In a search for sites that might have comments on WGU by students, I found “Universiry” an online site that purports to be Official site with links to, and information about, the departments, faculties, colleges, people, and organizations that make up (different) Universit(ies).”[...]
Archive for March, 2011
March 28th, 2011 - 1:32 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Letter seeks to reassure alumni that tenured faculty members are not under attack.
from the statesman.com more on The AVE about the University of Texas, including the effort to lower standards in a medical school. and proposals to arm the faculty. University of Texas System regents, stung by criticism a day earlier from the alumni association at UT-Austin, pledged support Friday f[...]
Ran Yunfei (冉云飞): Another Chinese Imprisoned for Daring to Use Free Speech
Ran Yunfei (冉云飞) has been sentenced to ten years for advocating free speech on his blog. “In a free country I would happily spend my life in the library doing research. But I live in a country where I cannot in good conscience merely live such a a life. I feel that I have no […][...]
The Wedge: A Chilling Tale of a Possible Future
The sun shone on another day of Summer Session on campus in a small college town. In a large yet somewhat stuffy lecture hall in one of the oldest buildings, the professor had reached a favorite part of his lecture on this period in European history. His voice didn’t drone on—it rose as [...]
Radical Right Truths: Climategate
Many have asked what I fear is the worst issue confronting these United States; after reflection and tought, I have concluded a rather unique, but I believe ultimately correct, answer: The politicization of science. Yes, science has become a political minefield, and the results are the catastrop[...]
March 28th, 2011 - 7:00 am § in Schools & Colleges
Continued Concern About HB1822
I remain concerned that HB1822 is not what it it is being sold as to our legislature. Despite considerable effort, I have not yet been able to get answers to the simple question I have already asked. I fear that making WGU part of Washington’s higher ed system could degrade the quality of an e[...]
March 28th, 2011 - 5:59 am § in Schools & Colleges
Corresponding with the Gates Foundation about WGU .. is WGU a real university?
I have been corresponding with people at the Gates’ Foundation about their support for WGU. Good people there tell me that Gates has been associated with WGU for some time and is assured that WGU is not another online scheme like Phoenix or Ashford. I have made it clear that I am not oppos[...]
The Beatification of a Pope
by Bill Briggs, Huffington Post, excerpted Critics of (John Paul’s) sainthood … are simply asking is: did he, as pope, offer a blueprint that we, as humans, should be following?….. As I reported my book, The Third Miracle, the Indiana nun who spearheaded the campaign for the most r[...]
Taxing the Rich: Great in Boom Times BAD now!
Nearly half of California’s income taxes before the recession came from the top 1% of earners: households that took in more than $490,000 a year. High earners, it turns out, have especially volatile incomes—their earnings fell by more than twice as much as the rest of the population’s [...]