This has been a pet peeve of mine for a very long time. We academics completely miss the mark when we decry the number of
Departmental Collaboration Around Writing
A group of young sociology professors at Oakland University* (MI) got together and collaborated on a concerted effort to improve writing in their department in
Another Buzzword or The Holy Grail: Knowledge Transfer
The basic idea – generalizing from something learned in one context and applying it in another – seems sound, if a tad obvious. But is
Leaving the Transfer Issue Up to Others
About half of those who get bachelor’s degrees start out at community or junior colleges. At some four year colleges a significant portion of their
