By Keith Kahn-Harris. Well over a year since the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign withdrew its job offer to Steven Salaita, citing intemperate tweets and statements he made about the 2014 Gaza war, the decision continues to reverberate. More...
21 octobre 2015
Being Civil Doesn’t Have to Mean Remaining Silent
A Critic’s Critic Quits His Day Job
By . George Scialabba is no wild man. A soft-spoken, introverted soul, he doesn’t drink or smoke; no alcohol, tobacco, or recreational drugs. Healthy, moderate eating (no red meat, and "a kind of cerebral Mediterranean diet") keeps Scialabba, at age 67, lean to a degree that is downright un-American. More...
To Curb Unemployment, South Africa Focuses on Teaching Entrepreneurship
By Karen MacGregor. With graduate joblessness rising and state funding dwindling, universities of technology are confronted by dual challenges – delivering entrepreneurship education and work-integrated learning to students, and themselves becoming more entrepreneurial – says Professor Irene Moutlana, vice-chancellor of Vaal University of Technology and deputy chair of the South African Technology Network, or SATN. More...
U.S. Tightens Restrictions on ITT’s Access to Federal Student Aid
By Nick DeSantis and Goldie Blumenstyk. The U.S. Department of Education on Monday notified ITT Educational Services Inc. that it was placing the giant for-profit educator under tighter restrictions for access to federal student-aid money, saying the company had failed "to meet its fiduciary obligations." More...
What Duncan Wishes He’d Done Differently — and What’s Next for the Education Dept.
By Kelly Field. If the departing secretary of education, Arne Duncan, has any regrets about his supervision of higher education, it’s not cracking down on "bad actors" in the for-profit-college sector sooner. More...
What’s the First Lady’s New Public-Awareness Campaign All About? And Could It Work?
By . Michelle Obama on Monday unveiled a new element of her work to encourage young people to pursue education beyond high school: a public-awareness campaign called "Better Make Room."
The campaign, which rolled out with a diverse list of partners including the Lumina Foundation, Mashable, and Funny or Die, has a website, a hashtag, and a video in the style of a public-service announcement. More...
What I'm Reading: ‘Hieroglyph’
By Kelly Field. Science fiction lately has been dominated by postapocalyptic, dystopian futures: environmental desolation, runaway nanotechnology, AI overlords, genetic discrimination, and the death of privacy. More...
Smartphones: A nudger’s best or worst friend?
By Ben Castleman. It goes without saying that mobile technology and smartphones have transformed our lives. Tasks that, not so many years ago, mainly happened in person or on paper now take place in the palm of our hands. Day and night we can shop, learn, navigate, and communicate—all thanks to these tiny devices. More...
Make college free
By Sara Goldrick-Rab. Baby Boomers got a pretty good deal when it came to college. True, only a small fraction of high school graduates went to college—and those people were mainly male, white, and well-off. But with family support, some work, and perhaps a modest Pell Grant, college costs were such that those who did go could usually make ends meet. More...
