Since the 1970s, developing regions have exhibited massive growth in tertiary higher education in general and private higher education (PHE) in particular. Yet, HE still remains small especially in Sub-Saharan Africa where GER hovers at 8 percent. More...
I live both sides of this equation, to an extent. I’ve taught in higher ed over many years, and having also recently completed a Ph.D, I’ve thrown my hat into a few academic competitions. Thus I write letters - though more often for collegial awards or Ph.D admittance - and I ask for them. And while I dislike the latter more than the former, I’m not sure much of value is coming out of most of it. More...
By Oronte. In October 2014 I discovered a Kickstarter campaign by Griffin Dunne—actor, director, and nephew of Joan Didion—whose goal was to finance “the first and only documentary being made about Joan Didion.” Dunne would be co-director. The working title was “We Tell Ourselves Stories In Order to Live,” a line from her White Album, which, stripped of context, sounds both hopeful and self-justifying. More...
By Joshua Kim. What binds the affluent of NYC and the growing numbers of non-tenurable alternative academics on U.S. campuses? Worry. Anxiety. An obsession with those with greater privilege and security. And a tendency of some of us question our existential place in our respective communities. More...
By Joshua Kim. A great book to hopefully invite other voices to our conversation on the future of the internet. More...
By Joshua Kim. Quiz question #1: Which of the following books covering the fundamentals of learning science should everyone who works in higher education read. More...
By Joshua Kim. The higher education system of 2030 will make the existing levels of 2017 postsecondary inequality look positively Amish. (Or Swedish, or Canadian - pick your egalitarian signifier). More...
By Joshua Kim. Disney is paying $52.4 billion in an all stock deal to acquire 21st Century Fox. For its money, Disney gets Fox’s TV and film studios and its cable networks, as well as some international TV stations and a majority ownership of Hulu. More...
By Joshua Kim. My e-mails are too long.
While I know that the effectiveness of one’s e-mail communication are in direct proportion to brevity, I can’t seem to help myself. More...
By Joshua Kim. To classify is to exclude. We want to develop a working definition of the alternative academic as an occupation. Counting who’s in and who’s out is important for research, but it comes at a cost. More...
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