By Anamaria Dutceac Segesten. After the recent political confrontation between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, the word “manterruption” has gone mainstream. It was rather obvious that the Republican candidate repeatedly cut off his opponent during her allotted 2 minutes. More...
Tactical Twitter
By Bonnie Stewart. The start of the school year at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver last month saw brand-new President Dr. Santa Ono flipping burgers at campus events and greeting students on Move-In Day. More...
Recommending Academe...or Not?
By University of Venus. Last week, Conditionally Accepted published a piece by a faculty member who no longer recommends that her students to go into academe. This opinion gives voice to very real concerns expressed by many working in higher education today. More...
Playing the Rankings Game in Pakistan
By Pervez Hoodbhoy. Rankings have progressively lost meaning, particularly in countries lacking a strong academic tradition or where academic corruption is rarely punished. Read more...
Of Rectors, Bribes and Electronic Monitoring
By Ararat L. Osipian. How can Ukraine, with mind-boggling academic corruption, continue to claim it has international caliber higher education. Read more...
The Increasing Dominance of English
By Hans de Wit. In the Netherlands and elsewhere, there is a trend to move from teaching in the local language to teaching in English. This increase is not welcomed by all. Read more...
Students Ask the Same Questions as Professionals
By Eric Stoller. At the beginning of the lecture (it was more of a facilitated conversation, but I digress) I asked the students what they already knew about digital marketing and social media. Read more...
Your University Thrives on Distributed Digital Engagement
By Eric Stoller. What would happen at your university if all in-person questions/interactions from students had to be funneled through your marketing and communications office. Read more...
Parenting and the New Television Season
By Laura Tropp. First, I saw This is Us (Spoiler Alert for those not finished watching the first episode). What makes the show interesting is its storytelling: the show intercuts scenes of three siblings living in the present with past moments from their childhood. Read more...
Math Geek Mom: Here We Go Again!
By Rosemarie Emanuele. In my Statistics class, we study the “binomial distribution,” in which two outcomes, a “success” or “failure” to an experiment, are examined over the course of multiple trials. I begin my Statistics course each year with a mention of this distribution, and how it affects the probability of two people in my classroom sharing the same birthday, noting that, in a classroom of about twenty-five students, the probability is greater than 50% that there will be a match of birthdays. Read more...