If higher ed is to remain relevant, faculty and students must find common ground on what it means to teach and learn at “college level.”
In 2011, PayPal co-founder Peter Theil introduced the first Thiel Foundation Fellows—students who agreed to drop out of college to do scientific research, start a tech company or work in a social movement. Although this may have been seen as a ...
Sometimes when passing through a classroom building, I glance in at a class in session and try to gauge by students’ faces whether the instructor has them engaged or not. Through their facial expressions, you can see whether they are caught up in the class or struggling not to drift away in their thoughts or electronic devices. Faculty often think of their job as transmitting knowledge, from...
You can't characterize human nature if studies overlook 85% of people on Earth https://t.co/UiMQQbvace via @ConversationUS | reminiscent of Esther Kingston-Mann on #ResearchDiversity in https://t.co/1Mi6ShSrAV https://t.co/7kZwk43VqN @nebhe
Holy Cross to cancel classes Friday for sensitivity summit after report of anti-gay assault https://t.co/wdpiN9RgYF | also see https://t.co/tCahZX46lr https://t.co/QcF9mPYw9o and https://t.co/DYVQG5kCt9 #HigherEducation #lgbtqa
Young Americans need to be taught skills, not handed credentials https://t.co/1k1zzrTpy9 via @financialtimes | also see @nebhe Commission Report on Higher Education & Employability https://t.co/fdgyAIvez9 #employability
If higher ed is to remain relevant, faculty and students must find common ground on what it means to teach and learn at “college level.”
In 2011, PayPal co-founder Peter Theil introduced the first Thiel Foundation Fellows—students who agreed to drop out of college to do scientific research, start a tech company or work in a social movement. Although this may have been seen as a ... 
Sometimes when passing through a classroom building, I glance in at a class in session and try to gauge by students’ faces whether the instructor has them engaged or not. Through their facial expressions, you can see whether they are caught up in the class or struggling not to drift away in their thoughts or electronic devices. Faculty often think of their job as transmitting knowledge, from... 
