from Huff Post AUSTIN, Texas — When barbecue research is second-guessed in Texas, the turmoil in higher education must be getting serious. Responding to soaring tuitions and sagging graduation rates, a conservative policy foundation and Republican Gov. Rick Perry have stirred a tempest on Texa[...]
Archive for June, 2011
June 11th, 2011 - 6:12 am § in Schools & Colleges
Seven Breakthrough Solutions for Higher Ed in Texas
June 10th, 2011 - 1:38 pm § in Misc.
Visiting Boston .. What did we find ^$ **%$$ Chihuly at the MFA
What a downer. This WAS a great ART museum! I guess the next step will be pet rocks, crotch shots of Weiner, and toys based on AVATAR III.[...]
June 10th, 2011 - 1:12 pm § in The Ave Scene
What James Joyce, Shakespeare Tell Us About Education Battles Today
from Huff Post Declan Kiberd’s new book, Ulysses and us: The art of everyday life in Joyce’s masterpiece, …(argues that) … Ulysses, the holy grail of difficult novels of the 20th Century, was never supposed to be a remote, impenetrable text. Indeed Joyce was, like many Irish [...]
June 10th, 2011 - 12:20 pm § in Misc.
Error in Science
from The Scientist’ Sara Greene I was delighted to see a couple recent F1000 evaluations that strayed from traditional peer-reviewed literature. F1000 Members Frank Harrell, a biostatistician at Vanderbilt Medical School, and Daniel Beard, a bioengineer at the Medical College of Wisconsin, ind[...]
June 9th, 2011 - 9:45 pm § in Misc.
The Price of Being Beck
Glenn Beck to Charge for Online Show Glenn Beck is about to find out just how loyal his followers are. When he moves from Fox News to his own Internet network, Beck will start charging a monthly subscription fee to view his show. “I think we might be a bit early,” Beck said Monday about [&hellip[...]
What $10,000 dollars to $30,000 a squ. meter buys in China
Top 10 luxury homes in China 2011 China’s Top Ten Luxury Home List for 2011 was published on April 12 by the China Real Estate Enterprises Combination Association, the World Executive Group, the World Real Estate Academy and the CEO-ZINE magazine. In making the list, judges considered image a[...]
As the world burns …..
Glued to The Weather Channel While the World Burns By Paul Rogat Loeb Following the weather is beginning to feel like revisiting the Biblical plagues. Tornadoes rip through Missouri, Alabama, Mississippi, Oklahoma—even Massachusetts. A million acres burn in Texas wildfires. The Army Corps of Engin[...]
June 8th, 2011 - 6:42 am § in Schools & Colleges
Wellcome Fund Focuses on the best, the brightest, the Britishest and the most Oxbridgish with a touch of London added.
from Times Higher Education by Paul Jump excerpted In an interview with Times Higher Education to coincide with this week’s announcement of the first beneficiaries of the £56 million programme, Sir Mark said that the trust had concluded that the way to enable the best science was “to su[...]
June 8th, 2011 - 6:30 am § in Misc.
Climate Change Projections
Halstead Harrison : This one’s a bit more specialized than most, and will interest somewhat fewer. ———— “Uncertainty in Climate Change Projections” A talk by Dr. Clara Deser, June 3, 2011 review by hh Dr. Deser was a student of Prof. Mike Wallace, here at UW[...]