International Women’s Day, 2015
Oh what to say on this Sunday morning? I could say that I’m tired and worn from the stresses of a career in education. I could say that the spite of strangers can make a person cry. I could say … Continue reading
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Guides for Better Writing
Sometimes I find myself reverting back to Strunk and White when grading student papers, writing in the margins that the best writing is efficient writing. As a college student, I was a member of the nationally respected (and feared? 🙂 … Continue reading
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T.G.I.M., Sabbatical edition
It’s Monday. It’s the first Monday of summer break, or as I choose to look at it, the first Monday of my sabbatical. I know that technically my sabbatical doesn’t begin until the fall semester, but why put off until … Continue reading
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Photo of the Week, 7 April 2013
There are five weeks left.
Photo of the Week, 13 January 2013
Some advice for the new semester…
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Students and Writing
A first-of-its-kind study has revealed the obvious– U.S. students aren’t very good writers. This is in addition to our 17th worldwide ranking in science and 25th in math. Our highest ranking is 14th in reading literacy, but this most recent … Continue reading
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All That Mushy Teaching Stuff
I seems as if I’ve been writing “You are loved” a lot lately and you’ll forgive me if there’s a bit too much ‘love’ here, there, and everywhere. I’ve been writing “you are loved” on the blog and faceplace pages … Continue reading
New Year in Education Resolutions
This post by Paul Stoller in the Huffington Post highlights some of the tiring dilemmas in Higher Education. Among his assertions is that, “Higher education should be more than a system for processing student bodies. Indeed, it should be the … Continue reading
Thinking about Teaching
Today is Fall Commencement at Columbia College. As I watch our graduates revel and sigh in relief over their upcoming graduation I think, not only, about how much they’ve changed in the years since I first ‘met’ them, but in … Continue reading
Is Our Children Learning?
I must admit that when I first read the results of Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa’s Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses I wasn’t surprised. In fact, I was surprised that anyone would be surprised at their findings. As … Continue reading
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