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Survival of the Nearest?

by Andrew | Jun 26, 2023 | Culture, Remote Work, Working World | 0 |

The employee/employer dynamic has swung very quickly back to employers holding power. Elon Musk is...

Schools: Cannibalize Yourselves

by Andrew | Jan 13, 2020 | E-learning, Education Reform, Higher Education, Working World | 0 |

I was in a fascinating conversation today: big, brand name employer talking to R1 University about internships, particularly in STEM fields. Employer: Could we get interns and then keep them? They could continue their...

“Zenith” Writing Assignment

by Andrew | Jul 20, 2019 | Authentic Assessment, Working World, Writing Instruction | 0 |

This writing assignment is courtesy of my friend, Dr. Scott Warnock of Drexel University, who has raised the readership of my 1998 short story, “Zenith,” 100x by assigning it to his students in a Literature of...

US Higher Education’s Billion-Dollar Liability

by Andrew | Oct 22, 2018 | 21st Century Skills, Accreditation, Authentic Assessment, Competency-Based Education, Cost of Education, Education Reform, Feedback, Higher Education, Politics and Dysfunction, Working World | 0 |

I am not a lawyer. I don’t even play one on TV. I’m a literal-minded engineer who loves education...

A Simple Metric to Align Higher Education with the Workplace

by Andrew | Jul 18, 2018 | 21st Century Skills, Challenges to Assessment, Competency-Based Education, Cost of Education, E-learning, Higher Education, Information Literacy, Politics and Dysfunction, Working World | 0 |

It is now widely accepted that the job of college is to get you a job. While schools are talking...

The Kids Can’t Write? They Write All Day…

by Andrew | Jul 25, 2017 | 21st Century Skills, Authentic Assessment, Blackboard, Higher Education, Information Literacy, Politics and Dysfunction, Working World, Writing Instruction | 0 |

Cross-post from 11trees.com… Infographics are often quite silly. They try to boil down complex issues into simplistic graphics, with stick figures and stylized pie charts. The good ones, though, unveil some central truth...