Re:Learning -- Why Colleges Need to Embrace the Apprenticeship

[THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION] #subscribelink [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Subscribe to The Chronicle today to get access to premium content and more.]( Re:Learning Tuesday, June 6, 2017 --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sign up for this newsletter]( Highlights --------------------------------------------------------------- [Why Colleges Need to Embrace the Apprenticeship]( [premium] By Scott Carlson Apprenticeships are no longer an alternative to the college path but a supplement that prepares students for careers while they earn a degree. [Why Historians Want You to Journal in the Age of Trump]( By Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz As the White House deals with constant revelations from investigations into its potential ties to Russia and other issues, historians have tips for documenting history as it happens. [How Will Universities Presses Looks 20 Years From Now?]( [premium] [As Summer Sets In, a Chance to Regard the Good, Bad, and Ugly of Student Evaluations]( By Chris Quintana Professors shared with The Chronicle some of the more memorable comments they’ve received on course evaluations over the years. A New Feature for Chronicle Subscribers --------------------------------------------------------------- [Your Daily Briefing]( We’ve started a new email, for individual subscribers only, that briefs readers on everything they need to know in higher ed to start the day. Here’s a sample. More Ed-Tech News and Commentary --------------------------------------------------------------- On Course [The Distracted Classroom: Do Tech Fasts Work?]( By James M. Lang A look at solutions in the latest column of our series on teaching and digital disturbances. ProfHacker [Thinking Digital with External Review Materials]( Anastasia Salter discusses strategies and design principles for thinking about digital materials in the external tenure-review process. Administration [Dean Resigns After Giving Glowing Reference About Employee Fired for Purchasing Porn]( [premium] By Michael Vasquez The University of Florida had been ready to dismiss the dean, who gave her “highest endorsement” to a former Title IX officer as he sought a job at another university. Vitae [A Summer Reading List]( By Annie Berke You ran/walked/crawled across the finish line of the spring semester: Reward yourself with a few good books. Government [Here’s How a Student ‘Unit Record’ System Could Change Higher Ed]( By Adam Harris The government is banned from collecting and reporting the earnings of graduates. But that’s exactly what would-be college students need to know, say supporters of the latest push to make it happen. Vitae — for Your Academic Life --------------------------------------------------------------- [No, Student Evaluations Aren’t ‘Worthless’]( Flawed? Yes. But right now they’re the best instrument we’ve got for measuring teaching effectiveness. [The Professor Is In: The Dissertation-to-Book Transition]( Which sections should you drop? And which publishers should you approach? [The Tiny Yet Powerful Cover Letter]( On the nonfaculty job market, this letter is your first impression. Make it count. [ISO … a Peer Mentor]( Why is it so difficult to find a midcareer mentor near my own age? [View the Latest Jobs in Higher Education]( Tools & Resources --------------------------------------------------------------- [On Hiring and Diversity This Week]( Being human might be a pre-existing condition; what’s driving administrative bloat; and other news. [Read more.]( [Use the Top-Rated Recruiting Practice]( Learn why 94 percent of recruiters use, or plan to use, some form of social networking, such as Vitae, for their recruiting. [Schedule your demo.]( [THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION] 1255 Twenty-Third St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037 [Like us on Facebook]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [Add us on Google+](chroniclehighereducation/posts?elqTrackId=35373348056f472683c898fd7d6970f9&elq=d43bf9f73ba24dacabe3dfd760927623&elqaid=14198&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=5963) [Subscribe Today]( Get the insight you need for success in academe. [Stop receiving this newsletter]( Copyright © 2017 The Chronicle of Higher Education