I, KnowBot | Instructional Technology for the 21st Century

According to Inside Higher Ed, several liberal arts schools have already begun integrating their IT and library functions into one administrative unit. Predictably, people are peeved. At least one issue of the New Yorker was shoved aside in a gesture of dissatisfaction, sources say. The justification for this move are manifold: Students will be better [...]

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Net Price Calculator Embraced by Schools, Skepticism Ensues

The “net price calculator,” which allows students to gaze upon their future debt NOW, was mandated by the Higher Education thingamajig of 2008. The idea was to provide an estimate of the total cost of college to the student, figuring in available, need-based financial aid (the inclusion of other kinds of aid is up in [...]

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Want Real Education Reform? Abolish Education.

Posted on 19 September 2011

That’s right, abolish education. Before you come to my house with the pitchforks and the torches, though, let me ask you what comes to mind when I say the word “education.” For me, it’s teachers and schools, venerable buildings and administrators, politicians ranting and parents raving. It’s preparedness for a “21st century economy.” It’s testing [...] Continue Reading

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