No holy grail, just inexpensive texts, please
I love the inspiration of the Student PIRG Open Textbook campaign as well as the Hewlett Foundation Open Educational Resources initiative, not to mention the excitement over H.R. 1464 over at iterating towards openness (relevant entries one, two, three, and four). I think I’ll take the latter’s subtitle as my theme on this topic: “pragmatism […]
“My university administration has asked me not to speak to the press”
Fellow education policy blogger Sara Goldrick-Rab wrote a painful entry earlier this week about how her administration treats her speaking up on a policy issue in her area of expertise (in this case, her opposition to UW-Madison’s tuition hike), and I’m sorry I haven’t followed up before now, because if she is reporting correctly (see […]
Does 416 have southern or northern exposure??
Yes, folks, it’s the time when having been incredibly inefficient/distracted thus far this week, I finally have cleared enough from my plate to focus on organizing my summer class. I have been pondering bits and pieces of critical stuff for a few weeks, and it’s time to crack down and finish updating the syllabus. This […]
Does Duncan need a program-closing commission?
The recommended chopping of a dozen programs and half a billion dollars from the Obama recommended budget, and the expected political defense of those programs, reminds me of the various efforts to eliminate programs in the Pentagon that have developed political roots. A few weeks ago, I was wondering if the Pentagon needed a weapons-program-closing […]