IIf we can market the Huskies, why can’t we market our faculty? Moody’s Investor Services.has downgraded its outlook for all of higher education. The credit rating agency cited poor revenue prospects: “The U.S. higher education sector has hit a critical juncture in the evolution of its b[...]
Posts Tagged ‘UW’
January 10th, 2013 - 8:07 am § in Misc.
Maybe Balmer Would Buy the Huskies Too?
Is Microsoft Buying a Basketball Team? The media report that the Sacramento Kings are being sold to Chris Hansen and Microsoft MSFT +0.56% chief executive Steve Ballmer. Ballmer is said to be a devoted pickup basketball player with a reputation for having mean elbows. But, that is not all! St[...]
December 20th, 2012 - 11:40 am § in Misc.
UW in top 25 … for academic standing of atheletic program!
Go Huskeys? The UW Athletic Program ranked # 11 in academic success of our athletes …. Pretty good! … Harvard only ranked 114! Stanford, UNC, Georgetown,Notre Dame, Penn State, UCLA, Michigan, Oregon, and Princeton* beat us. We easily beat the Air Force Academy and USC at 73 and 23[...]
December 9th, 2012 - 12:59 pm § in Misc.
IS WGU A DIPLOMA MILL? ANOTHER LETTER FROM SOMEONE AT WGU
Yet another WGU Testimonial. Since I first posted on WGU I get these comments. Many are anonymous. Others, like this one, are signed with an email address but .. when I ask for confirmation I dis not get one. The emails always follow the same theme … Lets call the author “William”.[...]
October 20th, 2012 - 7:43 am § in Misc.
Education Free For ALL In 10 Years!
Why College May Be Totally Free Within 10 Years Higher education is in transition and with a coming proliferation in online courses could be totally free for many within a decade. The status quo won’t yield easily. But this is looking like a real answer to runaway student debt. Read more: http[...]
October 15th, 2012 - 6:28 am § in The Ave Scene
UW’s Rank Among World’s Universities
UW research ranks fourth among world universities By Bob RosethNews and Information Posted under: Honors and Awards, News Releases, Research, UW and the Community A ranking released by National Taiwan University places the University of Washington fourth among the world’s universitie[...]
October 14th, 2012 - 10:08 pm § in The Ave Scene
UW: a friend passes
Dr. Warren G. Guntheroth MD passed away Monday, September 17 after suffering a heart attack at his office at University Hospital. Warren was an example of UW’s great tradition of patient care .. one of the pioneers in prevention of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). He was also a courageous [...]
October 14th, 2012 - 11:47 am § in The Ave Scene
UW Students use MoveOn to Protest Illegal Fees
Below is an email from Katherine Banks, a University of Washington academic student employee who created a petition on SignOn.org, the nonprofit site that allows anyone to start their own online petition. If you have concerns or feedback about this petition, click here. Dear Seattle MoveOn member,[...]
THE-Ave.US Challenge: who is going to win the Nobel?
Next Sunday night (US time), about 9 AM Monday Stockholm time, the Karolinska is going to wake up one to three biologists and announce they have won the Nobel Prize. Thompson Reuters has their list based on citation, I call this hokey. Here is Thompsons’s list with my thumb added wher[...]
How to Fund a Major University
A serious challenge faces all of us at the UW. What are we going to be? How do we attract new, young faculty competitive enough to eventually win a federal grants or stimulate their students to greatness? The desperate reaction to Washington state’s cuts to higher education have led, rig[...]