There is a huge mess at the University of Virginia. The President has been summarily fired by the Board of Visitors with no discussion with the UV faculty and no rational. I can take no side since I know too little, however the one thing that is clear is that the traditional mode of governance [&h[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Academic Standards’
June 25th, 2012 - 10:41 am § in Misc.
WWJD? Jefferson might cry at what is happening at the University of Virginia.
June 13th, 2012 - 11:06 pm § in Politics
Inslee and McKenna take very different positions on higher education
After experiencing THE GRIM, ANTI-ACADEMIC ATMOSPHERE OF THE STATE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, I am becoming utterly confused by the governor’s race. I am very troubled and want to ask myself what Thomas Jefferson would do? Is this another choice between centrist conservatives .. like Washingto[...]
May 21st, 2012 - 10:58 am § in Schools & Colleges
How to Fire Professors
from Inside Higher Education: On July 19, 2009, Edward T. Larkin, a professor of German at the University of New Hampshire, drove his motorcycle down Route 101 to the Market Basket in Milford. He pulled into the parking lot behind a car in which a 17-year-old girl was driving her mother. Larkin park[...]
First District Democrats Require Litmus Test on Charter Schools
Candidate Should Get Out and Stay Out, Democratic Official Says – No Room for Dissent on Charter Schools The Democrats’ 1st District Chair, Nicholas Carlson, has written a letter to Guy Palumbo, a candidate State Senate. Carson tells Palumbo that he can not run as a Democrat because P[...]
May 10th, 2012 - 1:47 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Is the “Yale” name for Sale?
What’s in a Name? For Yale in Singapore, a Whole Lot Courtesy of Yale U. The Chronicle of Higher Education reportsa fight between memebers of the Yale faculty and the administration over who owns the “Yale ” brand name. After the World Economic Forum in Davos, in January 2009, Ri[...]
May 5th, 2012 - 3:25 am § in Schools & Colleges, Science
Berkeley Blog: How Science Works
Trusting your fellow scientist Anna Goldstein, chemistry grad student | 3/6/12 In my last post, I told you that Berkeley Physics professor Richard Muller is the go-to guy for proof of anthropogenic climate change. Maybe that strikes you as odd. Why would I look to a physicist for information about o[...]
May 5th, 2012 - 12:51 am § in Schools & Colleges
Bribes Needed to Get College Education
Photo: Reuters Students of the University of Ibadan check their graduation gowns at their campus in Ibadan, south west Nigeria (2006 file photo). In Nigeria, about a million students pass the college-entrance qualifying exam every year, but most never attend a college class. Nigerian universities [...]
May 1st, 2012 - 12:37 am § in Hypocrisy
Notre Dame makes bid to go public
While states are effectively privatizing their universities, tradionally private schools may go the other way. The President of Notre Dame said “Moving to a competitive, government-funded environment would make the Catholic school more competitive for the best students.” “We are ex[...]
Judea Pearl … Turing Prize
Judea Pearl, a Big Brain Behind Artificial Intelligence, Wins Turing Award Judea Pearl, has been named the 2011 ACM Turing Award winner. The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) A.M. Turing Award, recognizes Pearl for his advances in probabilistic and causal reasoning. His work has enabled crea[...]
Chaos at Jefferson’s University
Few Americans understand the significance of the University of Virginia to world history. U Va was Thomas Jefferson’s proudest creation, the world’s first PUBLIC university. Moreover, in the tradition of Jefferson, U Va was created as place where ordinary citizens could participate i[...]