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March 24, 2009
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So Many Students, So Little Time
March 24, 2009
Higher Ed Holdings’ recent efforts to partner with one university were thwarted amid faculty outcry. At other universities, however, the company’s model is going forward — raising concerns about whether mass education online is coming at the expense of individual interaction, and evaluations based on essays as opposed to multiple choice.
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Adjunct Solidarity
March 24, 2009
Weber State didn’t expect anyone outside Utah to notice the plan to cut base pay by 7% for those off the tenure track. Then the letters started to arrive.
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The Tenure-Track (Busy) Sociologist
March 24, 2009
A discipline finds that — unlike much of higher education — it is not increasing its reliance on adjuncts, but is seeing the permanent faculty’s teaching load go up.
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Competing With Publics on Price
March 24, 2009
Two private colleges create or expand programs that lower tuition for students who are admitted to local state universities.
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New Presidents or Provosts: Adelphi U., California Lutheran U., U. of Oregon, Valparaiso U., Vermont State Colleges
March 24, 2009
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The Admissions Lottery
March 24, 2009
Given the competition, acceptance to selective colleges has become almost a random process. Why not end the myth, Chad Aldeman writes, and admit qualified students using a raffle?
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Mothering at Mid-Career: One Busy Week
Mama PhD
March 23, 2009
Ibm not sure Ibve ever had a week like this as an academic. My week started with a meeting, and it will continue with meetings and teaching and conferences and travel b and, maybe, a trip to …
The One With Nudity
Confessions of a Community College Dean
March 23, 2009
I use the gym on campus, since it’s cheap and convenient to work. It’s nicer than some private health clubs I’ve seen locally, and it seems like a nice ‘campus loyalty’ thing to do.All of which is …
Science, journalism and other sports
Getting to Green
March 23, 2009
Saturday, the Washington Post finally published the news that George Will has been intentionally misinforming his readers on the topic of climate change. (Previous attempts to get …
Spring Break 2009
The Education of Oronte Churm
March 23, 2009
Some of my students may be joshinb me; they all insist theybre going home to study, eat a few good meals, and get some rest this week. None will admit to planning to spend the next few days …
THE POND GONE BLACK
University Diaries
March 23, 2009
Go wrapYour head in the snowy riversOf the Brooks Range. And that’s what Nicholas Hughes did. His father, Ted Hughes, in his bitter poem, “The Dogs Are Eating Your Mother,” advised his children to …