For Researchers, Risk Is a Vanishing Luxury

The Chronicle of Higher Education — For Researchers, Risk Is a Vanishing Luxury: In her latest book, Roberta Ness, vice president for innovation at the University of Texas School of Public Health, says a basic mission of the American research university is eroding, with predictability prized over boldness at almost every level. Universities increasingly judge faculty members…
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Of MOOCs & Higher Ed

I know I need to insert myself into the conversation about MOOCs, and I recognize I’m in a unique position to do so. It’s not class reading, so it’s not on the top of the priority list, but the conversation about MOOCs and higher education in general is one that, if I intend to remain…
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