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News 4/17/18

April 17, 2018

Big states like California and Florida show success in linking their two-year and four-year public schools, but we also see encouraging employment news for the Not Degree population. Also: is it bad for adjunct faculty to teach introductory courses?

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Why Educators Shouldn’t Listen to Futurists (Part 3)

April 13, 2018

Why Educators Shouldn’t Listen to Futurists (Part 3)

Do schools need to transform themselves radically to prepare students for the unknown jobs of the future? We offer some reassurance to traditional educators.

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Why Educators Shouldn’t Listen to Futurists (Part 2)

April 10, 2018

Why Educators Shouldn’t Listen to Futurists (Part 2)

Do we really face a future of unprecedented, accelerated, exponential change which our education systems can’t handle? Part 2 of our analysis offers historical perspective.

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News 4/9/18

April 9, 2018

Today we find indications of nefarious activity at some schools. Google launches an interesting pilot program in course videoconferencing, while good old-fashioned truck drivers are sought. Also, we question whether it’s news that students are often broke and hungry.

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Why Educators Shouldn’t Listen to Futurists (Part 1)

April 4, 2018

Why Educators Shouldn’t Listen to Futurists (Part 1)

Futurists keep warning us about an imminent, unprecedented era of accelerated social change. Unfortunately, this big-change sensationalism also pervades commentary on higher education, and it brings with it the notion that schools must rapidly adpat to survive. We offer a warning about these warnings.

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News 4/3/18

April 3, 2018

We learn the great term “new collar jobs” and cover topics ranging from Chinese spies to Catholic excellence in basketball!

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News 3/30/18

March 30, 2018

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As one Boston college launches, another closes. States reach a significant inflection point in their funding models, and we see another sign that tenure ain’t what it used to be. Plus: an important update on L’il Miquela and “Gen Z yellow.”

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Do College Honor Codes Make Sense?

March 29, 2018

Do College Honor Codes Make Sense?

The thief had been at the honor system orientation like the rest of us, but evidently the ceremony had not taken effect with this young man, who was expelled. I wondered then, and I wonder now, if personal honor is something which can be instilled via school policy.

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Samples of Absurdity from the Education Section of the Omnibus Bill

March 26, 2018

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Like a latter-day Thelma and Louise facing a cliff of financial apocalypse, Democrats and Republicans have held hands, abandoned caution and gunned the nation’s T-bird forward with pedal-to-the-metal spending. Now the citizens in the backseat are only left to wonder how far the flagging desert winds will carry us before we meet the canyon floor.

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News 3/22/18

March 22, 2018

Today’s news finds several universities which are offering creative and practical new courses. There’s good news in construction and manufacturing, though we also note the uptick in college merger and layoff activity. And, we learn the University of Arizona is watching students’ use of ID cards very closely.

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