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February 14, 2011

The Uselessness of "Student Learning Outcomes"

Ashley Thorne

At the Chronicle, April Kelly-Woessner has an incisive piece on outcomes assessment at her university and in higher education at large. She argues that the nation is less concerned about measuring h......

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February 14, 2011

Bloggers Pick Up Peter Wood's Piven-Beck Article

Ashley Thorne

Peter Wood's Chronicle article on the Piven-Beck controversy has been getting a lot of attention from five noteworthy online forums. 

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February 14, 2011

Is There Any Subject that Profs Won't Turn into an Academic Conference?

George Leef

I suspect the answer to that question is "no." As evidence, I'll point to a conference last fall devoted to the British comedy group Monty Python.

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February 14, 2011

The Principles of Scientific Education Management

David Clemens

The ed-blogosphere overflows with predictions of a “higher education bubble,” but I find no mention of one thing that epitomizes the whole sorry mess:  the Ed.D. For many Ph.Ds......

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February 14, 2011

What Can We Do About Adrift Students?

Jason Fertig

So college students aren't learning much. Let's do something to change that, Jason Fertig urges.

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