from The Hindu (excerpted): `No Indian university in global top 200 (Ed. UW ranked 26 in the Times list. In the meantime the conservatives in England may be cutting down global recruitment to Brit Universities out of fear if excessive immigration.) The United States dominates the rankings of 200 wor[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Colleges’
March 17th, 2011 - 10:43 am § in Schools & Colleges
An Open Letter to University Presidents
from UNILEAKS Dear President, Welcome to UniLeaks. We are a new online project dedicated to publishing information on public interest matters relating to the higher education industry. In essence, a version of Wikileaks aimed at Universities. While initiated in Australia, UniLeaks, like the industry[...]
To succeed, US must continue to invest in education, research
“America’s current circumstances are certainly serious. But there is a proven path forward, one that the United States has traveled with great success before: the rising path of innovation. After the Civil War and World War II, in particular, America restored its economic momentum with great[...]
March 14th, 2011 - 2:26 pm § in Schools & Colleges
UPDATE: Townhall meetings
Ed. This is an excellent follow up to last Saturday’s Townhall meetings …. All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go by Bill Lyne www.ufwsblog.org Imagine winning an all-expense paid trip to Disneyland and then getting there only to find that half the rides have been closed. Last Wednesday, the[...]
March 12th, 2011 - 9:37 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
Jesuit Bankruptcy, a threat to Seattle University and Gonzaga University?
from God experts A week ago, 37 lawsuits totaling about $3.1 million were filed in a Portland, Oregon bankruptcy court against organizations affiliated with the Jesuit province covering the northwestern United States. Two years earlier, that province had filed for bankruptcy, claiming assets of appr[...]
Asian Higher Ed: Attendees Ask Where Are the Americans?
Ed. In a global world, shouldn’t we take the market value of our reputation seriously by recruiting the best students we can to Seattle? From a tuition POV, foreign students are a blessing .. they pay full boat, This is a lot better deal than following the pattern of Ashworth University [...]
March 10th, 2011 - 10:10 am § in Schools & Colleges, UW
Reality Check: UW rank: # 7 among US public universities, # 26 world wide.
Ed. Washington citizens need a reality check. As we discuss budgets, online education and privatization, the legislature needs to understand that the value of the UW goes far beyond the need Washington shares with all others states to send our kids to college. Not only is the UW ranked 7 among[...]
March 9th, 2011 - 12:07 pm § in Uncategorized
UPDATE: Supreme Court Decision May Have Huge Affect on Faculty Governance
Ed. My concerns about Stanford v. Roche may have been understated now that I have read more about the new patent law passed by the US Senate. That law would award patents to the first to file rather than, as present, the first to invent. This conflicts with the way things are done at universit[...]
March 9th, 2011 - 1:23 am § in Schools & Colleges
Does Inclusiveness Lower Academic Standards?
Editorial By The Daily Orange Editorial Board, Syracuse University Published: Monday, February 21, 2011 Updated: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 02:02 CORRECTION: In this editorial, the change in the percentage of Pell Grant-eligible students is misstated. In 2009, 26.5 percent of students were Pell Gran[...]
March 8th, 2011 - 5:41 pm § in Schools & Colleges, Science
Imperial College takes on Elsevier and Wiley Blackwell
Felix Online, the online news of Imperial College in the UK, reports (in an article by Kadhim Shubber) that Deborah Shorley, Director of the Imperial College London Library, is threatening to end the library’s subscriptions to journals published by Elsevier and Wiley Blackwell, two of the major [...]