It is old news that college costs have far out-paced wages over the past generation. The real question that universities will ultimately have to face, just like any other business, is what is the value add? How are the charges justified? Let's …
Poverty is a marvelous environmental policy
"Poverty is a marvelous environmental policy because where there is no demand there is very little disruption." Quote from the Yale course on Capitalism, lecture "Counting the Fingers of Adam Smith’s Invisible Hand." …
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Manipulation: Why We Need More Of It
Human beings did not evolve by reading books. They evolved by manually creating and handling tools. For example, we have evidence of early humans from the arrow heads or sewn-shoes they've left behind. See my entry on the Paisley caves near …
Universal access to free, high-quality courses
"The future is so clearly one of universal access to free, high-quality, impeccably branded online courses that their presence can be simply assumed. The interesting questions now revolve around financing, quality assurance, and—most …
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The Future of Academic Scholarship. Open.
This piece by Bryn Geffert on the open future of academic scholarship is brilliant and hilarious all at the same time, using the literary format of C.S. Lewis' "Screwtape Letters." How to Succeed in Publishing Without Really Trying …
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Redesigning the Paint Can
Teaching a class on innovation changes your perspective on just about everything. For example, I was at a home improvement store some weeks ago and happened to walk through the paint aisle. Within a few moments I thought of several ways that the …