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Re: Second-Chance Virginity

Jeff — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:51:00 -0000

So, what exactly does "2nd virginity" mean? Does it mean you stopped feeling guilty?
This is ridiculous! Once you've lost your virginity, it's gone. You can't become a virgin again and "2nd virginity" is just a made up phrase.
Sorry if i burst anyone's bubble.

Re: Mustache Blog

Jeff — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:42:26 -0000

yes, yes and yes

Re: CPK Server Fired for Tweets: Did He Deserve It?

Jeff — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:48:58 -0000

classic overreaction.

good rule of thumb for tweeting - always be in line with company mission. He could have worded that differently and probably not had a problem. Something along the lines of "not sure how i feel about these new CPK uniforms - any thoughts?" along with a picture. Leave it up to others to vent or explain.

Re: linklings, off to the misty mountains edition

Jeff — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:27:53 -0000

I just want to make a point here. Saying that the the US Capitalist system is coming down and then linking to an article about Fannie Mae is just absurd. The reason for Fannie's problems is the implicit government guarantee that they would be bailed out if they ever got into trouble (just like what's happening.) So Fannie and Freddie took more risks than they should have, since they had an enormous safety net.
Good lord I hate big government.

Re: For the Love of Golf

Jeff — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:04:19 -0000

me vs myself is a PERFECT explanation of why i love golf as well.

Re: Forecasting the Future in Higher Ed

Jeff — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:58:37 -0000

This article NAILS it
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/...

Re: Forecasting the Future in Higher Ed

Jeff — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:10:47 -0000

meg,
i get your point but I think you missed mine a bit. I sincerely doubt that higher ed as it's currently constituted will change on it's own. Much like the newspaper industry, most elite schools are big and slow to change. I think it's much more likely that, like the article says, the change will come externally when a low cost option that's viable springs up.
Think Univ of Phoenix with a campus and solid academic credentials.

Re: Forecasting the Future in Higher Ed

Jeff — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:33:20 -0000

I like where you're going Kevin, but I think it's far bigger than that...
I'm going to try and channel my inner shirky here. Higher Education is based on a theory of information delivery. I being the educator (student affairs lumped in here), provide you the student with knowledge about a particular topic and provide my expertise. I see some similarities here to the journalist being assaulted by the blogger; the blogger can provide news at a faster rate with less interruption and an infinitely lower cost - newspapers simply cannot and will never compete.
Here's what I think higher ed hasn't realized yet - our "bloggers" are out there. Education can be delivered in a cheaper and more streamlined manner (i wonder if the answer doesn't lie in that knowledge generation network you spoke of) and higher ed as it's currently constituted CANNOT compete with this model.
I've been thinking on this for weeks now, and part of me wants to believe that we are safe in student affairs, as people will always want the college experience but the more i think about it, the more I'm not so sure. I think this is like newspapers claiming that people will always want the feel of reading a newspaper (yes, people do, but they're all old and slowing passing away...way to corner that market rupert!).
So, where do I think we're going here? Hell if I know. But I believe with every fiber of my being that we're heading for a tidal wave. I don't think the university will exist in 20 years at all like it does in 2009.
The savvy ones of us, I think, recognize that this is not time to huddle up and make ourselves feel better, but to redirect our energies to seeing how we can still do what we do in the context that are demanded of us by web 2.0. You can advise using facebook, your blog and your twitter account. You can create content that educates students without you ever seeing them or even knowing who they are. I know it sounds counter-intuitive to everything we were taught in grad school but in the words of biggie smalls, "things done changed" so we either need to get with it or go find a life raft.

Re: Forecasting the Future in Higher Ed

Jeff — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:19:48 -0000

I think what you're describing is fidelity swap. definitely applies. However, when does cost of higher ed start to hurt convenience of product.

Re: A Millennial's Confession

Jeff — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:17:22 -0000

I think the last five statements are far more revealing than what you wrote above.
I concur with Kevin, it was news to me that there WERE five bring it on movies!