TOKYO — Japanese police arrested a teenager accused of cheating on his university entrance examination by consulting online forums with his mobile phone, prompting outrage Friday in this gadget-loving country that prizes hard work and fairness. The arrest of a 19-year-old applicant to prestigious [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Curriculum’
A Response to Politicians in Ohio and Olympia: “We shall meet the enemy, and not only may he be ours, he may be us.”
Ohio Senate Votes to Deny Collective-Bargaining Rights to Most Public-College Professors This time I may be siding with the enemy. An article in the linked issue of the Chronicle reports that the Ohio State Senate is joining Wisconsin in ruling that faculty do not have collective bargaining rights. [...]
March 3rd, 2011 - 7:25 am § in Schools & Colleges
Free Speech Win in US Supreme Court 8:1
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the First Amendment protects fundamentalist church members who mount anti-gay protests outside military funerals, despite the pain they cause grieving families. Ed. This is a central ruling for those of us devoted to the Frirst Amendment. While[...]
March 3rd, 2011 - 4:29 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Who Elected Bill Gates?
Gary Stager Teacher educator, education journalist, speaker, school reformer, university professor Posted AT HUFF POST : March 1, 2011 02:17 PM It’s sad to watch a once smart and talented man go mad right before our eyes. There needs to be an intervention for Bill Gates. I fear that he has tak[...]
March 3rd, 2011 - 12:09 am § in Uncategorized
“We don’t have teachers. We have mentors. Mentors don’t teach your classes. You’re learning on your own.”
“I’m going to Western Governors University” Submitted by Johann Neem on Wed, 03/02/2011 – 17:29 from UFWS blog. So this blogger decided that the future is uncertain, and that perhaps he should return to school. Knowing that the House recently voted to support making Western Gov[...]
March 2nd, 2011 - 12:09 pm § in Schools & Colleges
What China Can Teach Us About Evaluating Universities
from AAUP listserv I have no qualms with getting public universities to focus on graduation rates of students and employment rates of graduates, though I would agree with many colleagues that such a focus slants towards a narrow perspective of public universities’ missions. One real difficulty (an[...]
Perhaps the experience of losing a war, and perhaps two more, has left the soul of our people and our leaders wondering about the worth of our most valuable strengths.
Ed. This was originally posted on the AAUP listserv. I have left the authors’ identity confidential because of concerns of responses from administration. Our country seems to be fatally wounded. Perhaps the experience of losing a war, and perhaps two more, has left the soul of our people a[...]
February 24th, 2011 - 1:01 am § in Misc.
Humanities Should Not Be a Partisan Pawn.
Don’t cut humanities By David J. Skorton, President of Cornell from Washington Post Last month, the Republican Study Committee released its hard-hitting recommendations for reductions in the federal budget. Regardless of our individual politics, and whether we agree with any of the targets for[...]
February 17th, 2011 - 9:07 am § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Could UWisc Go Private?
from Todd Finkelmeyer at the Cap Times UW-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin sent an e-mail Wednesday night to the UW System’s Board of Regents, and to other chancellors across the system, asking them not to oppose Wisconsin’s flagship university breaking away from the system. “There [...]
February 12th, 2011 - 7:11 pm § in America, Schools & Colleges
UW Has a Better Idea than Texas’ $10,000 College Degree!
AUSTIN (KXAN Erin Cargile) – During his state of the state address Tuesday, Gov. Rick Perry said it is time for colleges and universities to lay out a low-cost path to a degree. “It’s time for a bold, Texas-style solution to their challenge that I’m sure the brightest minds i[...]