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December 6th, 2011 - 8:52 am § in Hypocrisy, Misc., Schools & Colleges

Universities On Sale, Academic Principles Put Aside

Saudi Arabia Courts Foreign Academic Partners With Cash Professors see potential for research and pioneering ventures; critics warn that the kingdom should carry out internal reforms first  The Chronicle This issue has bothered me for many years. The UW has also participated in building campuses in[...]

December 4th, 2011 - 10:29 pm § in Hypocrisy, Schools & Colleges, Science

Cambridge Univ. Press.: Pay to read articles just like renting movies!

By Jennifer Howard Chronicle of Higher Education, November 30, 2011, read at permalink. Will researchers pay for short-term access to journal articles? Cambridge University Press is about to find out. The publisher has just announced a rental program for articles from the more than 280 peer-reviewed[...]

December 2nd, 2011 - 9:53 am § in America, Hypocrisy, Schools & Colleges

Fisk University: To sell its birthright or just go broke?

From Huff Post NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Fisk University’s decade-long quest to generate cash from a 101-piece art collection donated by the late painter Georgia O’Keeffe is one step closer to fruition. But it is unclear how quickly the historically black university in Nashville will be able [...]

November 29th, 2011 - 12:25 pm § in Schools & Colleges

The Faculty Code at “For Profits”

Five Six Troubling Things About the For-Profit Industry’s Self-Policing Standards Campus Progress,  November 21, 2011 by Brian Stewart     Kaplan is one of 16 for-profit schools that have signed the Foundation for Educational Success’ Standards of Responsible Conduct. For-profit c[...]

November 21st, 2011 - 11:46 pm § in Schools & Colleges

UW Bothell Prof Predicts Privitization of Universities

” “from each according to his or her abilities, to each according to his or her needs” is not a bad motto for public higher education.” “ (from AAUP Magazine, Academe) By Bruce Burgett   (redacted and edited) In spring 2010, a group of University of Washington administrators [...]

November 14th, 2011 - 11:57 pm § in America, Schools & Colleges

Good News for Harvard

Harvard Raises $639M Despite Tough Economy 1 By Tara W. Merrigan and Zoe A. Y. Weinberg Despite a shaky economy, Harvard raised a record setting $639 million during the 2011 fiscal year, the third-largest amount ever accrued in the University’s history.[...]

November 14th, 2011 - 9:48 am § in America, Hypocrisy, Schools & Colleges

Accreditation of Online “Universities” a hot potato

  Based on a  a truly frightening article The Chronicle of Higher Education WGU may want to worry about its accreditation. Congress has gotten involved in accrediting online colleges.  The motivation in Congress is that “for-profit” companies  rake in federal financial aid withou[...]

November 8th, 2011 - 11:51 am § in Politics, Schools & Colleges, Science

Our mismatch between the skills required for available jobs and individuals with those skills is growing faster than all but one other state, Delaware.

The Magic of “Computational Thinking” Training  More Folks Who Can Get Jobs? In response to OPED at the Seattle Times.  Rosemary McAuliffe, State Senator  and Ed Lazowska , UW Prof. pof Computer Science Like evangelicals of the past, Senator . McAuliffe and Professor Lazowska, have a [...]

November 2nd, 2011 - 11:01 am § in Schools & Colleges

BREAKING NEWS: Washington State May Need to Close Campuses and “Fire” Sudents Who Now Work For their Tuition!

From: President Bruce Shepard, WWU Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 12:06 PM Subject: Regarding Governor Gregoire`s Preliminary Supplemental Budget Proposal   Colleagues: The Governor’s preliminary proposal to cut at least 15% and up to 20% from the state’s higher education budget�[...]

October 22nd, 2011 - 5:23 am § in Politics, Schools & Colleges

The Foundering Fathers vs Public Education

Mike Lee, Utah’s new Tea-Party Senator, tells us  that: “…Congress has no business regulating our nation’s public education system, and has created problems whenever it has attempted to do so.” Senator Lee … not sure where your founding fathers did their founderi[...]