Academics to Udacity Founder: Told Ya In a magazine profile, Sebastian Thrun says MOOCs are a “lousy product” to use for educating under prepared college students. My own suspicion is that MOOCs, like textbooks or any other toll, work best with students who are able to study on their own. The da[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Colleges’
September 25th, 2013 - 1:21 pm § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Paying Taxes to Harvard
How Taxpayers Are Helping to Finance Harvard’s Capital Campaign Thanks to its status as a nonprofit organization, the university reaps the benefits of tax deductions for donors, which is a gross misallocation of public resources, writes Kevin Carey. On the local level, at least as I am told, w[...]
September 2nd, 2013 - 12:22 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Ruffled Feathers #6 from Oregon’s Ethos magazine Story by Nina KaPow Illustration by Bailey Meyers Goodness gracious, it’s time for school again. Time for books, classes, openings of both the fall sports and theatrical seasons. But before you start singing those Goodbye Summer Blues, just [...]
Commentary by Anthony: The Term “Student-Athlete” Is A Joke.
As a former “Student-Athlete” at the University of Washington I always thought this term was a joke. Coming into the University of Washington from Garfield High School, my GPA was unacceptable by Udubs academic standards. I had a 2.3 and my SAT score was an 890. Frankly, this was wa[...]
March 11th, 2013 - 4:53 am § in Religion, Schools & Colleges
Antisemitism hits Harvard
Jewish Harvard Students Receive Mock Eviction Notices Jewish students at Harvard University receive mock eviction notices in light of “Israel Apartheid Week.” Is this antisemitism? Imagine all Asian students getting this notice next time a Tibetan is immolated. Or imagine all Catholic Studen[...]
January 29th, 2013 - 12:26 pm § in Schools & Colleges
AVE CHALLENGE: What is the best major?
Last year, The AVE reposted a statement by a State Senator and UW Professor arguing we need to push more slots for computational and engineering education. SURPRISE … here is some data .. can you rank the following majors by the % unemployment? (data from Wall Street Journal!) (CLICKME f[...]
November 24th, 2012 - 3:34 am § in Schools & Colleges
ACADEME:Run a University like a business?
Business Experience As Academic Qualification? Oh, Really? Posted at Academe Blog by Michael DeCesare, associate professor and chair of the Department of Sociology & Criminology, and president of the AAUP Chapter, at Merrimack College. The president of the University of Toledo plans to a[...]
Why do we still have a university press in an internet age?
The Gamble The answer may come from Princeton. The Princeton University Press cannot give away the ending of its forthcoming book, The Gamble,on the 2012 presidential election. But it does plan to give away the beginning. Read more[...]
October 15th, 2012 - 6:28 am § in The Ave Scene
UW’s Rank Among World’s Universities
UW research ranks fourth among world universities By Bob RosethNews and Information Posted under: Honors and Awards, News Releases, Research, UW and the Community A ranking released by National Taiwan University places the University of Washington fourth among the world’s universitie[...]
Mis-Education of Black Children
The African American community puts too much of an emphasis on youth athletics. Sports build character, and teach life lessons that kids can use throughout their life. However, playing sports should be secondary to academics. In the African American community this is far from the case. [...]