Category Archives: academia

This year’s “Mindset List”

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Ron

Every fall, Beloit College makes up a “Mindset List” to reflect the world of the new incoming college students (born in about 1991, this year) — what their life has included, and what it hasn’t. Understandably, reading it makes those … Continue reading →

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100 Online Lectures from Top Scientists

Posted on July 2, 2009 by Ron

From BestCollegesOnline.com, via the excellent OpenCulture.com Continue reading →

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The master list of free online college courses

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Ron

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Elsevier has an entire division for publishing fake “peer-reviewed” journals

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Ron

Major academic publisher puts out a fake peer-reviewed journals for money Continue reading →

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