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		<title>&#8220;Is College Too Easy?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 01:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A loyal reader sent me a link to this Washington Post article, &#8220;Is college too easy? As study time falls, debate rises.&#8221;   Here&#8217;s a very long quote: Some critics say colleges and their students have grown lazy. Today’s collegiate culture, they &#8230; <a href="http://emutalk.org/2012/05/is-college-too-easy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Provost&#8217;s update on the GradeFirst &#8220;snafu&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 21:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Provost Kim Schatzel sent out an email to all EMU personnel this afternoon (I include it after the jump) addressing the GradeFirst mess. The short version is we&#8217;re done with GradeFirst, I think.  Two things I thought I&#8217;d mention though; &#8230; <a href="http://emutalk.org/2012/05/provosts-update-on-the-gradefirst-snafu/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>eReserves is legal (so says Georgia judge)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 10:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[eReserves is an electronic &#8220;reserve desk&#8221; that lots of university libraries (including EMU) use to make readings available for all kinds of things, though mostly for courses.  Instead of putting together a course pack, I tend to put everything up &#8230; <a href="http://emutalk.org/2012/05/ereserves-is-legal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More accidental dismissal news and a modest proposal to the admissions office</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 13:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a pretty good article in annarbor.com that goes into some more detail about the whole &#8220;you&#8217;re kicked out&#8211; not&#8221; email debacle of last weekend, &#8220;EMU reassessing dismissal practices after mistakenly sending notices to 7,700 students.&#8221;  The short version is &#8230; <a href="http://emutalk.org/2012/05/more-accidental-dismissal-news-and-a-modest-proposal-to-the-admissions-office/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The online/open education revolution, or not</title>
		<link>http://emutalk.org/2012/05/the-onlineopen-education-revolution-or-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 12:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s been a lot in the news lately about online education and open education, which are two slightly different things.  Curt Bonk has a nice post that rounds up a lot of recent articles here; but I have been reading &#8230; <a href="http://emutalk.org/2012/05/the-onlineopen-education-revolution-or-not/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Harvard and MIT Put $60-Million Into New Platform for Free Online Courses&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 12:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I heard this story on the radio too, but as reported on the CHE web site, &#8220;Harvard and MIT Put $60-Million Into New Platform for Free Online Courses.&#8221; Here&#8217;s a few paragraphs from the opening of the article: Harvard University and the &#8230; <a href="http://emutalk.org/2012/05/harvard-and-mit-put-60-million-into-new-platform-for-free-online-courses/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>More op-ed reading and thinking of college as of late</title>
		<link>http://emutalk.org/2012/05/more-op-ed-reading-and-thinking-of-college-as-of-late/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 10:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I guess it&#8217;s the season&#8211; graduation and all, and the slightly quieter &#8220;between terms&#8221; times for me&#8211; but it sure seems like I&#8217;ve been seeing a lot of interesting articles and commentary pieces on higher ed lately.  A few I &#8230; <a href="http://emutalk.org/2012/05/more-op-ed-reading-and-thinking-of-college-as-of-late/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Congrats, graduates:  the bad news</title>
		<link>http://emutalk.org/2012/04/congrats-graduates-the-bad-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Dean Dad&#8221; at Confessions of  Community College Dean (now at Inside Higher Ed) had a sobering post yesterday about college graduates, &#8220;Class Dismissed.&#8221;  Here are the opening paragraphs: Half of new bachelor’s degree grads are either unemployed or underemployed, according &#8230; <a href="http://emutalk.org/2012/04/congrats-graduates-the-bad-news/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>EMU alum Dave Coverly to speak at commencement</title>
		<link>http://emutalk.org/2012/04/emu-alum-dave-coverly-to-speak-at-commencement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this a little later and it seems to me it deserved a post of its own:  also from the Echo, &#8221;EMU alum Dave Coverly to speak at commencement.&#8221;  I&#8217;m not attending either ceremony this year, but I think &#8230; <a href="http://emutalk.org/2012/04/emu-alum-dave-coverly-to-speak-at-commencement/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Lt. Governor Calley explains how Michigan is still strong&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article from The Eastern Echo answered two questions I didn&#8217;t really know I had:  first, who is the Lieutenant Governor of Michigan?  Second, who is at least one of the commencement speakers?  The answer to the first question is right &#8230; <a href="http://emutalk.org/2012/04/lt-governor-calley-explains-how-michigan-is-still-strong/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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