Michael Eisen, associate professor of molecular and cell biology FROM Its Not Junk Last week Science published a paperdescribing the results of an NIH-sponsored investigation into the impact of a scientist’s race on the probability of that their grants will be funded.The findings were striking[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Colleges’
September 16th, 2011 - 8:03 am § in Schools & Colleges
From Horsesass: Carl on the next step in Washington’s deficit.
Some Thoughts on the Latest Revenue Forecast by Carl, 09/15/2011, 4:53 PM The forecast is out and it’s brutal. Another $1.4 Billion down. Here are some random thoughts: We’ve already cut too far. It’s time to increase taxes. In Washington they’re often regressive and not a great idea in a ba[...]
September 10th, 2011 - 8:22 am § in Misc.
PRIVITIZATION Princeton Style
The AVE has reported previously that the private ivies, because they subsidize tuition by merit scholarships, are actually a lot mess expensive than public schools like the UW. While the UW and its peer public ivies drift toward a financially elite status, “private ” schools like Princ[...]
August 26th, 2011 - 11:58 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
How the UW deals with “diversity”
Racial discrimination in our institution is covered by a thick layer of symbols, declarations, and committees that despite our discourse keep the skeletons in a tightly locked closet. In 2000, with the change of chair in my dept –and dean of our engineering college—after more than 25 years of [...]
August 10th, 2011 - 11:02 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Texas Pursues Profit Models for Higher Education.
Rick Perry Pushes ALEC-Backed Education Policies To Turn Texas Universities Into Businesses …from Think Progress By Travis Waldron posted from ThinkProgress Education on Aug 5, 2011 at 7:10 pm ThinkProgress intern Sarah Bufkin contributed to this report The Governor’s Transcript fro[...]
July 6th, 2011 - 9:52 am § in Schools & Colleges
Puerto Rico: !0,000 students priced out of attending university.
from Aljazeera: Dozens of university students are arrested for demonstrating against a tuition hike. But Puerto Rico Governor Luis Fortuno remains steadfast in charging students more to help close a $3.2 billion budget gap. Fault Lines extra: • Breaching ‘the point’ • Behind the univ[...]
June 29th, 2011 - 5:48 pm § in Schools & Colleges
NYU Finding The Best and The Brightest .. Irrespective of $$$$$$
Finding talented disadvantaged youth from around the world can be a hard feat to accomplish for New York University, and other elite institutions, largely because of the situation most disadvantaged youth find themselves in. If you are living in a tent in Haiti, or in post-genocide Rwanda, you are t[...]
June 28th, 2011 - 8:13 am § in Schools & Colleges
Koch Brothers Buy Into Universities
The Charles G. Koch Foundation has been making six-, seven- and eight-figure gifts to such public institutions as Florida State, Clemson University, George Mason University, Utah State University and West Virginia University. The Koch brothers’ involvement in the Tea Party has raised que[...]
June 27th, 2011 - 9:00 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
Who Owns My Gravitas?
The public sees the University of Washington as the home for an elite faculty. They, the public, expect us to hold forth in our areas of expertise. In effect we are paid to use the UW brand to promote our ideas. The tricky questions is how doe s0one define expertise? That question has came u[...]
June 25th, 2011 - 2:19 pm § in America, Schools & Colleges
Texas Group Challenges Texas Governor’s Plans for Higher Education
from the Chronicle of Higher Ed: June 16, 2011, In a move aimed at Gov. Rick Perry of Texas and his controversial initiatives to remake higher education in the Lone Star State, a high-powered group of more than 200 former regents, chancellors, and presidents, along with Democratic and Republican p[...]