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Adviser in the Classroom

The Juice

By Dermot O'Brien
March 15, 2010 4:42 am

Probably inspired by O.J.’s sterling example in “If I did it,” I’ve been keeping a list of reasons why this whole enterprise won’t work, if it didn’t. Call it a kind of pre-post-hoc ...

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

"Casualization"

By Dean Dad
March 16, 2010 9:52 pm

I've read a fair number of pieces about 'casualization' over the last few years, particularly in the context of higher education. 'Casualization' is usually defined as the reallocation of work from ...

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Getting Back to #1

The Truman Commission Redux

By Arthur Levine
August 9, 2009 11:39 pm

In his previous post, Jamie Merisotis makes a compelling case for the importance of seeing American higher education in the context of higher education worldwide, and for treating our system of ...

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Getting to Green

Engineering behavior

By G. Rendell
March 16, 2010 9:29 pm

For years now, I've used Microsoft Office, running on Microsoft Windows. And for years, every time I've wanted to do something out of the ordinary -- something I don't do often, something I have to ...

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Keywords From a Librarian

FUNQs: Won’t Ask, Won’t Tell

By Mary W. George
November 1, 2009 8:59 pm

Today I have the urge to address a perennial, insidious, and unnecessary condition that afflicts higher education in this country. It results from the most Frequently UNasked Question (by students) ...

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Mama PhD

Mothering at Mid-Career: Unknitting

By Libby Gruner
March 15, 2010 9:57 pm

There are some undertakings so overwhelming that, if you knew too much about them before diving in, you might never embark on them. Having children, for example, is way too daunting if you think ...

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Provost Prose

Level Playing Field

By Herman Berliner
March 14, 2010 9:04 pm

Early this week, a graduating senior came to my office to ask for a recommendation to Law School. Since I had known the excellent work done by this student since he entered Hofstra, I was pleased to ...

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Reality Check

Seeking Federal Support

By John V. Lombardi
November 17, 2009 4:00 pm

I am having trouble signing on to the campaign to make our universities dependencies of the federal government. I want the money. I am confident that we could spend it a lot better than the bailed ...

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Technology and Learning

10 Competencies for Every Graduate

By Joshua Kim
March 16, 2010 9:35 pm

Every job is a technology job. Technology is baked into each aspect of work. Social media means that everyone in an organization is a communicator, everyone is a salesperson. As the technical ...

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The Education of Oronte Churm

Ten Views of My Ideal Hut

By Oronte
March 17, 2010 3:27 am

Literary hermitage has a nice ring to it, but like most things, its enjoyment probably depends on the details. I’ve been reading the relevantly-titled In Such Hard Times: The Poetry of Wei ...

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University Diaries

PATHOLOGY OF THE LAPTOP

By UD
March 13, 2010 5:55 pm

The laptop ban story has broken out of its narrow precincts. Articles on the subject used to cover the handful of American law schools with institution-wide bans, or the scattered professors in a ...

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