By Laura Devaney. Catch up on the most compelling higher-ed news stories you may have missed this week. More...
28 avril 2016
28 avril 2016
Employers face education gap in workforce, report finds
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. The number of workers with bachelor's degrees in North Dakota and Minnesota falls short of employers' demand for that education credential, according a recent study. More...
28 avril 2016
Wax tablets, chicken rustling and medieval roots of the modern university
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. When we think of colleges, we imagine sprawling campuses, big-time sports programs, hefty endowments, and massive libraries stuffed with thousands of books. More...
27 avril 2016
Princeton will keep Woodrow Wilson’s name on buildings
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Princeton University said Monday that it will keep President Woodrow Wilson’s name on its school of public and international affairs and a residential college despite calls to expunge his name from those places on the Ivy League campus because of his staunch support of racial segregation. More...27 avril 2016
Princeton will keep Woodrow Wilson's name on building despite controversy
By Associated Press in Princeton, New Jersey. Students had raised questions about the former US president’s racist views, but university pledges to adopt other changes such as diversifying campus symbols. More...
27 avril 2016
Modern tribes: the helicopter parent
By Catherine Bennett. We might have gone for Edinburgh, even with the poor student satisfaction, except the rudeness when I put my hand up and asked about vegan kitchen arrangements. More...
27 avril 2016
A lost baby taught me how little academia really meant to me
By Academics Anonymous. I was working on an outline for a dissertation on American literature, post world war two, when I found out I was pregnant with twins. I’d already had three miscarriages, the emotional fallout of which had derailed my academic progress. More...
27 avril 2016
Éducation et ironie : les universitaires se doivent d’avoir de l’humour
Par et . Utiliser l’humour pour générer de la visibilité sur la recherche est moins ridicule qu’il n’y paraît au premier abord. Impliquer le public est la nouvelle marotte du monde académique et les universitaires de la planète entière sont de plus en plus contraints de montrer « l’impact » de leurs travaux. Voir l'article...
27 avril 2016
An education in irony: why academics need to be funny
By and . Despite what some people might think, academics are not all humourless boffins out of touch with the real world. They can also be funny, and some are turning to humour to help get their messages across. More...
27 avril 2016
Opening up access to research and information isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity
By . A lack of infrastructure is just one contributor to South Africa’s entrenched and ongoing educational inequality. There is another, less frequently discussed issue that is deepening this inequality: access to quality peer-reviewed information. More...
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