Crisis in Higher Education?
Is there a “crisis in higher education” as outlined by the recent article, “Faulty Towers” in The Nation? Apparently there are reading lists on the matter. The authors’ of “Higher Education’s Toughest...
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Are you working on a grant this summer or planning to this fall? I’ve added some new resources at UMass Boston to our Grantsmanship page–check it out.
View ArticleThe Academic Writer
What is the hardest thing about scholarly writing? Is it Getting Started Unblocking Finding Time to Write Daily (forget about big blocks!) Revising, Sharing Drafts, or Listening to Feedback? Summertime...
View ArticleDid you start your Tenure Box yet?
Depending on where you are in your trajectory for tenure you might think it’s either too early or too late for this (even the already tenured could call it their full professor or promotion box!), but...
View ArticleHow’s your writing going now that the semester started?
I never posted my more exciting writing tracking and motivation method because it was one of those great ideas that didn’t go anywhere. I shouldn’t admit that probably! I mean it is one of those ideas...
View ArticleWill you be asking for mid semester teaching evaluations?
While evaluations at the end of the semester have their purpose, they don’t help to address any of the issues that might have been going on in the classroom or let you know what students are learning...
View ArticleConference or Productivity App?
This morning I read the Q&A with the authors of the new book “Social Knowledge in the Making” on Inside Higher Ed. One thing that caught my eye that pertains to supporting faculty even more than...
View ArticleWhat is a Digital Researcher?
I have been very interested lately in what is or how to become a “digital researcher.” What prompted me to write this post though was that I was in EbscoHost getting an article and it offered me the...
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