In the Chronicle of Higher Education Nicholas Lemann argues for an alternative approach to a core curriculum that is explicitly focused on intellectual skills and
Author: Dan Ryan
I've been an Academic Program Director at MinervaProject.com, a professor at University of Toronto, University of Southern California, and Mills College teaching things like human centered design, computational thinking, modeling for policy sciences, and social theory. My current mission is to figure out how to reorganize higher education and exploit technology so that we can teach twice as many twice as well twice as easily.
Squirrels and Democracy
Essay in progress (w GKH): HRC criticized DJT as unfit to lead because he could fly off the handle over an insulting tweet, get distracted
College Affordability Expert on the Daily Show
A friend and co-author has a new book and did an interview on The Daily Show last night. You don’t see too many sociologists on
"But even if they are not valid, they do tell you something…."
Remember, “validity” means “they measure what you think they measure.” “Data driven” can also mean driven right off the side of the road. From Inside
House of Cards
A Facebook post called my attention to a neat little article about why swimming rules only recognize hundredths of seconds even though modern timing technology
"Free College" and the System of Higher Education
Finally, someone is writing about the consequences of “free” college for the system of higher education in the US. From The Chronicle of Higher Education
Innoeduvation 