By Dan Butin. In one of the most memorable movie scenes ever about teaching, Robin Williams, as the high school English teacher John Keating, stands up on his desk and asks the stunned class “Why do I stand up here?” When a student replies “To feel taller!” Williams responds, “No! Thank you for playing Mr. Dalton. I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.” Read more...
By Liz Reisberg. The growing presence and influence of for-profit higher education internationally is worrisome and seems to be attracting less attention that it deserves. Supporters of the trend towards more for-profit universities, like to claim that this sector expands access. Read more...
By Andrys Onsman. In her excellent book on education hubs Jane Knight offers a lot of interesting points and analyses. There are a number of cities and regions that are actively promoting themselves as education hubs, often investing money, real estate and personnel to attract HE providers with a recognised brand — Singapore, Hong Kong, Qatar, Seoul, UAE, Botswana, Panama City, Monterey and new entrants such as Sri Lanka, Mauritius and Bahrain. Read more...
By Tracy Mitrano. Two New York Times articles about the F.C.C. caught my attention this week. In the first, Why the U.S. Has Fallen Behind in Internet Speed and Affordability, explores concomitant legal and market factors that have had a deleterious result for U.S. consumers. Read more...
By Joshua Kim. The role an academic administrative assistant is changing. This work is morphing from a support role to a creative collaborative profession. The title of “administrative” and “assistant” doubly fails to capture the work that these professionals do. “Administrative” is too narrow a term for colleagues who daily juggle project management, resource planning, communications, scheduling, finances, and logistics. “Assistant” is not well specified, as all of our work is collaborative. Read more...By Joshua Kim. Are you as depressed as I am about the results of the 2014 IHE Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology? Read more...
By Svetlana Shkolyar. I felt more nervous delivering a 3-minute science communication competition speech to an audience of Trekkies and Batmen (I was at ComiCon, if you haven’t guessed) than I did giving a real conference talk to a group of instrumentation experts from all over the world. Read more...By Katie Shives. In life, failure is inevitable; in graduate school, it is guaranteed. The very nature of a graduate degree puts you into contact with failure on a regular basis, especially if you work in the lab attempting to do or show something that has never been seen before. Read more...
By Matt Reed. Policy is meant to address problems as they’re understood. When the problems aren’t fully understood, the policy intervention can misfire pretty badly. Read more...
By Matt Reed. That isn’t necessarily as easy as it sounds, especially in the early stages. Assuming that some folks have been burned before, you’ll have to overcome some initial skepticism. You’ll need to be willing to focus the venue on solvable issues, and to set a goal of providing solutions, rather than blame. That may involve disappointing some of the more ardent True Believers. But if you’re able to set a constructive tone, you’ll quickly gain credibility. Read more...
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