Middlebury College students, faculty, and staff can now view 19 of the films in the Digitalia Film Library, The Digitalia Film Library includes films from around the world in a variety of languages. To view these trial-access films – From the Digitalia Film Library homepage, click “My Resources” Trial films include Zona Sur from Bolivia, […]…Continue Reading Digitalia Film Library (trial ends August 13, 2014)
Month: July 2014
Why It’s Always Morning in America: The Legacy of Carter’s Malaise Speech
Thirty five years ago this evening, President Jimmy Carter went on nationwide television to give his infamous “malaise” speech. You can watch the speech in its entirety here. If you listen carefully, you’ll notice that he never actually uses the … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Why It’s Always Morning in America: The Legacy of Carter’s Malaise Speech
Bibliographic Essay: Online Educational Videos
The August 2013 issue of Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries (Midd subscribes) had a bibliographic essay is entitled: “Teaching and Learning with Online Educational Videos: A Subject List of Web Resources for Educators.” It describes both general sources for a variety of subjects (such as open course ware sites, lecture sites, etc.) available on […]…Continue Reading Bibliographic Essay: Online Educational Videos
The Myth of the Myth of the Moderate Middle
Vox founder Ezra Klein posted this diatribe last week explaining why he believes “moderate voters are a myth” that was extreme even by Ezra’s standards. Drawing on this draft paper by Douglas Ahler and David Broockman, Klein argues that the … Continue reading →…Continue Reading The Myth of the Myth of the Moderate Middle
WorldAPP/Key Survey Performance Issues [updated 7/15/14]
We would like to share the messages received from our Key Survey vendor, WorldAPP, concerning current performance issues: From: Customer Care [mailto:customercare@worldapp.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 3:34 PM Subject: WorldAPP Performance Notification Update We are following up to provide you with an update on the progress of the investigation of the recent WorldAPP Platform […]…Continue Reading WorldAPP/Key Survey Performance Issues [updated 7/15/14]
HR Update: This Week’s Employment Snapshot
There is currently 1 faculty position, 59 external job postings (regular, on-call and temporary), and 2 internal job postings on the Middlebury College employment opportunities web sites. Employment Quick Links: Faculty Employment Opportunities: http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/administration/prospective_faculty/employment Staff Employment Opportunities: go/staff-jobs (on campus),http://go.middlebury.edu/staff-jobs (off campus) Please note … Continue reading →…Continue Reading HR Update: This Week’s Employment Snapshot
Sunday Shorts: How A President’s Polyps Led to Scandal and Who Won’t Rock
Here are Sunday’s Shorts: On this day in 1985, a 74-year old Ronald Reagan underwent surgery to remove a benign polyp from his intestine. While under the knife doctors discovered a cancerous polyp which necessitated a second surgery to remove … Continue reading →…Continue Reading Sunday Shorts: How A President’s Polyps Led to Scandal and Who Won’t Rock