Do you know what happens at midnight on Oct 5? That is the time (9AM in Stockholm) when the Nobel Committee will announce the 2014 awards for Medicine. More than one person in Seattle will be waiting for the phone call but the candidate I am most excited about is Mary Claire King of the […][...]
Posts Tagged ‘Academic Standards’
Is The Nobel Next for Mary Claire King?
September 5th, 2014 - 9:44 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
The Animal Farm Model for Running a University
U. of Illinois Chancellor, Phyllis Wise, after a less than exemplary ethical record as the UW Provost, now faces faculty outrage over the dismissal of a Palestiniam American as a candidate for the UI faculty. Steven G. Salaita is well known as a critic of Israel. Controversy erupted last month w[...]
July 4 Coup: Rick Perry to Fire UT President
In case you missed the news about “The July 4th Coup,” on Friday news outlets reported that the outgoing UT System Chancellor, Francisco Cigarroa, apparently gave UT Austin President William C. Powers Jr.. an ultimatum: quit your job by July 4, or be fired by the Regents this week. A p[...]
June 4th, 2014 - 4:37 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
2:1 Bias in 2014 Choices of Commencement Speakers
House: Democrats: 8, Republicans: 5 Se[...]
May 31st, 2014 - 1:28 pm § in America, Hypocrisy, Misc., Politics, Schools & Colleges, Science, The Ave Scene
A Black Man’s Thoughts on The Hoodie
A man in a police uniform scares me more than the biggest strongest dude wearing a hoodie ever would. Lets be honest, its not a hoodie, nor is it a puffy starter jacket that people fear. Black men were feared way before the modern day hoodie was invented so please try again. Can we just [&hellip[...]
May 15th, 2014 - 12:56 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
UT Austin shows that income disparity is the major obstacle to kids success in college
University of Texas .. Are the Top 7% from low income schools as able as the 7% from high income schools? (Cross Post from The-Ave.US) This is a phenomenal article on an effort at the University of Texas to assist students from economic, as opposes to racial, minorities. M[...]
May 12th, 2014 - 3:31 am § in Schools & Colleges
Why go to the UW? I .. A Community College Professor Speaks
This post at the AAUP listserv came as part of a lengthy discussion of the role of the community colleges in replacing the first two years of a college education .. the years we hope give students a broad basis for later life. The reply by Professor Kinsel is worth reading because it shows how [&h[...]
April 23rd, 2014 - 3:56 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
AAUP: Universal Scholarships?
Last week, over n the AAUP listserv. Robert Wood referred to an NPR article describing a program in Michigan where philanthropists in Kalamazoo fund universal college tuition. Rob asked, “Imagine if we were able to set one of these funds up statewide in Washington? How much would it cost? [...]
April 17th, 2014 - 9:38 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Choosing the UW over Princeton?
The GPA to get into the UW is now around 3.7. When I went to Harvard, Princeton was a notorious haven for the white elite. That has not been true for some time. Their great efforts to become a part of the diversity of America are reflected in the careers of Michelle Obama and [...]
“The one thing we don’t do yet – we don’t graduate any Cougar doctors” WSU Regent Mike Worthy
Should WASU have its own medical school? WSU Regents have voted to seek accreditation for its own medical school. This is resulting in an embarrassing “food fight” over a trivial sum of $24 million dollars funding from the 2015 legislative session at a time when the state budg[...]