The Shadow Scholar - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Higher Education

http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/125329/

For the last, colleges are a perfect launching ground—they are built to reward the rich and to forgive them their laziness. Let's be honest: The successful among us are not always the best and the brightest, and certainly not the most ethical. My favorite customers are those with an unlimited supply of money and no shortage of instructions on how they would like to see their work executed. While the deficient student will generally not know how to ask for what he wants until he doesn't get it, the lazy rich student will know exactly what he wants. He is poised for a life of paying others and telling them what to do. Indeed, he is acquiring all the skills he needs to stay on top. It would be terrible to think that your Ivy League graduate thesis was riding on the work ethic and perspicacity of a public-university slacker. So part of my job is to be whatever my clients want me to be. I say yes when I am asked if I have a Ph.D. in sociology.
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Moral Reasoning and Higher-Education Policy - Chronicle.com
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v54/i02/02b01001.htm
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Educational applications for mobile phones
Some campuses are starting to take advantage of the ubiquity of mobile phones among students to develop new ways of communicating and building community. The story presents this as mostly a positive thing, but I wonder how successful it can really be.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i36/36a04101.htm
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CHE surveys college trustees, finds dissastisfaction with role
Many trustees feel unprepared for their role, dissatisfied with unrealistic expectations for fundraising, and critical of the academic and financial management of their institutions.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v53/i36/36a01901.htm
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Chronicle Careers: 2/18/2000: Recasting Yourself for Non-Academic Jobs
A piece from the Chronicle on preparing yourself for a non-academic job search.
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2000/02/2000021801c/careers.html
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Getting it all on tape: "lifelogging" becomes a reality
A staffer at the Chronicle of Higher Education tries his hand at "lifelogging" -- automatically recording images and audio 24-7 by wearing a camera and recorder on his person for three weeks. Subscription required.
http://chronicle.com/free/v53/i23/23a03001.htm
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