By John Hasnas,

Political analysts frequently consider what it means to be a libertarian. In fact, in 1997, Charles Murray published a short book entitled “What It Means to Be a Libertarian” that does an excellent job of presenting the core principles of libertarian political philosophy. But almost no one ever discusses [...]

“I think we’re in the midst of a literacy revolution the likes of which we haven’t seen since Greek civilization,” she says. For Lunsford, technology isn’t killing our ability to write. It’s reviving it—and pushing our literacy in bold new directions.
The first thing she found is that young people today write far more than any [...]

Web technology is poised to shake universities, the way it rocked newspapers and the music industry—with convenient, cheaper alternatives.

“The economics of traditional schooling are so out of whack that there is an opening for new players,” says Fred Fransen, executive director of the Center for Excellence in Higher Education, which helps donors more effectively give [...]

Why not?  My “back to school” week made me think about that. Yes, between 40+ hours of work with Ex Machina and 4 master degree classes there’s still time to think (OK, not that much).

It’s easy. Once an essay is written, publishing it is just a click away.
It’s a good way to show what you [...]

L’autonomie institutionnelle  est désirée par deux types de directeurs : Ceux qui veulent la liberté d’action et ceux qui veulent diriger leur empire au lieu d’être un acteur d’un système plus grand.
La différence entre les deux vient de la capacité de la personne à rassembler les gens autour d’un projet d’avenir et d’être prêt à [...]

Suite à une demande du conseil d’administration de l’AÉTÉLUQ je me vois dans l’obligation de retirer mes billets à propos de l’association. Jusqu’à nouvel ordre, je ne pourrai plus blogguer à propos de mon expérience d’administrateur au sein de cette organisation.

When we thought about education, we used to think about a building, some brick and mortar place where we went to sit on a bench and acquire stuff from 9AM to 4PM. Some DIYers used to go to the library to do it on the side, and that was pretty much the end of the [...]

Suite à une demande du conseil d’administration de l’AÉTÉLUQ je me vois dans l’obligation de retirer mes billets à propos de l’association. Jusqu’à nouvel ordre, je ne pourrai plus blogguer à propos de mon expérience d’administrateur au sein de cette organisation.