Roberta Gold, AAUP UW Sudhir’s view jibes with everything I’ve read: SCOTUS mavens think Scalia’s death will create a hung Court in Friedrichs, which will, in turn, leave in place the 9th Circuit’s union-friendly decision. Further, the issue in Friedrichs is agency fees for[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Academic Standards’
Are “agency fees” not political?
November 8th, 2015 - 12:15 pm § in Misc.
New Method For Proctoring Exams: THE DRONE
Drone deployed to catch cheating Chinese students Drone flies over students at testing centres to scan for any unusual signals being sent to smuggled devices. AJE.IO[...]
Innovation ..UW #4 among universities in the world, #1 among US Public Universities
This awesome achievement is one our state should not only cherish but build upon. Reuters may have offered me a simple way to explain why the UW is so important to our state. That great news agency has just rated us as #4 in “innovation” amongst all the universities in t[...]
September 25th, 2015 - 10:59 am § in Misc.
A Geneticist’s Criticism of Racism.
On Nicholas Wade and the blurring of boundaries between science and fantasy By Michael Eisen | Published: June 4, 2014 I just finished reading Nicholas Wade’s “A Troublesome Inheritance”, his latest effort to explain all of his personal racial prejudices in the light of recent human evolution.[...]
Why we NEED More Out of State Students at the UW!
The In-State Tuition Break Is Slowly Disappearing OK that is very wrong. It is asinine to use out of state tuition to subsidize the UW’s role as an elite university for our own kids. However, that does NOT mean we do not need more out of state students. Look at Husky Stadium. The UW recrui[...]
UW Entrance Exam
(from 1908) Ancient History (Choose any eight of the following) Describe an Egyptian temple. Compare the early history of Babylonia with that of Egypt. What is an oligarchy? What did Solon do for Athens? Describe slavery in Athens. What causes contributed to Alexander’s victories? What was the[...]
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[...]
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[...]
March 14th, 2012 - 10:11 am § in UW
UW Rankings: UW Med Ranks at the top of BOTH Research and Primary Care!
Somebody should share this with Jim McDermott Our Congressman continues, as far as I know, to be utterly unaware of the prominence of the UW …. By KING 5 News http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46720469/ns/local_news-seattle_wa/ U.S. News & World Report has ranked several University of Washington[...]
Do the Dems Understand HIGHER Ed is not LOTS OF Ed?
Candidate Answers 36th Legislative District Gael Tarleton by Carl, at HorsesAss Carl’s questions in bold, Gael Tarlton’s answers are below. 1) The state’s paramount duty is education. Do you feel the state is living up to that duty? If not, what needs to happen to live up to it? We are n[...]