Richard Hamming’s famous talk titled “You and Your Research” is widely available on the web (click here for pdf version and html version). It’s also quite long. Below are some […]
If you were going to die in a few months and had to compress your best thoughts about life and what makes it worth living into a single lecture, what […]
A few weeks back SuperScholar featured a piece by Baylor neuroscientist Matthew Stanford on how students can keep their brains healthy. One is to limit electronic media. The New York […]
Just as health care needs reform and overhaul, so does the college and university system. Inertia being what it is, don’t expect far-reaching educational reform too soon, but the sense […]
Although card-carrying secular humanists are few, secular humanism has been enormously influential in American culture and, particularly, in American education. For this reason, SuperScholar decided to cover the recent conference […]
Tenure, a lifetime faculty appointment at a college or university, is still a fixture of higher education, but it is increasingly coming under pressure. Many still think it’s the way […]
A college presidency may not earn you as much as a top college football coaching career, but it’s not bad. Thirty college presidents earn $1,000,000 or more: SOURCE
Drug usage is a big issue on many campuses. It’s also a big topic of discussion. Some favor tougher laws and enforcement. Here’s an interesting video in which Judge Jim […]
In the U.S. tuitions have tended to rise 5 to 7 percent a year. There’s a big uproar in the U.K. right now over rising tuitions, which are going up […]
Here’s a YouTube clip from Cognitive Media, a UK-based group, that seems intent on reforming U.S. education: Lots of accusations of what’s wrong, some gestures at needed changes, but no […]
