By Scott Jaschik. Move is designed to end pressure from Justice Department, but what will the impact be on the admissions landscape. More...
Writing letters of recommendation is a tough but essential part of the job, writes Jim Jump. More...
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The Harvard affirmative action ruling provides important lessons on how the university admits students, writes Jim Jump. More...
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Issues of money need attention in the admissions world, writes Jim Jump. More...
VR, AR, and MR are revolutionary developments for higher education and society at large. They will bring new opportunities for learning, research, science, work, and entertainment. More...
The National Association for College Admission Counseling’s (NACAC) Assembly voted to remove three provisions from its Code of Ethics and Professional Practices. More...
Rencontre annuelle de la Conférence des signataires de la charte nationale de déontologie des métiers de la recherche. Plus...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Round Up: Ethics and Skepticism
Amanda Hickman, GitHub, 2019/03/08
I've been thinking about the epistemology of literature-based research recently. This results from a day when I presented results from my reading on connectivism and also reported on a 'scientific' literature search that resulted in a questionable sample of 12 papers. Now obviously there should be some selectivity in research - the list of questionable methods in this post proves that. At the same time, research isn't an election or even a poll. This is true especially is the way you collect your research sample is presented as unbiased when we know that it can't be. More...
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