Bill Lyne of the United Faculty of Washington writes about Governor Gregoire’s proposed budget. he says: ….. Tens of millions of dollars poured into Washington this fall to convince us that it’s better to have tens of thousands of children without health care than it is to pay two [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Colleges’
January 4th, 2011 - 12:55 am § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Getting folks to vote against their interests.
January 2nd, 2011 - 5:39 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Judge:Florida Legislature Has Tuition-Setting Power
Tuition To Be Set By the Legislature December 31, 2010, 7:47 am A state judge ruled on Thursday that Florida’s Legislature has the authority to set tuition for its 11 public universities, dealing another setback to a former governor and U.S. senator, Bob Graham, who had led a lawsuit seeking to gi[...]
For-Profit Education and the Failure of Capitalism
Great Read at HorsesAss.[...]
PRIVATIZE THE UW!
Dick Startz, over at Crosscut has posted an article proposing a strange sort of state capitalism as a solution to funding the schools. I have excerpted relevant parts of his text below (in blue) but suggest you read the entire text at Crosscut. With all due respect to a faculty colleague, this pro[...]
November 10th, 2010 - 9:54 am § in Misc., Schools & Colleges
SPIEGEL: Is the US Education System, with its faith in the magic of unregulated entrepreneurs, viable?
The current Spiegel English edition has a very well written article on the “nouveau poor” in the USA. This ought to have special meaning for the UW at a time when British students are protesting their new government’s plan to change from free tuition to loans. Imagine, that! Th[...]
Did Nike Pay for Oregon’s Victory?
The Huskies lost to Oregon. Or did they really lose to Nike? Last March, Oregon concluded an unpublished contract for support from Nike through 2018. UW folks may not realize it but Oregon alum, Phil Knight, the founder of Nike, not only donates to the schools athletics but has claimed this money [...]