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Today I received an email promoting The University of Toronto’s online writing workshop. Less than a workshop this site is really more of a series of guidelines for composing college papers. While not as extensive as Purdue’s Owl (one of the best around), the Toronto site has some useful information, and appreciate the way it …..

Stanford University has launched a blog directory, a list of students, faculty, alumni, and student groups with blogs. While the list is pretty short (I imagine there are many more Stanford “community members” who blog than this) a couple of things about the list strike me as interesting. First, that it is conceived not just …..

I think one of the most brutal experiences I have had is being on the academic job market. Another faculty I know equated it with being audited by the IRS for 18 months straight . . . which I think pretty much captures the mental anguish involved. If you are going on the job market, …..

I posted on the EMAC blog (Emerging Media and Communications here at UTD) about a class on YouTube, and now it seems that YouTube is taking an ever more academic turn. As I learned from Open Culture, Berkley and USC both have dedicated YouTube channels. Right now there offerings are sparse but they do cover …..

Beginning the semester so not much time to blog lately, especially with the move to Dallas and all. But I thought I would repost something I wrote last year at this time, an article to help the college bound. You can read it below, but click the link as there are user comments I did …..