I've seen lots of these examples at other institutions, and I've continued to wonder why institutions such as JBU haven't moved in this direction. I'm sure there are reasons, but they don't come readily to mind.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_45/b4057083.htm
Random Reflections on Higher Education by a Dean on Sabbatical
About Me
- Ed Ericson
- A former history professor and now college administrator, I started using this blog primarily to catalog my various reflections during a 2007 sabbatical.
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- Divorce for "any cause"
- Wellness programs at JBU?
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- Science Education Myths?
- Beauty is universal?
- Why do higher education cost increases outpace CPI?
- Religion as an antidote to poverty?
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- Going green won't make you rich?
- No more haggling over car prices?
- The future of the Anglosphere?
- Conservatism at middle age?
- Indoctrination via secondary accreditation?
- The coming health care compromise?
- The effect of private schools?
- The Mars-Venus Myth?
- Mission accomplished in Iraq?
- Influence of family on longevity?
- The rising influence of the home-school movement
- Political inclinations of faculty
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