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Ordinary World: Education

Scott J Davies January 22, 2019

Ordinary World: Education from Ordinary Times and Scott J. Davies with links to stories about higher ed,...

Let’s Be Honest: We Just Don’t Want a Dialogue get_off_your_soapbox

Let’s Be Honest: We Just Don’t Want a Dialogue

Roland Dodds September 24, 2015

Yet another college free-speech case has led me to the conclusion that we just don't want a...

The Corporate City or the Scholarly Enclave? IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-426231

The Corporate City or the Scholarly Enclave?

Ethan Gach August 19, 2013

Choosing a university isn't about truth, beauty, or the quality of the dining hall. It's about people.

Driving Blind: Long Lost Books and University Crooks IFRL-TLC-Scenery-joel-fulgencio-677683-unsplash

Driving Blind: Long Lost Books and University Crooks

Ethan Gach May 10, 2013

A segment at NPR outlines the fight in Texas to transform the state university system. Governor Perry...

Is Unbundling the University Such a Bad Thing? IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-426200

Is Unbundling the University Such a Bad Thing?

Ethan Gach December 12, 2012

I agree with Aaron Bady that a strain of overwrought techno-utopianism cripples Clay Shirky’s analsysis of higher education in...

Brandon Berg in reply to Philip H on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025She sucks, of course, but as someone who has principles other than who and whom, I think the details…
Jaybird in reply to Koz on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaSo your opinion on the tariffs is immigration?
Koz in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaHow you feeling about the whole “Republicans are the party of fiscal sanity” thing given the tariffs…
Jaybird in reply to Koz on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaHow you feeling about the whole "Republicans are the party of fiscal sanity" thing given the tariffs…
Koz in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaYeah, you’re right. I didn’t say “Trump is not even lying, he’s going to disappoint you, he’s not go…
Koz in reply to Jaybird on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaHas he shown up recently? I'm still here, barely. In fact, I just submitted a guest post which hopef…
Jaybird on From Marginal Revolution: o3 and AGI, is April 16th AGI day?The benchmark that makes sense to me: Can it beat Pokemon? 10-year-olds can beat Pokemon.
Jaybird in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Apparently, a guy went down to the address and, when the lady who lives there came out of his house,…
Dark Matter in reply to Chris on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Members of my extended family are homeless or headed there. They make terrible choices because of so…
Jaybird in reply to Chris on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025The extent to which that thought is comforting compared to "the government is feckless if not malici…