The one thing you see over and over and over in the assessment literature is the “rubric.” Never mind, for now, the history of the
The Social Organization of Collective Blindspots
Floyd Norris has a piece in the NYT under the headline “When Law Obscures The Facts.” In it he describes a — fill in a
Surveilance Raised to the Second Power
The following article appear about a week ago over the AP business wire. It turns out that parents who “spy” on their children may be
Some More Thoughts abou Majors and the Future
The Canon of College Majors Persists Amid Calls for Change The more academe changes, the more the list of majors stays the same, even though
The "Is More Information Always Better?" File
Monica Davey’s article “Case Shows Limits of Sex Offender Alert Programs” in the NYT (2 Sept 2009)raises a number of interesting sociology of information issues.
Why Do We Need a Faculty Assessment Committee?
Any time we create a committee we should stop and ask why. The baseline for answering that question should be the world (or institution) without
