Tag Archives: Education

Paying for College

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Richard Heyduck

I’ve only been working full time in academia for a little over three years now, so feel free to take what I say here with a grain (or bucket) of salt. College education costs a lot. I know, not just … Continue reading →

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Students Are Our Customers!

Posted on January 10, 2015 by Richard Heyduck

If you work in higher education, perhaps you’ve heard someone in administration say that: “Students are our customers!” Since I don’t see education as a commodity, I’m disinclined to interpret it through the lens of a business metaphor. I also … Continue reading →

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Free Community College!

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Richard Heyduck

Why is there such a thing as COST? Why isn’t everything just free? Cost is a way of showing the relative value of things. When we see that one thing costs more than another, we can take it as an … Continue reading →

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Dismantling Education?

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Richard Heyduck

I keep hearing the observation (prediction?) that higher education is being disaggregated (most recently, here). What is meant by this is that the sources of the learning that add up to any given degree/diploma/certification are not going to come from … Continue reading →

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Equivocating “Education”

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Richard Heyduck

It’s been a while since I’ve dialogued/argued with Will Willimon’s Bishop. Seems like a good time to pick it up again. On page 42 he says, “The United Methodist practice of itineracy is so deeply countercultural that we may be … Continue reading →

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But it would be…

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Richard Heyduck

But it would be as easy to ignore the libertarian threat to higher education, which may be just as pernicious. The libertarian threat to higher education in the name of productivity is seen in the “public policy” think tanks influencing … Continue reading →

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What About MOOCs?

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Richard Heyduck

Academia is being shaken to its foundations. There’s the funding crisis: College costs have outpaced inflation for a generation now, and the states and the feds are beginning to grumble. Right next door is the debt crisis: students are graduating … Continue reading →

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