Jennifer Howard

There’s an intriguing project under way right now called Hacking the Academy. The basic idea is to crowd-source a book in a week. The topic? How to overhaul/undo/redo/reshape the mechanisms that govern scholarship and how it is created, taught, and shared. Read the details here. It’s not my place to suggest answers but I can ask questions. Here are a few. To: The forces of change From: JHoward So you want to hack the academy? I can’t tell you how to do it. I can ask you a few well-intentioned questions, though, because journalists ask questions. These are a few… Read more...

My kids had a lemonade stand a couple of weeks ago. They made a little money—enough to clear a profit and pad their piggybanks a little. Neighbors and passers-by stopped to chat and have a cup of lemonade and a freshly baked gingersnap. It was a pleasant scene—who doesn’t love lemonade on a hot day, especially when it’s peddled by two cute kids?—and it left us feeling pretty good about the neighborhood and about humanity in general. The willingness of people to support junior entrepreneurialism is truly nice to see. I mention this because I’ve been writing a lot about… Read more...