Ask a Scholar: What Will be the Effects of a Local Power Line Upgrade?
Jun 05, 2013 by Charles G. Beaudette |
Is there reason to worry about a planned power line upgrade?
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What Will Higher Ed Look Like in 2020?
Apr 10, 2013 by George Leef |
Vance Fried writes about rapidly changing technologies and its effect on higher education.
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STEM Versus Diversity
Dec 06, 2012 by William H. Young |
William Young examines the shortage of scientists and engineers in light of demands for continued "diversity" in immigration.
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How the Internet Ruined the Teaching of Literature
Oct 22, 2012 by David Clemens |
Professor Clemens gives up his Literature class because students no longer relate to a non-Internet medium.
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Jobs and Governance
Oct 18, 2012 by William H. Young |
William Young examines the relationship between higher education, public policy and stagnant job growth.
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What STEM Can’t Do
Sep 22, 2012 by David Clemens |
A story of pets and furry friends exemplifies how a science and math core overlooks a large portion of the human experience.
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Capitalism and Western Civilization: STEM
Aug 30, 2012 by William H. Young |
William Young discusses the implications of the growing shortage of science and engineering graduates.
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Capitalism and Western Civilization: Jobs
Mar 15, 2012 by William H. Young |
William Young discusses the growing number of jobs in technological fields and the shrinking pool of workers qualified to fill them.
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NAS Blog Stats in 2011
Jan 03, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
The NAS blog is ever more popular as gauged by visitor hits.
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Answering the Critics of Online Education
Aug 29, 2011 by Douglas Campbell, Shannon Lynch-McClure |
The online classroom is different from, not inferior to, the traditional classroom, argue two faculty members of an online university.
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What Happens to the Old Universities?
Aug 17, 2011 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood reviews the new book, The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education from the Inside Out.
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Video: Mark Bauerlein on American History by Google and Wikipedia
Jul 25, 2011 by |
Is internet searching conducive to real education?
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Bottling Up Global Warming Skepticism
Jul 07, 2011 by Peter Wood |
Science Magazine reports that a computer scientist is going on the offensive against global warming skeptics.
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The Dangerous Mr. Khan
Jun 07, 2011 by David Clemens |
Khan Academy's video lectures may work for teaching math and science, but history gets short-changed in favor of quick information transfer and a too-zoomed-out big picture view.
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The Distracted Generation
Apr 12, 2011 by Jason Fertig |
A new book on the internet's effects on the brain opens a window into this generation's world. Instead of learning to fight distraction, we are teaching ourselves to always be distracted.
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