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    Matthew Hora
    • Mar 23
    • 2 min

    Creating an outlet for our anger at Trump and the GOP: Letters to the Editor

    https://qz.com/1634808/anti-trump-protests-on-london-in-photos/
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    Matthew T. Hora
    • May 7, 2019
    • 6 min

    Reflections on a re-configured syllabus: Co-constructing a learning space w/students

    I just wrapped up teaching a brand new course in the Department of Educational Policy Studies at UW-Madison titled, "Cultural and critical approaches to coll...
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    Matthew T. Hora
    • Oct 3, 2018
    • 3 min

    3 thoughts on symposium on college internship research

    Last week on Friday September 28th our Center held the 1st Annual Symposium on College Internship Research at UW-Madison. It was a great success, with over ...
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    Matthew Hora
    • Aug 28, 2018
    • 5 min

    Why study internships in China?

    One of the goals of my current trip to China is to write a long-form magazine piece on how people are thinking about, designing, and experiencing the interns...
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    Matthew Hora
    • Jul 14, 2017
    • 5 min

    3 problems with apprenticeships as the panacea to the "skills gap" problem

    If there’s one certainty about higher education policymaking right now, it’s that work-based learning in the form of apprenticeships and internships are seei...
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    Matthew Hora
    • Nov 25, 2016
    • 4 min

    Higher education, jobs, and skills in the Trump era

    The shock still hasn't worn off from the November 8th election, which seems like a twisted hybrid of the Hangover and Alice in Wonderland, made real and impo...
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    Matthew Hora
    • Sep 20, 2016
    • 4 min

    How can the GOP can develop a skilled workforce? Support the teaching infrastructure of public highe

    As Governor Scott Walker and the Wisconsin Legislature consider the request for $42.5 million in new state funds for the University of Wisconsin System in th...
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    Matthew Hora
    • Jun 23, 2016
    • 3 min

    Framing research for policymaking audiences

    In a class I'm currently teaching on school-community engagement we read Benford & Snow's 2000 piece on "Framing processes and social movements," which in a ...
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    Matthew Hora
    • May 18, 2016
    • 2 min

    Enlightening encounter at a big pharma company

    Had a great meeting today at a large company that makes traditional Chinese medicine herbal remedies. After a wonderful tour of the company "culture center"...
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    Matthew Hora
    • May 17, 2016
    • 2 min

    The national exam (gaokao) to rule them all!

    A quick post and update, as I sit here exhausted and a little sick in my executive suite in the "teachers garden" (faculty housing) at Qingdao Technical Coll...
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    Matthew Hora
    • May 11, 2016
    • 2 min

    First reactions to China/Chinese Higher Ed

    While I'm not planning on doing an extensive travel blog here, I'll start these posts with some quick observations about China in general and then more about...
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    Matthew Hora
    • Apr 7, 2016
    • 3 min

    A shift from school-to-work pathways towards a "Skills Infrastructure" serving students an

    A preoccupation among many researchers and policymakers interested in the intertwined issues of skills, jobs, and higher education is the notion of "pathways...
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    Matthew Hora
    • Feb 11, 2016
    • 2 min

    Accountability for UW System Board of Regents

    I read with interest UW System Regent John R. Behling’s comments at the February 5, 2016 meeting of the Board of Regents education committee about the new te...
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    Matthew Hora
    • Jan 27, 2016
    • 3 min

    Thoughts as the UW System engages in "Strategic Planning"

    Thoughts on UW System Strategic Planning The growing focus on workforce needs and how the System can address concerns about the state economy are laudable, a...
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    Matthew Hora
    • Jan 23, 2016
    • 2 min

    On translating research for policymakers

    There's lots of talk and angst in academia (at least in some circles, particularly education) about making research more relevant to policymakers. This was ...
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    Matthew Hora
    • Nov 30, 2015
    • 4 min

    Open Letter to Chancellor Blank

    Dear Chancellor Blank, I am writing this open letter to you seeking a response to the current situation facing faculty across the UW System regarding imminen...
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    Matthew Hora
    • Nov 10, 2015
    • 2 min

    Working in academia with a TBI

    In July of 2014 I got a concussion while sitting in a park, near a bunch of folks kicking soccer balls around. The ensuing months have been a roller coaster...
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    Matthew Hora
    • Oct 4, 2015
    • 3 min

    Queasy about digital pedagogy

    Many of my colleagues are engaged in the use of digital technologies in education, whether in traditional face-to-face university and school settings, in non...
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    Matthew Hora
    • Sep 26, 2015
    • 2 min

    Working on a book about the skills gap

    It's a beautiful fall day here in Madison, WI and I've sequestered myself at home (and on the back deck) to work on a book. Writing a book takes a heap of d...
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    Matthew Hora
    • Sep 15, 2015
    • 2 min

    Venturing into the digital realm, in 2015

    Well I've finally gone and done it and created a website. The next step will be to trade in the old flip phone that doubles as a home land-line replacement ...
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