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23 juillet 2017

America’s Borderline Personality

By Tracy Mitrano. Along with a developmental approach to history, I warm to a notion of societies having traits associated with individual personalities. Given that societies are made up of people, it is not too much of an intellectual stretch, although I caution myself with the understanding that psychology in general and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) in particular are, themselves, historicized. More...

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23 juillet 2017

Cal Needs A Bailout

By John Warner. At some point, the University of California-Berkeley is going to need a bailout.
Writing at Deadspin, and using a vulgarism for the condition California’s flagship university finds itself in, Patrick Redford outlines the albatross that has become the California Golden Bears’ football stadium. More...

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23 juillet 2017

But Who Is Going To Pay For It?

By John Warner. This seems to be the first question to arise when anything is proposed in the education space. More...

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23 juillet 2017

Keynesianism at One Remove

By Matt Reed. Apparently, the state of Florida is looking at following up its ban on mandatory remediation with a funding cut. The logic is that if colleges aren’t teaching remedial courses anymore, what do they need all that money for. More...

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23 juillet 2017

The Cancellation Shuffle

By Matt Reed. Course cancellations are sort of like snow days: no matter what you decide, someone thinks you’re wrong. And chances are, sometimes you will be. More...

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23 juillet 2017

States or Departments?

By Matt Reed. Who should control curriculum at public colleges? States, or individual departments. More...

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23 juillet 2017

Pros and Cons of Pro-Rating

By Matt Reed. A biology professor at Youngstown State University turned down an overload class paid on a pro-rated basis, and for some reason, it made national news. I’m sure I’m not the only community college administrator scratching his head at that one. More...

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23 juillet 2017

Fail State

By Matt Reed. On Wednesday, The Wife and I trekked to LaGuardia Community College to catch the premiere screening of the documentary Fail State, by Alex Shebanow. It’s about for-profit higher education and its human cost. More...

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23 juillet 2017

Lunch

By Matt Reed. Why is it that meal plans covered by financial aid at elite universities, but cafeteria meals at community colleges aren’t. More...

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17 juillet 2017

Thank God I’m a Country Grad Student

Since about, oh, November 8, 2016 or so, rural America has taken some heat in the form of articles, analysis, and celebrity thinkpieces by authors hailing from more densely populated places. The political divide between urban and rural dominates the headlines but, after splitting my years with near-perfect symmetry between town and country, I’m more interested in the lifestyle differences that don’t show up in the ballot box and, particularly, how a rural environment might lend itself to graduate study. More...

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