On first reactions to anonymous diploma registration proposal
I’m in the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport right now, waiting for my flight. (Pay no attention to the date and time this gets posted. I really am writing this entry in the airport and just posting it later, since I’m not willing to pay $8 for internet access for an hour.) Responses to the anonymous diploma […]
Student suggestions on writing
This semester, I promised my masters-course students that they’d see every draft chapter of Accountability Frankenstein, and I’ve given them credit for ripping the chapters apart as they’ve come to them. It was one of the best things I’ve ever done in my career. Not only has the pressure pushed me to write faster than […]
Anonymous diploma registration
This afternoon, I give a presentation at the Minnesota Population Center, “The Graduation-Rate Debate, Higher-Education Unit Records, and Public Policy: Serious Academic Discussion, Political Tragedy, or Farce?” The MPC was very kind to ask me to stay after the conference here and be a seminar speaker. In the talk, I will present the idea of […]