By Michael Patrick Rutter. Insights and engagement.
What’s in and what’s out. What moved the media. Top tweets and posts. Videos that went viral. Future trends. Read more...
Preparing Graduates for Future Knowledge Practices
By Thomas Carey. I was in several meetings last month with groups of higher education Vice-Presidents with oversight for teaching and learning, where the topics of discussion included the increasingly dynamic knowledge environment which our graduates are facing. Read more...
A New Administration
By Tracy Mitrano. With a new administration in the White House, it is time to set a new internet agenda. Here are five recommendations. Read more...
With Only Days to Go, What Say You?
By Tracy Mitrano. With only days to go before the inauguration, the United States government has a hodge-podge of confusing and potentially destabilizing messes on its hands. Read more...
How to Scale the Liberal Arts
By Joshua Kim. The latest data point we can cite is the article Making the Case for Liberal Arts Colleges. According to research by Richard A. Detweiler, liberal arts graduates are significantly more likely to take leadership roles in their careers, engage in lifelong learning activities, and (eventually) earn into the six figures. Read more...
Will Learning Science Drive Higher Ed Inequality?
By Joshua Kim. Will learning science drive higher ed inequality?
Or can we imagine an alternative narrative - one where learning science serves to subvert the existing institutional status hierarchy. Read more...
Writing Tenure-Review Letters
By Eric Goldman. Many professors frequently write tenure-review letters, but as a community, we’re not regularly discussing how we should be doing so, argues Eric Goldman. Read more...
Why Career Self-Assessments Matter
By Natalie Lundsteen. Determining what your skills are, what you enjoy doing and what is important to you is fundamental to career development, writes Natalie Lundsteen. Read more...
Beware of the Curse Of Small Things
By Professor Plainspoken. We all know the saying “the devil is in the details.” It means that sometimes the success or failure of projects, careers, parties or performances hinges on some detail that was either poorly planned or neglected. Read more...
Advice on Tracking Your Work
By Shannon Craigo-Snell. Whatever your goals are, keeping careful track of your work can help you stay focused on them, writes Shannon Craigo-Snell. Read more...