archive of blog posts
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A difficult question: religious thought, academic freedom, and dinosaur DNA
I am terrible about starting a new blog series before finishing the last one. Or the other one. (My “how you work at work” profile says I’m better during the early parts of a project but fade away during implementation. Can I use that as an excuse? “I’m a Clarifier! And a Developer! I’m not responsible for failed…
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A Stick in the Eye of Higher Ed
If you haven’t read this, give it a shot and tell me what you think: Ivy League Schools Are Overrated. Send Your Kids Elsewhere. | New Republic. I really love how Deresiewicz takes aim at a few unchallenged assumptions of our 21st century American higher ed system: that admission to elite colleges has everything to do…
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The Reality of Student Debt Is Different From the Clichés – NYTimes.com
An article well worth your time to read. “The misperceptions matter because they distract us from the real trouble with our higher education system. It’s not the graduates of expensive colleges who are struggling to get started on a career. Such graduates make for good stories and they tend to involve the peer group of…
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5 Bold Predictions For The Future Of Higher Education | Co.Exist | ideas + impact
5 Bold Predictions For The Future Of Higher Education | Co.Exist | ideas + impact. A quick but interesting read. I’m really interested in this “pivot” happening right now in higher ed. I think, a couple decades from now, we’ll look back and realize we were going through a sea change in how higher education…


