Category archives: Higher Ed
Foreign Policy says you ought to eschew the US, send your kids overseas to college
An interesting story in Foreign Policy re: US colleges, cost and competitiveness: Want to combine a quality education with language immersion? Peking University — No. 49 on the Times criteria, above Penn State — charges between $4,000 and $6,000 in… continue reading »
“Those connections on your computer aren’t real…” and other falsehoods
I may or may not have heard a speaker recently cite the rampant use of digital devices by millennials. In this discussion, said speaker might have referenced Facebook and other tools by saying, “I have a hard time convincing kids… continue reading »
Social media, participation and the free-rider problem
Image via Wikipedia Story Article in the Times about blogging and how you can go from being very interested in writing, to not very active at all. It probably spends too much time talking about people who blog because they… continue reading »
“Facebook and Google do it wrong, Twitter does it better”
A very eloquent and passionate treatise from 4chan’s Chris Poole on social networks, identity and how we represent ourselves online. This is a topic I think about a lot, because I never know to explain myself to people on the… continue reading »
Happy President’s Day video from Macalester
I was alerted to this from the good folks at mstonerblog and I couldn’t help but post it. It features Macalester College’s President and it’s just a really funny, but interesting look at the college in a way you’d normally… continue reading »