BY MICHAEL VASQUEZ [email protected] When it comes to higher education, more may not always be better — at least when it comes to starting salaries for graduates. State employment data that track the earnings of recent graduates show those who earned a career-focused associate’s [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Washington State Higher Ed.’
January 3rd, 2011 - 11:34 am § in Schools & Colleges
Study in Florida: Community College Degrees Pay Better!
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[...]
December 29th, 2010 - 11:26 am § in Politics, Schools & Colleges
Third World America, II
see also Part I: going to school on a Native American Reservation. Robert Reich’s summary of the woes of our declining education system seems almost a continuation of the story in Part 1 of a young American trying to get an education under the third world standards of life on an Indian reserva[...]
UW seen from conservative eyes.
The University of Washington By Michael J. Thompson, on Aug 14, 2010 The UW is seen by many on the right as a frivolity, a place where elitist profs teach meaningless courses. This post is part of a more serious consideration by CampusReform.org, Their guide to the nation’s top 100 colle[...]
UW Alums Lobby for The UDub.
UW alumni have formed a PAC, UW Impact, to promote the UDub in Olympia and across the State. The cast is impressive, Chris Vance a high profile Republican, joins Christian Sinderman, neither a UW grad, will be paid lobbyists. This may be good news. The challenge UW Impact faces is huge. Financia[...]
December 19th, 2010 - 11:04 am § in Uncategorized
Washington to play for NCAA Football Championship
Ben Leighton | Internet Content Editor, KXLY.com Link (December 17, 2010 ) Is this what happens when Washington State plays COLLEGIATE football? GO EAGLES! The Eagles, ranked No.1 to end the regular season in The Sports Network/Fathead.com Top 25 NCAA Football Championship Subdivision poll, will e[...]
December 18th, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Schools & Colleges
From the UK to UC, Same Bad News
The University of California Regents are voting on a plan for more out-of-state students, fully online classes and three-year undergraduate degrees. A Berkeley Prof Comments: From Berkeley Blog Rosemary Joyce, anthropology prof | 12/9/10 I am writing this blog post from London, where today, studen[...]
Not so “shared governance” at WSU?
Washington State U. Defies AAUP Chapter With Budget Cuts December 17, 2010, 2:45 pm Washington State University officials have moved ahead with $13.5-million in budget cuts over the objections of that institution’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, which protested that [...]
Great Depression Comes to UW
The Daily asked in February ‘33, “Where will the University budget-cutting axe fall?” It got its answer at the conclusion of the 1933 legislative session when operating expenses were reduced 31.9 percent and faculty had their salaries cut 31 percent. read more.[...]
How the UW Admin “Talks” To Its Community.
I am posting the latest “UW Today” digest because I think the UW NEEDS to do a much better job of communicating. Second, I would like people off campus to realize who insipid the UW’s communications really are. UW Today is insipid, like any corporate in house newsletter. UWT re[...]