Self-disciplined people are learners. They rise to the challenges of life, and leap into its uncertainties. Self-discipline requires the letting go of security to take a chance and invest time and effort on something. People like our idols are people who surrender their security at one time or another in their lives. For some, security…
Read moreThis issue is timely for two reasons. First of all, the specter of impending teacher shortages, particularly in the areas of mathematics, science, foreign language, English as a Second Language (ESOL), and special education, means that schools will need to work harder to find and hire teachers in these areas, and will have to pay…
Read moreCollege and university leaders may recognize that realistic solutions will require an end to “business as usual,” and may be reluctant to explore options that will be painful and disruptive on campus. And yet, the growing numbers of young people wanting and needing higher education are (and will be) there, and it is foolish to…
Read moreEvery one of us has been in a classroom where someone we know gets great results all of the time seemingly without much effort. Maybe the amount of effort is comparable to what we are putting into our studies, yet, we are not doing as well as they are. Most of us would have chalked…
Read moreA system by definition is a collection of subsystems that takes one or more kinds of inputs and creates an output that has value to the larger system of which it is in turn a part. For purposes of this study, we defined a higher education system to include the public and private postsecondary institutions…
Read moreTurn the pages to explore bygone eras, time-honored tales and historical narratives. Adventure awaits in these classic books online. This is a selective list of books and pamphlets of general and scholarly interest, supplemented by key articles. The list is arranged by subject and organized into several categories: Literature, History, Religion, Esoterica, etc. …
Read more“If you want to be a great leader, you must learn to follow the Tao. Stop trying to control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself.” -Lao Tzu, Tao te Ching (ca. 500 BC China) “The nature of the sky is originally clear, But by gazing…
Read more“The teacher’s problem is that of inducing a vital and personal experiencing.” -John Dewey, The Child and the Curriculum For teachers of composition, Dewey’s “problem” is ultimately one of relevance. Our students are growing up in a markedly different world from that of our own adolescences. Much that we accepted as permanent has become…
Read moreThe government is finding ways to improve public service, encourage competition and promote economic growth by giving access and free use of publicly funded datasets for these purposes. The college is concerned, though, that the application of these principles to universities (which are private charitable bodies, though partly publicly funded) will have unintended consequences which…
Read moreA vital part of our mission, and something that makes us distinctive from most university departments, is our emphasis on improving the access and use of research data outside of academia. This is underpinned by a realization that research will only make a difference if it can be converted into initiatives that change practice. With…
Read moreFederal systems have the capability of linking institutions, however configured for governing purposes, to each other and to state government through four central work processes: information management, program planning, budgeting, and articulation. These work processes are managed by a statewide agency with enough support and delegated authority to compel institutional attention to state priorities. Federal…
Read moreCanadian Universities The compiler of this page does not have a list of e-mail addresses for universities; does not have information about which universities offer programs in a particular field of study; does not have a list of institutions that offer courses over the Internet. *member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada…
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