Canalblog Tous les blogs Top blogs Emploi, Enseignement & Etudes Tous les blogs Emploi, Enseignement & Etudes
Suivre ce blog Administration + Créer mon blog
MENU

Formation Continue du Supérieur

26 août 2016

Yellowstone

By Matt Reed. Prior to this month, I hadn’t taken a vacation in two years. It was time. 
When we lived in New England, we made a point to take a week each summer to take a vacation in one of the New England states. More...

26 août 2016

Friday Fragments - August 4, 2016

By Matt Reed. August 5 is Kay Ford’s last day at work. I mention that because she’s my mom. She’s retiring from Drexel University, where she has run the MBA Career Services office for the last ten-plus years. More...

26 août 2016

The Yaz Problem

By Matt Reed. My grandfather was a long-term baseball fan. In the 70’s and 80’s we used to visit him and Grandma in Michigan once or twice a year, and he and I would usually spend some time watching games in the living room. More...

26 août 2016

“Disaffected Dudes”

By Matt Reed. How can a community college reach underemployed men in their twenties and thirties? 
This group -- Josh Wyner called them “disaffected dudes,” which I’ve decided to steal -- comes back to college at far lower rates than women of the same age. More...

26 août 2016

“It’s a Simple Question…”

By Matt Reed. “I just need a yes or a no.” 
Maybe, but I need a lot more than that. 
Every so often, someone will mutter something about seemingly simple questions taking days or even weeks to get answers. More...

26 août 2016

“Yes, and…”

By Matt Reed. Who knew improvisatory comedy could be useful in higher ed? 
I’ve been a fan of “improv” for years. I have decided opinions on the merits of the various hosts and cast members of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?,” and have seen a few subsets of the cast live. More...

26 août 2016

Cognitive Dissonance

By Matt Reed. Last week I joined 39 other community college people at an Aspen Institute workshop at Stanford. I’m still recovering from the cognitive dissonance. More...

26 août 2016

The Unspoken

By Matt Reed. What do you do when a colleague’s spoken commitments and unspoken commitments seem to conflict? 
I read a piece this week in preparation for a workshop that really rang true. More...

26 août 2016

Opposable Thumbs

By Matt Reed. A longtime reader wrote this week with a great question:
Between the subsidies on the one hand and the prestige pricing on the other, it's hard from the outside to figure out what it actually costs to deliver a college education. What's your rule-of-thumb figure. More...

26 août 2016

Islands and Atolls

By Matt Reed. Anya Kamentz’ story on education “islands” hit home pretty directly; it’s about the town where I live, and it applies to another town where I used to live. Luckily, my current town offers an alternative that Kamenetz missed. More...

Newsletter
53 abonnés
Visiteurs
Depuis la création 2 803 217
Formation Continue du Supérieur
Archives