Outsource university administration to India or China?. Nearly all American universities have experienced tremendous growth in administrative staff in the last 30 years.  At most schools the ratio of admins to faculty has doubled. As this trend continues necessarily tuition prices continue to outpace inflation.  Within our lifetimes it is likely that the cost of a […]

Economics of Love. [Mopsos][via ScaleFree] Anu was hooked by this quote “Ultimately, the economics of knowledge have something to do with the economics of love.” What's lurve got to do with it ? Well it's the extreme end of implicit trust, and we all know trust is the number one item in information at the […]

New Cybersecurity Bills Introduced in Congress. Reps. Thornberry and Lofgren introduce the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2004 [Link] See H.R. 5068… [beSpacific] —— interesting reads, somewhat misled in their target though…..

Arrr, Matey!. Today is “Talk Like a Pirate Day” (at least in the blogosphere). Here a link to the iPatch. [Dan Gillmor's eJournal] —– weeeee! arrrrrg! die matey, you scum weeee!

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ivan won for me, forecast was thunderstorms with tornados, then there was a tornado a few miles south, then there was a pileup on 81 between me and the airport, so ivan won. better safe than sorry.

Megan wants to know…. also, what exactly is the big deal about heidegger‰¥ús theory of technology? Jeremy must know…. [Words – big ones and little ones…] —- i don't know that i answered, but i at least pseudo-answered

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Timely and Topical. The Book as the Gold Standard for Tenure and Promotion in the Humanistic Disciplines. A study by Leigh Estabrook at the Universtiy of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science, funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation. Among the more… [Matthew G. Kirschenbaum] —- interesting report, worth reading….

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