Improving the Online Learning Experience for Students By Holly A. Bell (Note: This article was originally published in The Chronicle of Higher Education on 1 October 2012) I truly believe that most of my full-time, tenure-track colleagues would rather quit their jobs than teach an online course. And that’s a shame, since they are exactly… [Read more…]
September 24, 2012
We Need to Teach Collaboration for an Office-Less World By Holly A. Bell Cheating vs. Collaboration Earlier this month we heard about a cheating scandal at Harvard University in which students worked together on a take-home exam they were expected to complete independently. As a professor I have a couple of concerns with this. First,… [Read more…]
July 12, 2012
‘Teaching’ Ethics is Not as Easy as it Seems By Holly A. Bell The perpetual drone of news stories describing corporate scandals has lead to criticisms that business schools aren’t doing enough to teach ethics. This criticism is not surprising when you look at the self-interested microeconomic decision-making models we teach based on the rational… [Read more…]
July 11, 2012
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May 23, 2012
Faculty are great at educating students–just keep them out of meetings. I still view higher education with a bit of an outsider’s lens as I spent the first 20+ years of my career in the “real world” of business. I’ve found higher ed. requires a sense of humor. Moving from a corporation to a university… [Read more…]
May 17, 2012
I’m convinced the primary goal universities have for Doctoral students is to make them even more socially awkward than they were when they showed up. I realized this at a party the other day when I noticed I wasn’t talking to people as much as I was observing them. I used to be interesting, now… [Read more…]
April 17, 2012
By Phil Izzo We know that a college diploma boosts earnings, but a student’s choice of major also plays a big part. Getty Images The gap wages rates between electrical-engineering and general-education majors is nearly as large as the difference between college graduates and high school graduates, according to a wide-ranging study by Joseph G.… [Read more…]
February 13, 2012
By Holly A. Bell Last week The Princeton Review released their annual list of “Best Value Colleges”. While the Princeton Review makes their selections based on a formula that includes academics, cost of attendance, and gift aid, it does make you wonder about the definition of “best value”. Many of the colleges and universities on… [Read more…]
January 19, 2012
A few thoughts on my week, hope for the future, the gold standard, and an update on private jets. By Holly A. Bell My Week Professorhollybell.com had a record number of visitors Monday and Tuesday of this week, but considerably fewer comments than usual. I’m not sure what to make of this, but I’ll try… [Read more…]
January 5, 2012
By Holly A. Bell Some economists are expecting student loan debt to be the next big economic bubble as an increasing number of people seek degrees. Enrollment at colleges and universities tends to rise substantially during difficult economic times as the opportunity costs of education decrease. This recession has been no exception. The opportunity costs… [Read more…]
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