from Huffington Post by Daniel Arrigg Koh Growing up as a person of Korean and Lebanese descent, I was proud of my heritage and enjoyed discussing it with my peers. While few had ever met anyone with such an ethnic background before, people were always eager to learn more. I always felt that it was [...]
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The Washington Post: U.S. pushes for more scientists, but the jobs aren’t there
The Canary in the Mine: a frightening insight into the US Economic future. Based in part on Washington Post article, “U.S. pushes for more scientists, but the jobs aren’t there“ Here in Washington state, Ed Lazowska , the Bill and Melinda Gates Professor of Comp Sci at UW, is a very fo[...]
April 20th, 2012 - 4:17 am § in Misc.
If Husky Stadium is such a good idea, why not go all the way and create Husky University?
Defenders of the UW’s new 1/4 billion dollar football stadium (added to the 1 billion Seattle spent for Seahawks Stadium) claim that this public money is well spent because it creates construction jobs. I do not see how this can be true. There is a huge difference between spending public dolla[...]
URGENT: Presidents’ Mtg tonight at Town Hall
WA State Presidents Promote Higher Education Funding in Washington Wednesday, February 1, 2012, 7:00 – 9:00pm Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. $5. I spoke with a reporter who will be attending this tonight. He asked me a lot of questions … more about areas of controversy than about the[...]
Our mismatch between the skills required for available jobs and individuals with those skills is growing faster than all but one other state, Delaware.
The Magic of “Computational Thinking” Training More Folks Who Can Get Jobs? In response to OPED at the Seattle Times. Rosemary McAuliffe, State Senator and Ed Lazowska , UW Prof. pof Computer Science Like evangelicals of the past, Senator . McAuliffe and Professor Lazowska, have a [...]
Is the NIH Imploding?
IMAGINE THE REACTION TO A 50% CUT IN DEFENSE! That is the REALITY at the NIH. IMAGINE THE REACTION TO A 50% CUT IN DEFENSE! That is the REALITY at the NIH. Figures just published on Genomeweb look grim. The good news is that the NIH grant success rate is now 17.4%. The bad news […][...]
Will the UW lose its role in global higher education?
Even a Century After the Fall of the British Empire, Oxford and Cambridge Retain Their Roles As Global Leaders in Higher Education …. The UW has that role today as one of America’s great “private ivies.” Will we retain our stature? (Based in part of report by CHRISTINE A[...]
BREAKING NEWS: UPDATE .. ROMNEY WILL BE GRILLED
UPDATE: TODAY the Republican candidates get quizzed by three inquisitors of the extreme right. God must hate Romney. I wonder if he now gets 33 minutes to be grilled? While huge media attention has been given to the way President Obama backed down so the Repricans could have their debat in Califor[...]
September 4th, 2011 - 3:37 pm § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: Labor Day, conservative culture warriors to quiz Reprican candidates.
Tomorrow night the Republican candidates get quizzed by three inquisitors of the extreme right. While huge media attention has been given to the way President Obama backed down so the Repricans could have their debat in California, a more dangerous meeting of these folks is occurring tomorrow night [...]
Western Governers, Faux Universities and Election 2012
THE Ave hopes you will not ignore the relevance of BOTH parties to the effort to replace high quality AMERICAN education with one another sort of low quality … good enout for the masses alternative .. Western Governors is a great example. Read this article from Bloomberg (my amendments are in [...]