By John Warner. In which I walk through a writing process and give thanks for my liberal arts education. More...
On Just Returns
By John Warner. What does it say that upon reading the Inside Higher Ed quick take (of a Greenville News report) on how Clemson’s full-time English lecturers make $20,000 less than the national average and their university peers, I saw the $34,000 salary and thought … Dang, they got a good raise. More...
Guest Post: Teaching Home
By John Warner. I had long given up on actually getting paid to do the thing I was trained to do: talk about comparative Canadian literature and culture, specifically English Canadian and French-Canadian/Québécois literature. More...
Equal Pay for Equal Work: Calculating 'Fair Pay' for Teaching
By John Warner. One of the questions that came up in the wake of last week’s post on “Just Returns” for nontenurable instructors, in which I advocate for fair pay for the work of instruction, is how do we determine exactly what is “fair pay”. More...
What’s Happening in Higher Ed Media
By Steven Mintz. Reflections on the state and fate of colleges and universities. More...
Cynics, Skeptics and Pollyannas
By Steven Mintz. Consider some of the words and phrases that have become part of higher education’s parlance: the student debt crisis. The student mental health crisis. Learning analytics and learning outcomes. The learning sciences. Open educational resources. Flipped classrooms and hybrid courses. High-impact practices. More...
Creating Richer, More Robust, Less Confusing Online Learning Experiences
By Steven Mintz. Learning management systems are much in the news: The business news, unfortunately – not the teaching and learning news. More...
Students Wearing Shorts in Winter
Students at my small liberal arts college wear shorts year-round.
Not all students. But more than a few. More...
Reading Gibson's 'Agency' for Higher Ed Pattern Recognition
By Joshua Kim. Speculative fiction and the possible futures of postsecondary education. More...
Online Education and the War Against Remote Work
By Joshua Kim. Distance learning and the new anti-telecommuting policies for federal workers. More...