By John Warner. Because I am trying to pay less attention to the spectacle of politics (while still attempting to stay abreast of the substance), I did not exhaustively follow former Trump “fixer” Michael Cohen’s testimony to Congress yesterday, but I did see IHE’s Scott Jaschik’s article on Cohen threatening the College Board to not release President Trump’s grades or SAT scores. More...
By John Warner. I teach archaeology. Around 2005, I was becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the big term paper. Many students weren’t getting very much out of writing those 20-30 pagers. Frankly, I wasn’t getting much out of it either. More...
By John Warner. For those not following the news, as a faculty strike goes on for a third week, Wright State has posted job ads for what looks to be just about every department in the entire institution, offering immediately available positions and even housing for those willing to relocate. More...
By John Warner. On the eve of a book publication I answer the question I ask students. More...
By John Warner. It was gratifying to read Paul Hanstedt’s January 9 guest blog post in IHE. He succinctly summarizes some of the most important tenets of writing instruction. More...
By Barbara Fister. As I write this, it’s snowing. It has been snowing a lot lately. It’s pretty, and it keeps covering the dirty stuff up with a fresh, clean blanket, but it’s a nuisance. It’s also expensive. It takes a lot of labor and equipment to clear snow from roads and walkways and clearing snow isn’t something that fits normal working hours. More...
By Barbara Fister. The daunting complexity of becoming information literate today. More...
By Barbara Fister. I am not going to write a review of John Warner’s latest book, The Writer’s Practice: Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing, even though it’s full of great ideas for developing yourself as a writer, whether you are a student in a classroom, an instructor at the front of a classroom full of students convinced they aren’t writers after years of being told they are doing it wrong, or if you’re sitting at your keyboard wanting to get better at writing but feeling a sense of dread instead of a sense of possibilities. More...
By John Kroger. I have spent much of my career in higher education, as a law professor and college president, but I am also a trustee of a small independent K-12 school in my hometown of Portland. Our school prides itself on providing “progressive” education, but we struggle at times to define what that means. More...
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