They Say / I Blog

In the mind, not the arm: Will Leitch on the drama of pitching

A new major league baseball season is now underway, competing for attention with basketball playoffs, Stanley Cup hockey, and whatever siren song trills from the phones in our pockets. In this May 2017 Atlantic essay, sports writer Will Leitch contemplates some possible rule changes intended to speed up the game.

Read it here: Leitch, “The secret life of pitchers”

Pleasantly surprised: Devoney Looser on online education

The trend toward the growing availability of online courses generates a lot of debate among university professors and administrators, among students, and among the public at large. English professor Devoney Looser was not a strong advocate of online teaching until she had the opportunity (or rather, necessity) to do it herself. She writes about her experience and change of heart in this March 2017 essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Read it here: Looser, "Why I teach online"