Periodically, social media blows up with stories about how the Irish were slaves, too. There’s some truth to that story; the English sent many Irish people to the American colonies as convict labor. In other cases, people were conscripted because of debt, and some people just wanted to try something new and agreed to work… [Read More]
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Paying for college: My MOOC experiment
So much of the discussion about the modern collegiate market is about online courses. Will they be cheaper than traditional courses? Will they be as effective – or more effective? What types of students will benefit the most from them? I have opinions (oh, do I have opinions!), but that’s not a substitute for data… [Read More]
