After the 2019 intake there will be a loss of EU students, currently comprising 25% of the enrolment at some universities as well as the likely loss of top EU research staff at the end of the Horizon 2020 programme. More...
24 février 2018
24 février 2018
The Last Pharaoh of Ukraine’s Science
Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences will celebrate its centennial anniversary this year. Almost two years ago, Ukraine introduced a new law for science to regulate relations between the state and the National Academy of Sciences. This legislative move did not help, however. The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is a direct descendant of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, with all of the Soviet Union’s chronic illnesses. More...
24 février 2018
Shifting Views on International Students and Teaching in English in the Netherlands
In a progressively more polarized world, a nuanced approach to internationalization is increasingly important and it should not be a debate about the numbers of programs taught in English, international students, or branch campuses. More...
24 février 2018
Moneyball for Tenure? Not Until Academia Is a Team Sport
By John Warner. What does "winning" mean for a higher education institution. More...
24 février 2018
A Teaching Experiment: Eliminate the Word Count
By John Warner. Try something, see what happens. More...
24 février 2018
The High Cost of Failed Innovation
By John Warner. Hopefully, as we understand the overpromises and hype of MOOCs and personalized learning and other initiatives which pledge to transform education practically overnight, we can get to a much more rigorous, more rational, and less wasteful approach to pursuing innovation in education. More...
24 février 2018
In Academia, You're Always Doing It Wrong
By John Warner. A system without a way to win, even when you're on top. More...
24 février 2018
Another Terrible Idea from Turnitin
By John Warner. A new way to surveil students. Yay!
Turnitin has announced its latest surveillance product set to arrive in the latter half of 2018. More...
24 février 2018
Free College, With a Catch
By John Warner. West Virginia is moving towards to providing a “last dollar” benefit to make community college free for its residents, with a bipartisan bill moving through the state Senate and on to the House of Delegates. More...
24 février 2018
Assessment, Accountability, Metrics: Trying to Figure Out What Counts
By John Warner. At the start of the semester I dutifully include the prescribed language for general education learning outcomes, and at the end of the semester I turn in my randomly selected student artifacts meant to reflect those objectives, while simultaneously thinking about how little those artifacts reflect about what students have or have not learned. More...
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