from Huff Post AUSTIN, Texas — When barbecue research is second-guessed in Texas, the turmoil in higher education must be getting serious. Responding to soaring tuitions and sagging graduation rates, a conservative policy foundation and Republican Gov. Rick Perry have stirred a tempest on Texa[...]
Posts Tagged ‘governance’
June 11th, 2011 - 6:12 am § in Schools & Colleges
Seven Breakthrough Solutions for Higher Ed in Texas
June 1st, 2011 - 7:00 am § in Schools & Colleges
WA tries to make WA education as bad as the worst education in India
“The legislature finds that some students are eager to complete a degree in the shortest time possible in order to enter the job market. The legislature further finds that providing streamlined path to a baccalaureate degree would shorten the time required for students to complete a degree, impr[...]
May 16th, 2011 - 8:01 am § in Schools & Colleges
Feds Replace College Faculty With Online Quizzes.
Ed: Imagine a future where a politically influenced, centralized, federal bureaucracy can put its stamp on courseware that awards credit in evolution, economics or even American History. This article in the Chronicle talks about a $2 billion dollar federal effort to develop open courseware. Th[...]
April 13th, 2011 - 10:16 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Higher Education Group at Seattle MoveON
Starting after the Civil War, step by step America created a university system, including private and public colleges, that offered unheard of opportunities for an upwardly mobile America. The words are still thrilling .. GI Bill, Land Grant Universities, Pell Grants, National Merit Awards[...]
April 11th, 2011 - 10:50 pm § in Schools & Colleges, UW
Assault on Education Continues; New Bills Referred to Committee
Two new bills were introduced this week that would dramatically change standard practices in higher education in Washington State. HB 2049 (Zeiger R-25) establishes a new higher education performance advisory council to make recommendations on changes in higher education governance to the HECB/SBC[...]
April 2nd, 2011 - 6:50 am § in Schools & Colleges
Free Speech Attacks from The Radical Right
Ed. While the progressive world has been distracted by the absurdist attacks on President Obama’s birth certificate, there is a far more serious and relentless attack on academic free speech itself. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Judy Ancel, a professor of labor studies at the University of Missou[...]
BREAKING NEWS: FORMER ALL-AMERICAN HUSKY FOOTBALL LINEMAN NAMED UW PRESIDENT
from Steve Hauschka Text messages received from one of THE-Ave’s UW Regent informants have identified a former All-American Husky football lineman as the new UW President. In a brief interview with THE-Ave, the star athlete and President Designate has requested anonymity until his lawyers obtain[...]
March 24th, 2011 - 4:15 pm § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
University Senate Vote Boycotts Ties to Israel
What happens if you have two ideas a strange as Zionism and Faculty Governance? Some call it democracy. Ed. I am a Zionist & a firm believer in faculty governance. I believe that Israel has as much right to exist as France or Egypt and a lot more right to exist than such post colonial [&hellip[...]
March 17th, 2011 - 10:43 am § in Schools & Colleges
An Open Letter to University Presidents
from UNILEAKS Dear President, Welcome to UniLeaks. We are a new online project dedicated to publishing information on public interest matters relating to the higher education industry. In essence, a version of Wikileaks aimed at Universities. While initiated in Australia, UniLeaks, like the industry[...]
March 15th, 2011 - 9:00 am § in Schools & Colleges
CANADA: Medical Residents Charge Racism
Calgary Sun: OTTAWA – Three University of Ottawa resident doctors have filed complaints with the Ontario human rights tribunal. “The right to be free of discrimination is a basic human right, and we stand for that right,” said Al-Ghaithy at a press conference Wednesday to announce [...]