I was thinking of bygone days perusing the Bear's Guide at the Library. I so enjoyed the Victorian-era illustrations wittily re-captioned by the...
This was an interesting article on faked scientific research detected because multiple ‘researchers’ copied and pasted the same images....
I understand there are now curriculum development companies that are more or less delivering packaged online degree programs marketed by existing...
Campus Reform has a piece on a UC Berkeley postgraduate student and instructor railing against rural Americans....
There’s an interesting thread about integrity in publications over at The Fora (what used to be the Forums at the Chronicle of Higher Education...
Here's an interesting article from The Nation regarding what is purportedly a wholesale takeover and restructuring of the University of Tulsa by a...
Here’s one I wasn’t familiar with, only recalling their DL programs in International Relations. Salve Regina University in Newport, RI offers...
Finding the right “fit” for someone to supervise your research in a graduate program will help you significantly. I’ve previously suggested...
A vague thread title, I know, but this early in the morning (in perfidious Albion), nothing better emerged from the haze. Over at the Chronicle of...
Here it is for those interested in philosophy, after much foot-dragging from Wiley-Blackwell who now host it. Would that there were similar...
M.Sc. (as opposed to the undergraduate M.A. degree) in History entirely online, with funding opportunities. History (Online Distance Learning)...
I thought this was an interesting piece in the Telegraph by a philosophy undergrad linking the rise of student conservative movements specifically...
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/01/18/librarians-list-predatory-journals-reportedly-removed-due-threats-and-politics Full Title: No More...
Here are some interesting programs from Oxford University, available through their Department for Continuing Education. They have expanded their...
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/12/16/laurier-graduate-students-group-shuts-down-caf-over-slave-joke-in-job-ad.html?campaign_id=A100 Uni...
Here's something that may be useful for those interested in getting their work published in an academic journal. This is an editor's advice to...
An interesting article from the Wall Street Journal on use of a program as a TA in an online course - something between chatbot and AI, although...
This article relates to education generally, rather than distance learning. While I don't agree with evaluating everything by return on...
Here's an interesting thread from the Chronicle of Higher Education: what is the colletive wisdom on "publishing" unpublished papers?. In it,...
Here is a worthwhile read for postgrads and early-career people in the humanities, covering everything from book reviews to monographs in a...
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