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17 mai 2015

Wasted Potential

By John Warner. Right now, I feel like I’m just flat out done with the traditional first-year writing “research paper.” I understand its pedagogical purpose in theory, but even after trying a lot of different approaches, I can’t seem to make it do what I want. It is not the capstone to a semester of writing in the academic conversation I wish for, but is instead, an artifact of exhaustion, deposited by students with shrugs, rather than smiles, indifference, rather than pride. Read more...

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17 mai 2015

What If Blockbuster Had Had Tenure?

By Joshua Kim. The case of Blockbuster offers one of my favorite thought experiments for higher ed. In 2004 Blockbuster boasted 9,000 stores worldwide, 60,000 employees, and a market capitalization of $5 billion. Today, Blockbuster is gone. Read more...

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17 mai 2015

Confessions of an Early Airport Arriver

By Joshua Kim. There are two types of people in the world. Those who arrive to the airport ridiculously early (me), and those who like show up before they lock the jetway door (my wife). Which one are you. Read more...

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17 mai 2015

Professional Networks and Social Media

By Joshua Kim. I’m often asked about the best way to establish a “presence” on social media. My answer is always the same. Think of social media in terms of relationships and conversations. Read more...

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17 mai 2015

The 6 Best Writers on Campus

By Joshua Kim. If your work life is anything like mine, then you spend much of your day writing. The amount we write for our jobs is shocking.
We write reports. We write presentations. We write tweets. We write blog posts and blog comments. We write for the web. We write to persuade. We write to recommend. Read more...

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17 mai 2015

The Missing Middle

By Matt Reed. James Jacobs published a great piece earlier this week in IHE, and almost nobody noticed. That’s a shame, but in a way, it validates his thesis. Read more...

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17 mai 2015

A Shakeout Dividend

By Matt Reed. The latest stories about ITT, EDMC, and Corinthian’s struggles -- and I doubt they’ll be the last -- should actually give community college fans some hope.
We may see a shakeout dividend. Read more...

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17 mai 2015

Disciplinary Associations and Community Colleges

By Matt Reed. Paula Krebs, the Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at Bridgewater State and a partner-in-crime with the New England Cross-Sectoral Partnership, asked me a great question. She noted that only 7% of the MLA membership is from community colleges, and she asked what would make membership more attractive to community college faculty. Read more...

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17 mai 2015

Placing Adults

By Matt Reed. For years, most community colleges relied on a single placement test given at the time of admission. (Accuplacer and Compass are among the more common.) A score on reading, writing, or math would indicate that a student needed remediation, could start at the college level, or was potentially Honors material. Read more...

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17 mai 2015

Kids Today: A Response to Mark Bauerlein

By Matt Reed. A few weeks ago, I offered my services to the New York Times to improve its coverage of higher education. This week, I’ll repeat the offer, since the situation there is only getting worse. Read more...

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