Only around 6 percent of U.S. scientists are Republicans; 55 percent are Democrats, 32 percent call themselves independent, and the rest don’t know or will not tell. This number from a recent PEW report is not surprisng, but does have worrisome political implications in the era of witches [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Washington State Higher Ed.’
December 4th, 2010 - 2:08 pm § in Misc.
UW Dropout Holds Forth:
UPDATE Berkeley just raised its tuition to over $50,000. How does this affect OUR students? Read a comment from a UW dropout. You might also want to click on the tuition tag or privitization tags. The University of Washington is not aiding in my entrepreneurial endeavors but only detracting fr[...]
December 4th, 2010 - 11:25 am § in Schools & Colleges
Condoleezza Rice: Are the Dreams of American Education Coming to an End?
Condoleezza Rice on what is happening to education in the US: “Today, I’m concerned about this [inequality] when I can look at the zip code and tell whether or not you’re going to get a good education. This is terrifying,” ……“As an educator, it’s the lost potential, as a R[...]
For-Profit Education and the Failure of Capitalism
Great Read at HorsesAss.[...]
PRIVATIZE THE UW!
Dick Startz, over at Crosscut has posted an article proposing a strange sort of state capitalism as a solution to funding the schools. I have excerpted relevant parts of his text below (in blue) but suggest you read the entire text at Crosscut. With all due respect to a faculty colleague, this pro[...]
November 22nd, 2010 - 9:13 pm § in Politics
Letter From Regents to AAUP: Misses the Point?
Response to AAUP from Herb Simon, Chair of the Board of Regents. The AAUP had written a letter to the regents expressing concern about the Search and the need to undo damage done by President Emmert to the University’s systems of Governance. (search Aprikyan or search Emmert Coup on this blog)[...]
November 21st, 2010 - 11:30 am § in Misc.
Do Husky Athletes Attend Classes?
TA stumbled on this site. It purports to tell Husky athletes how they can fulfill the academic side of their careers, something the UW emphasizes both in Scott Woodward’s (athletic director) note to the incoming athletes and in the press releases we always read. Look through the site, look at [...]
November 13th, 2010 - 9:10 am § in Schools & Colleges, UW
AAUP Writes Letter to Presidential Search Committee, While Only 2 Faculty Show Up to Talk with The Commitee!
Letter to the Search Committee from the AAUP: “Mark Emmert gravely undermined the principles of shared governance.” The University Chapter of the AAUP has written a very worrisome letter to the Presidential Search Committee. The key charge in the letter is that the administration has u[...]
“It is inappropriate for you to have any further activity in any UW laboratory.
“It is inappropriate for you to have any further activity in any UW laboratory.” This phrase is from a letter Andrew Aprikyan just received. Andrew had been seen sitting in on a course offered by the UW’s Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine (ISCRM). These course[...]
November 10th, 2010 - 9:54 am § in Misc., Schools & Colleges
SPIEGEL: Is the US Education System, with its faith in the magic of unregulated entrepreneurs, viable?
The current Spiegel English edition has a very well written article on the “nouveau poor” in the USA. This ought to have special meaning for the UW at a time when British students are protesting their new government’s plan to change from free tuition to loans. Imagine, that! Th[...]