Changing Higher Education

AUGUST 31, 2016

A college or university that does research ends up spending considerable resources of its own even when most of its research is “funded”. How and why is this the case, and where does the institution look to find the resources needed to cover this unfunded research cost? Undergraduate tuition seems like one likely source. . These internal research expenditures fall into two categories, which I will call “open” and “hidden”.

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AUGUST 25, 2016

A little student outreach can have huge impact on next year's success

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Mistaken Goal

AUGUST 10, 2016

Last spring, the faculty senate of my university passed a series of resolutions aimed at updating the university’s general education program. Part of that program requires (nearly) all undergraduate students to take a First-Year Seminar (FYS) course and one of the resolutions updated some of the specific outcomes of that course. In this post I’ll discuss how we’re approaching the new outcome of “responsible use of the internet and other social media” that the facult

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AUGUST 4, 2016

The opportunities for Geofilters in the marketing and recruitment toolkit

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