The emergence of newer technologies has changed the functioning of almost every industry; education and eLearning are no exception. Online learning is now flexible and available to all. We are living in a time where we use Google or YouTube to find a solution for most of our problems. Among a wide range of technological […] … learn more→
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Free speech on campus means universities must protect the dignity of all students
Free speech, a staple of modern democracy, has become the focal point for political and cultural forces impacting the university. Universities thrive in an environment of open inquiry. But recent controversies in universities around the globe expose the difficulties of crafting a strong position on free speech in this polarized time. Partly these controversies are a demonstration […] … learn more→
10,000 word article on student debt cancellation misses the critical valid reason to do it
I’ve been hearing people seriously talk about cancelling student loan debt for at least a decade, probably more. Granted, almost everyone who’s for it has student debt, and most everyone against it doesn’t have student debt, so I appreciate conflict of interest here…but this is ad hominem, there are valid reasons both for and against […] … learn more→
There are differences between free speech, hate speech and academic freedom – and they matter
Last week, posters appeared at the University of Auckland inviting young white men to “assume the mantle of re-taking control of our own country” and to confront “anti-racism ideology”. The group was obviously unaware of the significance of the British High Commissioner’s expression of regret, in the same week, for the killing of several Māori people during their […] … learn more→
Students must be introduced to the human-machine workplace
There is wide acceptance of the prediction that robots will replace millions of human workers over the next decade. A widely quoted McKinsey study from 2016 predicts that 45 per cent of the activities that people are currently paid to perform could be automated using the technologies currently available. However, these predictions are based on […] … learn more→
Writing the thesis from the middle
As I hit the start of the second year of my PhD, one of my supervisors casually said to me, “Oh, you should probably aim to write your literature review this year.” It is very common for supervisors to suggest the literature review as the first thesis chapter to actually see daylight. And in many […] … learn more→
Stanford to offer “Minority Physics”
It’s fairly clear that the followers of Progressive ideology will not be happy until they’ve destroyed everything they possibly can. While, moving forward, the only reasonable response will be to not allow Progressives to touch anything, it still saddens me to watch yet another of their victims burn. In this case it’s Stanford, a formerly […] … learn more→
Student debt helps army recruiting…yuck.
The army is certainly an option for kids coming out of high school. I know better than to say anything negative about our military in today’s culture, but I have doubts that the military is necessarily a good idea, for many reasons. I recall one time speaking to a waitress, a pretty girl, and proud […] … learn more→
Starting a PhD … at 58 years old?
I completed a Ph.D. at 63, two weeks before falling in love for the first time in a decade and frittering away two post-doc years swanning around Europe, circling the globe from Canada to Europe and returning at last to my tiny pied-a-terre in downtown Vancouver. At the tender age of 65 I am, this week, […] … learn more→
Harvard fired Weinstein’s lLawyer
It’s possible I’ve written about Harvard too many times in this blog—I realize very few of my readers are likely to ever set foot on the campus. That said, Harvard is influential, and what happens there can affect how other schools behave. They must be aware of their position, and really should make effort to […] … learn more→
