With a $750,000 matching grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges is developing low-cost, online instructional materials for its community and technical colleges. The first 43 courses, which are as varied as “General [...]
Posts Tagged ‘UW Unions’
Carlyle: Merge State Colleges into a UW/WSU System?
Rep. Reuven Carlyle (edited from his blog) ….. Recently I find myself looking at the large scale structural issue in higher education with a recognition and acknowledgement that despite my private protests governance does matter. But I don’t mean governance in the Olympia sense of whether to[...]
January 2nd, 2011 - 12:47 am § in Misc.
Public Workers Facing Outrage as Budget Crises Grow
I think this is something we really need to worry about. . From an article in today’s New York Times: Michael Tini, 54, … a card dealer in Atlantic City, taps his head, (and says) “Look, I understand that teachers are the brains of the operation, O.K.? But my hours are cut, and my [...]
December 31st, 2010 - 8:27 am § in Schools & Colleges
A Prof Responds to a Teacher
Last night I listened to a teacher complain to a panel of state representatives . “Eric” asked: “why the legislature continually adds more requirements and duties to teachers while simultaneously cutting our pay. Other state employees who have had their pay cut are receiving comp[...]
August 16th, 2010 - 10:45 pm § in UW
Emmert Jumps, Who will pay?
Emmert wants to leave his UW president job a month early University of Washington President Mark Emmert is trying to leave a month early to begin his job as president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, but it could cost him up to $51,666. from the Seattle Times By Katherine Long Seattl[...]
The Aprikyan Case
Have you read Dr. David Dale’s frightening account of what happened to our colleague, Andrew Aprikyan? Your own career could be next. Andrew Aprikyan was charged with scientific fraud by an anonymous accuser who himself had a conflict of interest over the intellectual property in question. B[...]
July 5th, 2010 - 10:00 am § in Misc.
The Aprikyan Case
Happenings at the UW: The UW Provost Phyllis Wise dismissed Dr. Andrew Aprikyan from the faculty of the School of Medicine after a seven year long investigation. This action was taken despite the findings of a formal faculty adjudication panel that Dr. Aprikyan was not guilty but that the Admini[...]
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