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		<title>&#8220;Is College Too Easy?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://emutalk.org/2012/05/is-college-too-easy/</link>
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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>&#8220;What does $1 Trillion in Student Debt Really Mean?  Maybe Not That Much&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 10:18:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And now the other side of the student loan debt crisis currently in the news&#8211; or maybe not a crisis:  &#8221;What does $1 Trillion in Student Debt Really Mean?  Maybe Not That Much,&#8221; from CHE.  Unfortunately, it&#8217;s behind the paywall. &#8230; <a href="http://emutalk.org/2012/05/what-does-1-trillion-in-student-debt-really-mean-maybe-not-that-much/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>eReserves is legal (so says Georgia judge)</title>
		<link>http://emutalk.org/2012/05/ereserves-is-legal/</link>
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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>&#8220;Crushed by college debt:  Massive loan bills hang over graduates, derail life plans&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://emutalk.org/2012/05/crushed-by-college-debt-massive-loan-bills-hang-over-graduates-derail-life-plans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 13:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Freep comes &#8220;Crushed by college debt:  Massive loan bills hang over graduates, derail life plans.&#8221;  It popped up in my EMU feed because it referenced a student here who has lots of debt: However the political battles are resolved, &#8230; <a href="http://emutalk.org/2012/05/crushed-by-college-debt-massive-loan-bills-hang-over-graduates-derail-life-plans/">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>
		<link>http://emutalk.org/2012/05/more-accidental-dismissal-news-and-a-modest-proposal-to-the-admissions-office/</link>
		<comments>http://emutalk.org/2012/05/more-accidental-dismissal-news-and-a-modest-proposal-to-the-admissions-office/#comments</comments>
		<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>How many students did we kick out (accidentally) last week?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 02:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a good reason as to why EMU needs to stay out in front the story about how many students we (or GradesFirst?) accidentally dismissed last Friday: in my EMU news feed tonight, there were links to two different stories &#8230; <a href="http://emutalk.org/2012/05/how-many-students-did-we-kick-out-accidentally-last-week/">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>
		<comments>http://emutalk.org/2012/05/the-onlineopen-education-revolution-or-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 12:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://emutalk.org/?p=4137</guid>
		<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>Oops! EMU dismisses and then undismisses a bunch of students</title>
		<link>http://emutalk.org/2012/05/wtf-emu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 11:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, I was sitting around with my family, watching a movie and minding my own business, with the intent of staying off the computer through the weekend.  Then I get an email on my phone from a concerned graduate &#8230; <a href="http://emutalk.org/2012/05/wtf-emu/">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>
		<comments>http://emutalk.org/2012/05/more-op-ed-reading-and-thinking-of-college-as-of-late/#comments</comments>
		<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 good news</title>
		<link>http://emutalk.org/2012/04/congrats-graduates-the-good-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[But I don&#8217;t want to be a complete downer here about college costs and bad job prospects.  annarbor.com had a nice story about EMU graduation, &#8220;Family reunites with son on eve of deployment at Eastern Michigan University commencement.&#8221;  Kind of touching.]]></description>
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