I have one of the best jobs in academia. Here's why I'm walking away. My grandmother worked in a school cafeteria. My mother taught second grade. Nearly two decades ago, I resolved to enter public education, too, but with plans to rise even higher. I would become a college professor, advancing the scholarship of my discipline, free from the petty bureaucratic concerns that hamstrung my mother's career. From 1998 until 2012, I pursued that objective with extraordinary focus. I can't understate how rare this opportunity is: Tenure-track jobs at large state universities are few and far between.
I had read all of the doom-and-gloom think pieces about the status of the American university system, of course, but it felt like none of that applied to me. I had not just survived the academic Hunger Games — I had emerged triumphant. Then it all began to fall apart. First there was sniping, from peers and administrators. I was a priest who had lost his faith, performing the sacraments without any sense of their importance Then there was official pushback and politics. My Name Is Not Bob: Best Blogs for Writers to Read in 2013. Once again, it's that time of year. Every February, I reveal my personal list of the best blogs for writers to read. These are personal faves, so I won't be offended if you know a great blog I didn't list. Please share it in the comments below, and I will review it for next year's list.
By the way, this year's list offers more than 50 blogs. Writer's Digest Blogs As a Senior Content Editor for the Writer's Digest Writing Community, I'm rather partial to the blogs on the WritersDigest.com site. Learn How to Start (or Improve) Your Blog! E-media guru Dan Blank of We Grow Media leads this 4-week Blogging 101 course. Click to continue. My All-Star Blogs for Writers These are the best of the best as far as I'm concerned by single bloggers (tag-teams have their own list below).
How Teachers Can Stop Being Scared Of Twitter - Edudemic. Working at the edge | …where learning takes place. Thrasymakos | Just another WordPress.com site. Brainstorm in Progress. Gardner Writes | Aut Inveniam, Aut Faciam. Stephen's Web ~ Stephen's Web. E-Literate - What We Are Learning About Online Learning...Online. Higher Education Initiative | Higher Ed Watch. Today, the College Board released its annual sets of trends reports, one on college pricing and one on student aid. Dense, chart-filled works, the documents tell a story of what today’s postsecondary students are facing.
But each report typically carries a message with it, one that often tries to dampen the sense of unabated cost escalation. This year’s desired headline is 2.9 percent. That’s the change in published tuition and fees at four-year public institutions from last academic year to this one in current dollars. But herein lies the difficulty with percentage increases and college costs. In fairness, that $247 increase is the lowest that families have faced in current dollars since the 2000-2001 year. Private nonprofit 4-year colleges provide an even better illustration of the wonders of the percentage increase bait and switch. Understanding the dollar versus percentage dynamic is especially important for interpreting charts like the one below. Blog | Butler University e-Learning.