By Matt Reed. A few months ago, a tweet made me laugh out loud: “The first rule of philosophy club is hard to define.”
By Joshua Kim. I don’t agree with almost anything that John Tamny writes in Popular Economics. I suspect that if you take me up on my recommendation to read the book that you may have a similar set of reactions. (For the conservative readers of IHE - you higher ed contrarians - and the economists in our community - you should also read the book with little worry that you will find much that is objectionable). Read more...
By Joshua Kim. Lots of news lately about the struggles of the for-profit higher ed industry.
Here are my views on the for-profit higher ed industry, in the form of 5 assertions:
Assertion #1 - There Is Nothing Inherently Wrong With For-Profit Education:
Many in our community are suspicious of the for-profit higher ed industry because they are, well because they are for-profit. Read more...
By Joshua Kim. Today is the day that I will be having a conversation with my boss about my annual performance review. So this upcoming discussion is much on my mind.
How do you think about, and prepare for, your annual review? What sorts of review methods and processes have you found the most helpful in your career. Read more...
By Joshua Kim. Never schedule a work meeting before 8:00 am or after 5:00 pm. There will be someone on your team who needs to reserve these times to take care of family members. They can’t be in two places at one time. The fastest way to burn out good people is to make the balancing of work and family untenable. Read more...
By Joshua Kim. I have this theory that if you are effective on social media then you stand a good chance of being effective in online teaching. How do these two activities go together?
Two words: presence and community.
The people who seem to get the most out of social media are those who dedicate themselves to being present on their platform of choice. Presence does not necessarily mean contribution. Read more...
By Maura Elizabeth Cunningham. Last week, I returned to my graduate institution, UC Irvine, and was one of three panelists at a lunchtime discussion grandly titled “After the Doctorate: Paths Outside Academe.” In addition to me, the panel featured Jennifer Munger, an anthropologist who is the Managing Editor of the Journal of Asian Studies, and Elizabeth Pisani, an epidemiologist and writer who has worked on HIV prevention programs across Asia. Read more...By Shira Lurie. Let me begin by clarifying that no, I did not attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (I’m still waiting on my letter; I assume the owl carrying it got lost crossing the Atlantic). But in many ways, the first year of my PhD reminded me a lot of Harry Potter’s first year at Hogwarts. Read more...By Maura Elizabeth Cunningham. Graduation ceremonies seem to combine many of my least favorite things in life: uncomfortable chairs, being hot, waiting in long lines, listening to boring speakers (alas, no Hollywood heartthrobs have ever spoken at a ceremony I’ve attended), and shelling out still more money to rent or purchase the ridiculously expensive regalia associated with earning a doctorate. Read more...
By Andrys Onsman. Few of us who have been working in universities in Australia were surprised by the revelations made recently on Four Corners, the national flagship investigative current affairs program that alleged that several if not most of the country’s universities engage in ethically dubious practices when it comes to recruiting and graduating international students. Read more...
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