Author: James Runkle

Very cool interactive graphic that shows the history of when universities joined the AAU – you in the club? http://www.dipity.com/chronicle/personal/fs

When NAFTA took effect in 1994, many universities hoped to see not just parts and labor moving across borders but also thoughts and ideas. However, more than a decade and a half later, that dream still isn’t a reality. So the question is: how much

According to a new study, over one-third (39%) of business and marketing executives surveyed saymarketing is good at improving its financial contribution to the business, up from the 19% who said so a year earlier. Also, 80% of CEO’s recognized that their marketing departments were

Attention admissions departments! There is a new demographic to worry about! Who (or what?) is Gen Mix? According to the report by VH1 Strategic Insights and Research group: “Gen Mix straddles the line between Millennials and Gen Xers. They acquire their sense of optimism and

This may not be the appropriate place for me to gush, but, I’m in love. Rachel Toor is my new favorite person on the planet. I just finished reading her article in The Chronicle entitled “Bad Writing and Bad Thinking“. She writes of a recent

President Obama wants five million more people to graduate over the next decade with Associate’s degrees. This week, Community Colleges are meeting to figure out exactly how that can be done. At the American Association of Community Colleges’ annual meeting being held this week in

Princeton compares Ke$ha to Shakespeare! Ha! This is a great article about bridging the gap between then…and now. http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/04/princeton_preofessor_disects_k.html

Fun article in the Chronicle that I saw today…it’s about how people with beards are deemed more trustworthy than those men who are clean-shaven. And, you know? I think I agree. Many religous figures have beards (Confucius, Jesus, even Greek Gods Zeus and Poseidon). Famous

President Obama’s recent budget cuts for NASA programs, on the surface, don’t seem like a good thing. But, actually, they could be a boon for research universities throughout the country. He has been urging Congress in recent weeks to spend less of NASA’s budget on