Wednesday, August 28, 2013

The Days Are Long But the Years Are Short

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My son will be starting his high school classes in a few days, and I think we are both experiencing the same mixed feelings one typically ha...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Failed Experiment at San Jose State Shows the Down Side of MOOCs

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One of the hottest new topics in higher education these days is the MOOC--that is, a M assive  O pen O nline C ourse.  Tens of thousands of ...
Sunday, July 14, 2013

New Book Explores How College Got So Expensive

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I assume that most of you who are looking at the price of current US college tuitions, especially among top-tier schools, have a reaction s...
Monday, July 8, 2013

The Great Gatsby and CGI

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After my article on The Lone Ranger , I thought I would add this post that also relates to movie-making.  A few months ago, I went to see Th...
Friday, July 5, 2013

A Postmodern Lone Ranger and Johnny Depp's Empowered Tonto

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We kicked off our 4th of July weekend by seeing the latest Johnny Depp movie, The Lone Ranger.  While the reviews haven't been stellar, ...
Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Holst's Planets Suite Beneath the Stars

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I believe I'm mentioned before that one of our favorite summer traditions is the Summerfest concert series.  Summerfest is an annual co...
Thursday, May 30, 2013

The Richness of Education

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The following is a graduation speech given by Richard Cohen, a columnist with the Washington Post.  I appreciated what he had to say about t...