Open Letter to My Students: No, You Cannot be a Professor also posted No, You Cannot be a Professor–the Reactions and For New Readers: Northwest History’s Greatest Hits.] In a way it is the greatest compliment a student can give. I ask them what they want to do with their history degree.[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Academic Standards’
January 30th, 2016 - 11:06 pm § in Politics
The Post Empirical Era
Newspaper columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. has finally put into words something that’s been bothering me for a long time: In the political world, and increasingly in other facets of life, facts no longer matter. Pitts also has coined a name for this new paradigm. He writes: “A lie can get hal[...]
October 29th, 2015 - 11:29 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
Oracle Builds Charter School to Serve San Mateo
Charter Schools: Why Oracle Is Building a Public High School on Its Campus Oracle is building “d.tech” a public high school devoted to science and technology education. The Design Tech High School — or d.tech for short — will open in 2017 on a section of Oracle’s corporate campu[...]
October 4th, 2015 - 4:58 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Textbook calls slaves “workers”; student’s mom cries foul
Textbook publisher McGraw-Hill has backed down — sort of — after a Houston mom stirred up a firestorm over the wording of her son’s geography textbook that referred to African slaves as “workers” and “immigrants.” McGraw-Hill said it would change the wording[...]
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 29th, 2015 - 1:03 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
A scientific analysis of the classical dilemma: Should the toilet seat be left up or down?
THE THREE BODY PROBLEM IN ECONOMICS* Richard O. Zerbe** Daniel J. Evans Distinguished Professor Emeritus, The Evans School A classical yet unsolved problem in economic efficiency, the three body problem, involves the seemingly simple question of whether or not the toilet seat should be left up or do[...]
September 26th, 2015 - 1:12 am § in Schools & Colleges
The Land of the Setting Sun Watches Its Universities Sink as The Sea Rises
Japan Dumbs Down Its Universities ….Noah Smith Most people who follow news from Japan will be paying attention to the economy, or possibly to the fist-fight that broke out in the Diet over security policy. But there was a huge and very worrying change in Japanese education policy that someh[...]
SOUTH CAROLINA: What matters in South Carolina
The Auto Lobbyist: from the Chronicle of Higher Education “If you can learn how to make love in the backseat of a Volkswagen, you can learn to read and write in a barn,” Patrick E. Watson, a longtime lobbyist for South Carolina car dealers, secured a big tax break for his clients. Deal[...]
June 18th, 2015 - 11:22 am § in Schools & Colleges
FSU’s sellout to Kochs
Florida State University took millions from the Koch brothers, who in return, get to veto faculty appointments. The university administration, of course, tried to keep that quid pro quo secret. Read the story here. This school has been sanctioned for academic fraud involving athletes, and Florida&#[...]
Catholic-style academic freedom