The Magic of “Computational Thinking” Training More Folks Who Can Get Jobs? In response to OPED at the Seattle Times. Rosemary McAuliffe, State Senator and Ed Lazowska , UW Prof. pof Computer Science Like evangelicals of the past, Senator . McAuliffe and Professor Lazowska, have a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘western governors’
Why We Should Have a Free Market in Education
from Sound Politics by pudge, Maybe Obama Needs to Go Back to School Our entire nation depends, for our economic future, on an industry that gets hundreds of billions of dollars in direct subsidies from the federal government each year. This year, President Obama’s administration is increasi[...]
November 2nd, 2011 - 11:01 am § in Schools & Colleges
BREAKING NEWS: Washington State May Need to Close Campuses and “Fire” Sudents Who Now Work For their Tuition!
From: President Bruce Shepard, WWU Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 12:06 PM Subject: Regarding Governor Gregoire`s Preliminary Supplemental Budget Proposal Colleagues: The Governor’s preliminary proposal to cut at least 15% and up to 20% from the state’s higher education budget�[...]
October 3rd, 2011 - 8:37 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Western Governors: a professor’s opinion
"Online Enterprises Gain Foothold as Path To College Degree." Guest blogger Johann Neem is Associate Professor of History at Western Washington University and author of the book "Creating a Nation of Joiners" (2008). During the last legislative session in Washington state, faculty[...]
October 3rd, 2011 - 7:23 am § in Schools & Colleges
Current Western Governors student experience-your mileage may vary.
At the behest of Stephen, based on an earlier exchange via this website in June, here are my experiences with WGU thus far (1JUN2011-present) First-I can add some demographic information about me. male, white, 34, married, 4 kids Prior service, disabled veteran Bachelor of Scienc in Information Syst[...]
October 3rd, 2011 - 6:50 am § in Misc.
Depriving the already deprived, The government is bringing UK closer to the worst excesses of the US system,
By Ann Mroz, Times Higher Education (excerpted) There’s an old Polish saying that roughly translates as “when poverty comes through the door, love leaves through the window”. The same would seem true for competition and altruism. Widening participation is an issue that appears to b[...]
September 29th, 2011 - 9:29 pm § in Schools & Colleges
The Corporate Degree
Britain, The Independent: The education publisher Pearson’s in partnership with Royal Holloway university is now providing a Pearson’s degree course. The company is already planning further entries into providing degree courses – possibly with other universities. They will not be the[...]
September 26th, 2011 - 2:40 pm § in Schools & Colleges
UPDATE: Western Governors in Now Real! How to Get a Degree Really Cheap!
from the Huff Post The cost of a college education is rising, but the wages that pay for them aren’t. Over the last 20 years, while pay for the average American worker stagnated, college tuitions have risen drastically, according to an article by CNN Money. In fact, the average cost of tuition[...]
What Human Origins Mean to Berkeley
Ardipithecus and the research university Kevin Padian, professor of paleontology and evolutionary biology | 10/10/09 | excerpted from the Berkeley Blog Ardipithecusis the focus of a lot of media attention at the moment. New research discoveries made by the Berkeley faculty seem to make the news co[...]
WGU vs the “University of Wherever.”
The University of Wherever, aka WGU? Bill Keller’s oped in the NY Times sounds like an effort to address Western Governors University, WGU. “Digital utopians have envisioned a world of virtual campuses and “distributed” learning. They imagine a business model in which online course[...]