...
By Petra Bonfert-Taylor. “My professor isn’t doing her job!”
This response is what my colleague predicted if she used my teaching videos in her own class--and she is far from alone. Despite the fact that such resources have been shown to enhance the educational experience, concerns such as those my colleague expressed continue to limit their use. Read more...
By Emily Roberts. Grad students frequently wonder how much they should spend on various expenses or even how much they should be saving. The Balanced Money Formula (BMF) answers this question for the average American, but how applicable is it to a grad student's budget. Read more...
By Regina Sierra Carter. Halloween’s just around the corner. Who or what will you become? Will you be wearing a costume or even a mask? Masks are for kids, right? Not exactly. Masks are for grown folks too. In fact, you might be wearing one right now. Read more...
By Katie Shives. Just about anyone pursuing graduate school has had to answer that awkward “what do you do?” question about your studies. This can be difficult to answer, as grad school is a sort of transitory zone between being a student (undergrad) and being a professional (work). Are you a student, professional, or some sort of professional student. Read more...
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