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20 décembre 2015

Foodie culture is spurring degree programs at U.S. colleges

University Business LogoBy Stefanie Botelho. Before he ever knew they might be topics to study in college, food business and farming played an important part in Charlie James' life. More...

20 décembre 2015

With diversity comes intensity in Amherst free speech debate

University Business LogoBy Stefanie Botelho. Hundreds of students crammed into Amherst College’s Robert Frost Library for a sit-in against racial injustice that turned into a confessional, as one black or Hispanic student after another rose to talk about feelings of alienation and invisibility on campus. In the heat of the moment, the students drafted a list of demands for the administration. More...
20 décembre 2015

From megaphones to muzzles

University Business LogoBy Stefanie Botelho. It was students in California who birthed a new era on college campuses, one in which collegians would demand to be included, to be treated like adults and to have a very public say on such hotbed issues as civil rights and the Vietnam War. More...
20 décembre 2015

A world without registrars

University Business LogoBy Rodney L. Parks. Not long ago a journal published an article criticizing registrars for holding back the tide of innovation and change. While it dawned on me that registrars frequently have to say “no” to change, I have never thought of my fellow registrars or myself as stodgy curmudgeons seeking to restrain the pace of innovation. Quite the contrary—many of us have survived the front lines of ERP implementation and advocated for the electronic resources to move paper processes online. More...
20 décembre 2015

How we address targeted attacks in progress

University Business LogoBy Hernan Londono. It’s a vital and necessary precaution to protect the university’s network from mobile devices that we neither own nor manage. More...
20 décembre 2015

Pourquoi le niveau d’instruction mondial n’a jamais été si élevé

The ConversationPar . Les établissements scolaires et universitaires sont plus fréquentés que jamais. Tel est le tableau très positif que brosse un récent rapport de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économique (OCDE), intitulé « Regards sur l’éducation ». Voir l'article...

20 décembre 2015

Campaign to stop David Starkey being the face of Cambridge was not censorship

The ConversationBy . A Telegraph column recently opined that “our brightest students should be ashamed of their intolerance” and demanded to know why “a lecturer at one of our most exalted universities [is] shutting down free speech?” More...
20 décembre 2015

The value universities add to society

The ConversationBy . Some pointed questions have been asked of universities about what value they add to the society that funds them. Would society suffer from lower levels of public expenditure in universities – and what would make greater public expenditure worthwhile. More...
20 décembre 2015

There is no easy way to measure the impact of university research on society

The ConversationBy  and . Media reports suggest the government wants academics to spend less time writing for journals and more time working with industry to ensure research has a commercial and community impact. It is suggested the aim is to strengthen and build ties between universities and industry and make sure all publicly funded research is contributing to society in some way. More...
20 décembre 2015

Why is being a school principal one of the most dangerous jobs in the country?

The ConversationBy  and . Miner, commercial fisherman, firefighter, school principal. Would you have placed your local school head among the ranks of such dangerous jobs? Most likely you would not. However, a survey released this week makes the case that our school heads are suffering greatly. More...
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