A simmering academic cheating scandal exploded over the University of North Carolina like a nuclear bomb airburst when it was revealed this morning that athletes were systematically steered into fake classes by athletic department advisers to maintain their sports eligibility. Over a period of 18 ye[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Academic Standards’
October 23rd, 2014 - 7:52 am § in Schools & Colleges
Univ. of North Carolina Credited Athletes For Fake Classes
October 16th, 2014 - 10:59 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Why the angst over academic administrators?
Over at the UW LISTSERV, Sarah Nash Gates commented on a controversy about administrators The controversy was a (false) accusation that our current Provost and President had not been or were not now academics. The truth is that both Dr. Cauci and Dr. Young are superb scholars, the knd of folk[...]
October 16th, 2014 - 12:58 am § in Schools & Colleges
Sweden Extends Secondary Education by Two Years
New government to make school compulsory to 18 While Washington’s legislature debates meeting minimal standards of K-12 education Sweden’s new government, led by Stefan Löfven’s Social Democrats and the Green Party (Miljöpartiet)’ has announced a two-year extension to S[...]
Seattle NEEDS to Create a Public School
Seattle lacks an elite high school because such a school would require hiring an elite cadre of teachers .. something the unions oppose and the white liberal community disdains because they see the very concept of “elite” as tainted unless it refers to the public school serving the cause[...]
October 5th, 2014 - 12:00 pm § in Schools & Colleges
War of Washington’s Medical School(s): WSU will be divorced from WWAMI .
The University of Washington and Washington State University declare war. After WSU decided two weeks ago to launch its own medical school, UW and WSU have announced that WSU will be divorced from the WWAMI program. This is a disaster for Washington state students who want to attend medical schoo[...]
October 5th, 2014 - 11:27 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
WA state schools screwed by Union position to teacher evaluations
NY Times: The schools in Washington are caught in the political crossfire of a battle over education policy. Because the State Legislature has refused to require that teacher evaluations be based in part on student test scores, schools are being held to an outdated benchmark that is all but impossib[...]
September 27th, 2014 - 9:42 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
Shall We End Tenure?
The President of the UW AAUP, Rob Wood, addressed the non tenure issues at UWB and UWT as a labor issue. (see below) I suggest that he is missing the point. There are two critical questions : 1. Are UWB and UWT vocational schools or research campuses? Despite the quality of faculty at[...]
September 24th, 2014 - 9:29 am § in Schools & Colleges
Rightwing school board provokes Denver-area student strikes
More than 1,200 students walked out of six Denver-area suburban high schools yesterday to protest a newly-elected school board’s attempts to force-feed them conservative ideology. Teachers at the schools are also upset with the board’s efforts to censor education, and staged sick-outs [...]
Florida Governor’s Campaign Manager Appointed as President of Florida State University
Florida GOP state senator John Thrasher has been named the President of Florida State University. He has no academic credentials. Mr. Thatcher was the only one (of four) finalists who lacked academic leadership experience. After he spoke to hundreds of students and faculty, 87% of the audi[...]
Big Ten is a step ahead