Archive for January, 2011

 
 

Knowing You’re In The Right Place

January 31, 2011

WoPro moved to Austin for no good reason, and is just fine with that.

 
 
 
 

When A Rom-Com Outdoes an Academic Study

January 28, 2011

WoPro sees No Strings Attached and reads some studies and stuff.

 
 
 
 

Is This What You Do With Eternity? What Groundhog Day Can Teach Us About Learning

January 27, 2011

WoPro thinks Groundhog Day really gets the learning process.

 
 
 
 

Networking for Introverts and Misanthropes II: Meet As Many People As Possible

January 26, 2011

More on networking for introverts and misanthropes, from someone who knows.

 
 
 
 

Attention Heather Wilson: Students Fail Us

January 24, 2011

One of the perils of blogging about topical issues, however snarkily, is that alert readers start to send you stuff. Just yesterday, Maureen Ogle, whose interview answers really nailed some pressing educational problems, alerted me to Heather Wilson’s Washington Post op-ed lamenting the ‘superficial’ qualifications of recent Rhodes scholarship applicants. I actually agree with most [...]

 
 
 
 

The Professor Who Got Out Alive: Interview With Author/Historian Maureen Ogle

January 21, 2011

WoPro interviews author Maureen Ogle, a former professor who decided it was better to be a popular historian.

 
 
 
 

Crankiest Life Coach Ever

January 19, 2011

WoPro keeps meeting educators turned life coaches.

 
 
 
 

Homer’s Iliad On Twitter

January 17, 2011

WoPro sincerely apologizes, it’s been a looong week already.

 
 
 
 

Why I Write Too Much, But Homer Would Be Down With That

January 14, 2011

Bloggers who write too much should not be encouraged.

 
 
 
 

PhD/MBA FTW? (Can Dual Degrees Save Us?)

January 12, 2011

WoPro is making friends in high places, and feeling confused.