Why I’m buying Blackboard
Okay, I'll admit it: I'm buying Blackboard, the fabulous Learning Management System company that has totally wowed faculty during its agile-minded development over more than a decade. Four weeks ago, to the day, my lawyers forwarded an unsolicited offer to Blackboard's lawyers, and while the talks are still in process, and I have a few […]
Climate change exacerbated by television talking heads
Lloyd Green’s rant today on FauxNews is amazing for its educational value. I never knew that the reason why President Obama’s approval ratings are lower than 50% is because he hadn’t yet released copies of the generally-private long-form birth certificate from Hawaii that documents his birth as a native U.S. citizen. I thought it had […]
Jay Mathews’ advice to the college-bound
I agree wholeheartedly with the entry titled Stressed by choosing a college? Read these 5 tips. Yes, he quoted me in the first item, but it’s really about the fifth item there: “Whatever your mood now, you will be happy once you ditch your parents.” I will be seeing my daughter at college when I […]
Unsettled schools, two centuries ago and now
I could get used to days like this again, where I spend most of the day doing nothing but reading what I choose, in this case two books. My undergraduate papers are due next week, and so next weekend I will be swamped with other stuff, but I had the chance to finish two books […]
Distraction by pseudo-oracular press release
Paul Krugman has the same reaction I did to the Standards and Poor "warning" yesterday: meh. I know it can be spun as an attempt to influence X (for various values of X), but the debt ceiling will not cause an immediate default on government bonds even if the Tea Party caucus blocks the hike in […]