The second speaker at the conference (#masonfuture) was Jeff Selingo from the Chronicle of Higher Education. His remarks began with a focus on how higher education is deeply skeptical of change and unwilling to hear opposing viewpoints. Then he moved to a discussion of how technology is transforming the relationship between the producer and the…
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Milo Minderbinder University?
Do you remember First Lieutenant Milo Minderbinder? He’s the guy in Joseph Heller’s Catch-22Â who bought eggs in Malta for 84 cents a dozen and sold them back to the Maltese for 51 cents a dozen. The important thing was that the syndicate made a profit, so everyone who owned a share made out in the…
The Five Page Paper and the History Degree
Over the past week there has been a lot of hand wringing in American higher education over a recent study by the Pew Research Center, “Is College Worth It?.” The study, conducted with The Chronicle of Higher Education, makes it abundantly clear that a growing majority of American adults no longer believes that higher education…
When Students Assess Scholars
What happens when students assess the work of scholars in a public, i.e. online, forum? To what degree to student assessments have an impact on professional reputations, on promotion decisions, or on resource allocations? I’ve been mulling this question over for the past week because about a week ago I received a somewhat testy email…