The transition from professor to administrator

http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2011/12/21/essay-professorial-traits-administrators-need-drop

I resonated with a number of items on his top 10 list, though I think that much of what he talks about applies much more to state schools than to our Christian college setting.

Moneyball comes to college?

http://chronicle.com/article/A-Moneyball-Approach-to/130062/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en

Taking data-mining too far or wave of the future?

Everything you know about education is wrong?

Another of these pieces that argue that our traditional markers for quality education (small classes, lots of resources, highly credentialed teachers, etc.) do not correlate much if at all with student learning. It's not resources that matter, but culture, namely a culture of setting high standards and rigorous expectations.

http://m.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/12/everything-you-know-about-education-is-wrong/249722/