By Joshua Kim. Are you chatting with your campus colleagues about the big Purdue / Kaplan news? (See Purdue's Bold Move). Read more...
Enter the Compassionate Public Square for the Information Age
By Joshua Kim. Like many institutions, the University of Michigan was inspired by the early aspirations of the massive open online course (MOOC) movement to democratize education and, in our case, to advance our mission as a public research university. Read more...
The French Election:
By Ariane De Gayardon. Whether the higher education system will become more inward-looking under a Le Pen presidency, or will continue to evolve in the current direction, under the leadership of Macron, remains to be seen. More...
How Libraries Became Public II
Here’s another interesting thing about the origins of American public libraries. We have women to thank for most of them. More...
Equity and Social Justice… in Mathematics Methods Courses?
By Juan M. Gerardo. Before I begin this blog post, I have a question for you: What is mathematics?
You probably thought of numbers, variables, and equations, or maybe geometry and geometric figures. Some of you probably thought of how it applies to the real world via computer science, engineering, and architecture. More...
Raising Strong Women in a Culture of Rape
By Sarah Prior and Brooke de Heer. As educators who teach and research in the area of campus sexual assault and rape culture, we are well versed in the statistics and research on the subject. We write and talk about it on a daily basis. More...
Sexual Violence and Graduate School
Truths to Be Told
By Terri E. Givens. Preface: I have been writing a column for Inside Higher Ed off and on for many years. In 2011, I wrote a column titled “Mental Health: Let’s Talk” that still has relevance today, particularly in light of the recent passing of colleagues in political science. More...
Why You Should Care About Remedial Math
By Alexandra W. Logue.If you are a faculty member who is not in math, know that what's happening in many math departments can be directly hurting your own department and possibly your teaching preferences -- as well as the students themselves, writes Alexandra W. Logue. More...
Speaking of Speakers
By David Galef. The roses are blooming on the quad, and the adjuncts are planning how to get through the summer without salary, which means that commencement at U of All People is imminent (those roses cost money and are planted at the last minute, to impress alumni). More...