In protection of asynchronous studying (opinion)

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Robert Zaretsky’s latest opinion piece bemoaning the rise of asynchronous on-line programs paints a distorted image of on-line schooling—each asynchronous and synchronous—because it ought to and sometimes does exist immediately. Zaretsky’s description of accepting a last-minute request from his chair to show a course in an asynchronous format could sound like a well-known expertise to…

In protection of the AAUP’s assertion on boycotts (opinion)

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The American Affiliation of College Professors has acquired blistering criticism for a brand new Assertion on Educational Boycotts that outdated a 2006 report denouncing all tutorial boycotts. The brand new assertion argues, as an alternative, that “tutorial boycotts should not in themselves violations of educational freedom.” The assertion notes that professors could select to have…