Last week, over n the AAUP listserv. Robert Wood referred to an NPR article describing a program in Michigan where philanthropists in Kalamazoo fund universal college tuition. Rob asked, “Imagine if we were able to set one of these funds up statewide in Washington? How much would it cost? [...]
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April 23rd, 2014 - 3:56 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
AAUP: Universal Scholarships?
March 6th, 2014 - 4:45 am § in Misc.
For-Profit College Chain Accused Of Creating Fake Jobs; WGU “Non Profit” Washington State School Does Not Disclose These Numbers
Why does Western Governors University NOT have to disclose its profits or job rates? I do not understand the obsession with the words “non profit.” Huff Post reports that Corinthian Colleges Inc., has been inflating the numbers on how many of its grads get jobs. Meanwhile, West[...]
January 27th, 2014 - 4:30 am § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
UPDATE: A Response to OpEds on GWU
Public-University Group Offers Alternative to Obama’s College-Rating Plan This article in The Chronicle raises the very important issue of standards. Sadly, while this debate is being focused n universities tha[...]
January 22nd, 2014 - 3:26 am § in Schools & Colleges
Are MOOCs a failure?
Academics to Udacity Founder: Told Ya In a magazine profile, Sebastian Thrun says MOOCs are a “lousy product” to use for educating under prepared college students. My own suspicion is that MOOCs, like textbooks or any other toll, work best with students who are able to study on their own. The da[...]
January 1st, 2014 - 2:49 pm § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
New Idea for a New Year …. Husky U!
Lets Build Husky U in 2014 .. We Already Have The Stadium! In 2012 we ran a post about better ways to fund the UW. Joy the world … the UW’s new 1/4 billion dollar football stadium (added to the 1 billion Seattle spent for Seahawks Stadium) may show us the way! Husky fans claim that [...]
December 9th, 2013 - 10:33 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
Are we bringing the Walmart Model to the Universities?
Pope Francis has described pay too low to allow workers to better themselves as “wage slavery.” This topic has come up on THE Ave before. Taken to its extreme, Washington State now has “Western Governors University” .. a university with no faculty. at the UW A[...]
December 4th, 2013 - 11:50 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Ignorance of what the politicians do is no excuse!
How many of us pay attention to the politician’s moves BEFORE they impact us. Politico has a very important piece on the two new people appointed by the Dept of Education to oversee higher education. Neither Ted Mitchell, nominee for undersecretary of education, nor the administration’[...]
September 16th, 2013 - 2:39 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Gates Foundations Spends 5 billion on redesign of higher education
The low-cost, self-paced education lacks courses and traditional professors. Instead, students progress by showing mastery of 120 “competencies,” such as “can use logic, reasoning, and analysis to address a business problem.” http://chronicle.com/article/The-Gates-Effect/1403[...]
October 5th, 2012 - 2:09 am § in Misc.
WGU Updates: Anonymous student responds, defends her “degree”
UPDATE: One of the WGU students has responded to my posts. This is a step forward since most of the comments i get are either unpublishable invective or look like flak from WGU PR folks.,’ Read the comment thread from older posts here. I find the editor to be an absolute moron. Lets all make [[...]
How to Fund a Major University
A serious challenge faces all of us at the UW. What are we going to be? How do we attract new, young faculty competitive enough to eventually win a federal grants or stimulate their students to greatness? The desperate reaction to Washington state’s cuts to higher education have led, rig[...]