MOOC mania has bitten the dust. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) were expected to fundamentally change higher education. Clarissa Shen, Vice President of MOOC giant Udacity, recently conceded that ...Read More
Emulate. The word is often used instead of “copy” or “imitate.” In education, copying is discouraged and often punished. Originality is encouraged and rewarded. Emulation, in my view, is pivot...Read More
I do not consider myself a writer, but I do write. Many find writing difficult. So do I. I love it despite its difficulties. I love it because of its difficulties. Flannery O’Connor says, “I write...Read More
Honestly, the first good research question that occurred to me arrived during my third year of graduate school. Maybe that is because I’m not that bright. Or, maybe it is because of the way that we ...Read More
I have never been quite sure what to make of the Curious George children’s books. George is a chimpanzee taken from his jungle home by the Man in the Yellow Hat. George’s curiosity results in many...Read More
In a recent LA Times Op-Ed Naomi Riley bemoaned academic research in the California State University system. The CSU, she argued, is a “teaching university;” why is the CSU faculty engaging in res...Read More
Twenty-six years ago–in April 1989–I attended and presented at my first professional conference. I was finishing my second year of graduate school. Much of my second year in graduate sch...Read More
A new study by the Coalition on the Academic Workforce (CAW) reports on the exploitation of contingent (lecturer) faculty across the country. In the CSU system less than half of faculty are full-time,...Read More
How can an organization be so completely and utterly ineffective? Working in the CSU it is a question that I ask myself on a regular basis. I have worked at several universities that evidenced various...Read More
In a sign of the coming apocalypse I agree with the general tenor of George Will’s column in The Washington Post today. Will’s general complaint is about the trend toward administrative bl...Read More