from Reuters Times Higher Education: The 50 universities and research institutes listed above were among the world’s most influential in the field of mathematics – whether by total citations received or by citations per paper – for papers published during the period 1 January 200[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Faculty’
June 2nd, 2011 - 3:49 am § in Schools & Colleges, UW
BREAKING NEWS: UW ranks #5, worldwide, in math!
BREAKING NEWS: KUOW Censors a UW Voice of Reason
A UW Professor’s Efforts to Speak Out on Science and Education Are Censored Ironically, I had just asked Cliff for permission to crosspost his effort to get Seattle Public Schools to raise their math standards. That post just went up on The AVE. The shocking part of this story is how I learn[...]
May 7th, 2011 - 7:02 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
for Mother’s Day: A Professor’s Tribute to His Mother’s Commitment to Education
Mothers Who Understand the Importance of Education, Kam Wing Chan, Department of Geography Many mothers understand the importance of education. Some pushy ones, like the “tiger mom” who has ignited a firestorm of debate about parenting, have given mom a bad name. Many others, gentler and far[...]
A Committe Member Comments on the Search Process
Ana Mary Cauce, Dean, on why the confidential UW process is better than the public process in Minnesota. Dear Colleagues, As a participant on the Presidential Search committee, I wanted to explain why confidentiality has become standard in such searches, even in public universities.[...]
AAUP: Welcomes President Young with concern about the process used to select him.
As the media have announced that Michael Young is the new President of the UW, the UW AAUP expresses welcome and concern about the process. Dear Colleagues, The Board of Regents still has not announced who will be the new President of UW, but with the Seattle Times running front-page stories on Mich[...]
White Smoke Seen, UW to announce choice for president Monday
as predicted on TheAVE, white smoke can be seen rising from Husky Tower! Report from Seattle Times from Seattle Times by Katherine Long The University of Washington said today it expects to name its final choice for president on Monday. Listed on the agenda for a Monday morning meeting of the UWR[...]
SEMINAR: Are Cuts to the UW Core Academic Mission Necessary?
Wednesday, April 20, at 3:30 PM in Smith 304 Howard Bunis, Professor of Accounting ***************************************************************************************** Are Cuts to the Core Academic Mission Necessary? Howard Bunsis, Professor of Accounting, Eastern Michigan University, will give[...]
Privatize the UW
Why Not Just Privatize Higher Education? Posted on SLOG by Goldy on Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 4:35 PM …..excerptedAs a percentage of our state economy, higher education spending had already dropped 63.7 percent from a high of $15.53 per $1,000 of personal income in 1974 to $5.48 per $1,000 in 2010[...]
Let WGU manage the Huskies!
Now that Western Governors Washington is a Washington state university, why not ……? Imagine, without a need for faculty to annoy the athletes, their graduation rates would be wonderful! Imagine, for far less than the cost of athletic scholarship, WGU mentors could assure us that every at[...]
April 13th, 2011 - 6:25 am § in Schools & Colleges, UW
AAUP Shuts Down Listserv: An Open Letter to the AAUP:UW
Ed. This is an open letter to the AAUP, urging them to move their valuable listserv off campus. My letter reflects a post that is now old news from 2007 and from another university, Cornell in 2007. But the Cornell story illustrates the need for a free and open discussion by our own faculty. W[...]