Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
In the UK, Are Student Populations Growing Older?
In an article from The Conversation’s ‘Hard Evidence’ series, Lancaster’s Jill Johnes looks at the numbers and finds the more mature undergraduate population has grown slowly, but with a spike this year.
Myers-Briggs at Work? Might Be a Terrible Idea (MBTI)
Academics already tend to have a bone to pick with the Myers Briggs Type Indicator as anything other than a parlor game. Nonetheless, while the personality test has a hold on the popular imagination it shouldn’t enter the workplace.
Even in a MOOC, Students Want to Belong
Even in the austere and potentially lonely world of of the online course, students respond best when they feel they’re part of the family, new research finds.
Global Problems Take a Village (of Disciplines)
The wicked problems of today’s world cannot be solved by staying within the realms of a single subject.
Methods: In Polling, Bigger Is Not Necessarily Better
As various canvasses and opinion polls attempt to predict the outcome of the Scottish independence plebiscite, it’s worth taking a look at how more methodologically sound inputs lead to more accurate forecasts.
The Slippery Slope: Dumbing Down into Secondary Schools
Although this piece first posted at The Conversation was not intended as a response to Daniel Nehring’s request for opinions about effect of ranking-mania on academic labor, Alister Scott’s observations on the current state of British higher education do shine a light on one facet of the larger issues involved.
Opinion: India Making Wrong Decisions for Undergrads
The Indian government’s new regulations for higher education not only are not helping education and students, argues Vishwesha Guttal, they are jeopardizing future excellence.
Are Good Intentions Enough in Allocating School Places?
Unintended consequences and little practical improvement could result from England’s plan to give poor students priority in school placement, especially if schools can decide to opt in or out, argue Stephen Gorard and Rebecca Morris.
