Antony Funnell interviews Douglas Rushkoff about the importance of technical literacy. Air date: February 24, 2011.

Analysis of survey data shows that most people underestimate energy usage magnitudes for household appliances, transportation and recycling. The researchers speculate that the 100W light bulb example serves as an anchor point for energy usage, and that people make insufficient adjustments when estimating the energy consumed by other things.

List of references to higher ed web policies, guides, service pages and accessibility statements.

Good advice on how universities should approach social media.

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Nice design.

Mark Neustadt on the best question to ask a potential consultant: “show me the quality of your thinking.”

An occasional blog by Christopher Richards.

Mark Neustadt on the need for colleges and universities to engage in social media.

…and she will feed herself for life?

Mark Neustadt on the distinction between differentiating your organisation in the market, and emphasising uniqueness. He casts it as a signal-to-noise problem, rather than a matter of being different.

Paul Krugman on the effects of the recession on social mobility via transfers from community colleges to state universities.

Josh Keller on the sudden closure of California’s social mobility route from two-year community colleges to baccalaureate programs at state universities.

Update on a Wesleyan plan—called the Wesleyan Center for Prison Education (WCPE) pilot program—to start teaching courses at the Cheshire Correctional Institute for credit at Wesleyan. The article mentions Charles Lemert; also, the possible involvement of Yale and Trinity.