Here is the List (below the break). The list intentionally excludes defense and homeland security. Much of it borders on facetious. There are a few attacks on education, cultural and academic areas (in blue) but the surprises are in what is left out. There are no proposed reductions in: Agricult[...]
Archive for January 20th, 2011
January 20th, 2011 - 12:55 pm § in Uncategorized
Old Harvard Rubes Can Not Figure Out the Intertubes
Just got this email from the Harvard Alumnae Assn. They want “$100 to support the extra production and mailing costs of this weighty, hardcover tome” .. ie.e the 50th anniverart report for my graduating class (’63). How quaint! I would donate $100 to a shcolarship fund if Harva[...]
January 20th, 2011 - 9:30 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
What would happen if Apple stopped creating new products?
There is a lot of fantasy going on about ways of cutting costs at public universities while somehow compensating with scholarships or creating private endowments for public schools. AINT gonna happen! Here in Washington state, the state part of the cost of higher ed is already down to 30% … [...]
January 20th, 2011 - 9:14 am § in Uncategorized
Berkeley Chancellor on Campus Violence
Recently the AAUP listserv has run a serious of emails from faculty upset by students involved in a game called “Humans and Zombies.” Apparently, students involved in the game stalk each other on campus and shoot each other with pellet guns that look realistic except for an orange tip on[...]
January 20th, 2011 - 7:00 am § in Schools & Colleges
Humor: Cartoon Satires of Academic Careers
from xtranormal.com “So You Want to Get a PhD in the Humanities” “So You Want to Be an [Academic] Librarian” “So You Want to Be a Historian?” “So You Want to Go to Law School” “So You Want to Be a Journalist” “So You Want to Get a Ph.[...]