WASHINGTON — The federal government is stepping into the labor mural controversy in Maine, demanding that the state either put the artwork back up at the Department of Labor or repay the cost of the mural. In a letter first obtained by the Associated Press, Gay Gilbert, a senior U.S. La[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Creativity’
China ‘to overtake US on science’ in two years
David Shukman Science and environment correspondent, BBC News China is on course to overtake the US in scientific output possibly as soon as 2013 – far earlier than expected. That is the conclusion of a major new study by the Royal Society, the UK’s national science academy. The country [...]
March 22nd, 2011 - 10:58 pm § in America, Schools & Colleges
Engineering vs. liberal arts: Who’s right — Bill or Steve?
Vivek Wadhwa, Duke College of engineering Ed. Prof. Wadha writes about a dilemma. While he feels strongly that the humanities are essential for educating creative people in his discipline, graduates of humanities programs have huge trouble being employed. He noted that 63% of the CEOs or heads[...]
March 22nd, 2011 - 6:28 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
WGU’s model for “online education.” There IS a better way.
Ed. The discussion the last couple of days here has referred to “online education” as if that were some sort of magic. BroadWebcast a lecture, add some mulitple choice questions and … you are ONLINE! This sort of computer based learning is just a sad extension of the overlo0asded c[...]
March 12th, 2011 - 2:26 am § in Uncategorized
Film Festivals
Seattle is the home of many film festivals … some of the most prominent are SIFF … Seattle International Film Festival. Children’s FimFest Three Day Dollar Bill Cinema Central Cinema Langston Hughes African American Film Festival [...]
March 11th, 2011 - 9:59 am § in America
While the tea spills, know-nothings are expelling essential foreigners from the USA.
A third of America’s entrepreneurs come from the “other world.” The US University system is a magnet for two reasons … our great universities and our entrepreneurial economy. Now we are weakening our universities, ignoring the international education market and joining Ar[...]
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 1st, 2011 - 9:26 am § in Environment
WA Just Won an Island!
Ed. Imagine you received an envelope telling you that you had just won an island? Not just any island .. not just a rock off of some far off frozen shore, but a large island within a short distance to Seattle, Olympia, and Tacoma. This island could be a wonderful heritage for your children and [&hel[...]
March 1st, 2011 - 6:06 am § in Uncategorized
HUMOR: Medical Breakthrough
Investigators at the Impulse Institute at Columbia and Pfizer quietly celebrated the FDA approval of Despondex, the first of a new generation of drugs growing out of the “new thinking” movement. NTM builds on success and counteracts excess of all kinds. NTM drugs treat anti-syndromes[...]
February 25th, 2011 - 9:17 am § in Schools & Colleges
Who OWNS what UW faculty create?
All faculty need to understand that we DO have a contract and that contract, the Faculty Code, effects a lot more than “just” free speech or due process. The Code effects YOUR rights to work you produce, even if that work is on “your own time.” Stanford University has asked[...]