Kate Kennedy highlights five assumptions that universities should question themselves about in the wake of sexual abuse charges at the University of Southern California. More...
22 juillet 2018
22 juillet 2018
Trump administration plans to rescind policies that encourage affirmative action in college admissions
Techno-News Blog. The Trump administration is planning to rescind Obama-era 2011 and 2016 guidance documents encouraging the use of race in college admissions to promote diversity on campus, the Wall Street Journal is reporting. More...
22 juillet 2018
Yet another report says fewer Americans value 4-year degree
Techno-News Blog. More Americans believe a four-year degree is not worth the financial cost, according to a CNBC All-American Economic Survey, which found the the number had increased to 44% from about 40% five years ago. More...
22 juillet 2018
Connecting Cashiers to College Degrees
Techno-News Blog. For a corporation routinely criticized for its low pay and anti-unionization efforts, announcing the new employee perk had the added benefit of making Walmart appear civic-minded by helping to educate a historically undereducated and low-skilled work force. More...
22 juillet 2018
How we improved decision making at Indiana University
Techno-News Blog. You don’t have to look far to understand that data is arguably an organization’s most valuable asset. More...
22 juillet 2018
Bootcamps Go To College
Techno-News Blog. Rather than viewing bootcamps as a threat, higher education should integrate the bootcamp model into the undergraduate experience to prepare graduates with the combinations of knowledge and skills they will need in their careers and lives. More...
13 juillet 2018
Quand l'Amérique divorce du monde
Derrière des barreaux, des enfants très jeunes, qui viennent d’être brutalement séparés de leurs parents, semblent avoir été mis comme dans des cages. L’image semble sortie d’un épisode particulièrement glauque de la série "Game of Thrones". Mais l’on n’est pas dans quelque Moyen Age de fantaisie. C’est l’Amérique de Trump, à la frontière avec le Mexique, dont on parle. Plus...
12 juillet 2018
U.S. Government's 'bone-headed' decision can be fixed with paperwork, official says
U.S. Government's 'bone-headed' decision can be fixed with paperwork, official says
Donald Gilliland, Penn Live, February 14, 2014
I'm wrestling internally with myself about how much I should care about Coursera being blocked in countries like Iran, Syria and Cuba. On the one hand, it's just internal US politics, and it doesn't matter to me whether some US company is blocked by its own government from sending free videos to the rest of the world. On the other hand, it's a law that I'm told wouldn't even apply if Coursera removed the login reqauirement from its service. More...
12 juillet 2018
Why the Civic Info Bill Is Such a Huge Deal
Why the Civic Info Bill Is Such a Huge Deal
Mike Rispoli, Free Press, 2018/07/03
Five universities in New Jersey are participating in a state non-profit initiative " to strengthen local news coverage and boost civic engagement in communities across the state." It's good to see higher education institutions working for the social good; this is how they survive in the technological era. More...
11 juillet 2018
MITx Working Papers
MITx Working Papers
Kimberly Allen, MIT, January 21, 2014
I've received an email from Kim Allen at MIT concerning the results of the MITx and Harvardx MOOC projects, which I'll quote at some length. More...
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