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Category Archives: Policy

Recognizing the divide

Internet content related to topics that interest me seem to surface in cycles. Sometimes I try to figure our why and sometimes I don’t. The digital divide seems to be trending at the moment. I think this is reactionary – other problems dominate the news and then advocates remind us that some of cuts involved [...]

Posted 27 October 2011 † grabe § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Paywalls

  As promised, my NY Times app stopped providing access to articles I might find interesting. I supposedly have access to 20 articles a month, but this does not work through the iPad app which is the way I would prefer to organize my reading. Time to delete the app. I will likely identify some [...]

Posted 30 March 2011 † grabe § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

We are North Dakota – We Get our Teachers for Cheap

Cindy and I had a brief argument over coffee this morning. It turns out I had skimmed an editorial in the GF Herald (I mean, really, who reads the Herald carefully). The source was an opinion piece written by Tom Dennis concerning the differences between the way North Dakota and Wisconsin have addressed teacher concerns [...]

Posted 20 February 2011 † grabe § ‡ Comments (1) °

What changes were just made to copyright law?

I seem to always find myself taking a conservative position on copyright issues and I find myself in much the same position today. The U.S. Copright Office just created some new policy regarding copyright and I have started to read speculation as to what this means for educators.  What the changes appear to address are [...]

Posted 27 July 2010 † grabe § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

College Alternatives – I can beat $99

I read a recent blog post (The Coming Colleagiate Crash) that reviewed a Washington Monthly article entitled “College for $99 a month“. The post and the article address the cost of coursework and potential alternatives. The article begins with a description of a student taking a course from StraighterLine for $99. I took a look [...]

Posted 21 October 2009 † grabe § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

A Message of Responsibility

After all the hype and the controversy, the speech is underway. It is unfortunate that some will not be able to share in the enthusiasm of the moment. Just a few minutes in length, the message was simple and not at all political. Don’t let yourself down – life requires responsibility. Do some disagree? Do [...]

Posted 08 September 2009 † grabe § General ‡ Comments (0) °

The financial challenge of online instruction

I noted a couple of weeks ago that my professional responsibilities had changed as a function of my new role as department chair. The one component of this position that may be relevant to this blog is my administrative role associated with two department online programs (a graduate program in forensic psychology and the undergraduate [...]

Posted 17 August 2009 † grabe § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: