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Does Sherman Dorn hold a double standard on interview studies?
Rick Hess writes in response to my last entry commenting on a piece by Ben Wildavsky that I “snarked that the research was qualitative and that Ben didn’t offer up a quantitative analysis. Now, I thought it interesting that education scholars who often argue the merits of methodological diversity (an argument I heartily endorse, so long as […]
Why Wildavsky’s bone-headed error?
A few days ago, I was puzzling over a statement in the executive summary of an American Enterprise Institute-sponsored paper by Ben Wildavsky released (and publicized) this week: … faculty [at for-profits] tends to look quite different from those at many traditional not-for-profit institutions. First and foremost, they are instructors rather than researchers. (p. 2) Anyone who […]
Dead administration walking and the higher ed Klein bottle myth
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, a longtime college president found himself suspended and locked out of his office, obviously about to be fired after more than a year of controversy over the hiring and firing of a number of top administrators, including a few who blew the whistle on clear […]
Shrewd ed-tech talk at Digital Campus
Digital Campus » Episode 78 – Death Knell for the Paywall is a wonderful example of why I listen to these folks every time another Digital Campus podcast comes out: you need to have a little knowledge of the subjects they’re discussing, but Dan, Amanda, Mills, and Tom (and any guests or irregulars) consistently provide perceptive […]
Old-fashioned alt-academic careers: Diane Ravitch
Take an alternative route from academic training, acquire elder-statecraft status, say what you want, get written up. That’s pretty much what happened to Diane Ravitch, as told either by Dana Goldstein or Kevin Carey this year. ((See the responses to Carey’s recent piece by Goldstein and Mike Petrilli. I don’t know the extent to which […]