By Colleen Flaherty. The American Association of University Professors is the latest academic group to speak out against hate crimes and support the campus sanctuary movement for undocumented students. Read more...
25 novembre 2016
25 novembre 2016
In Defense of DACA
By Elizabeth Redden. Amid uncertainty over Trump presidency, college leaders sign on to a statement calling for the continuation of a program that has benefited undocumented college students. Read more...
25 novembre 2016
Can a Campus Be a Sanctuary?
By Elizabeth Redden. A growing movement, in wake of Trump’s victory, calls on colleges to limit cooperation with federal immigration officials. Legal and political impacts are unclear. Read more...
25 novembre 2016
Efforts to Defend Undocumented Students
By Elizabeth Redden. An open letter to President-elect Donald J. Trump from higher education professionals -- faculty, staff and administrators -- calls for the continuation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, under which more than 700,000 young people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children have obtained temporary protection from deportation and two-year renewable work permits. Read more...
25 novembre 2016
Post-Election, More Interest in Canada's Universities
By Scott Jaschik. Canadian universities are seeing a surge of interest from Americans since the election, The Globe and Mail reported. Read more...
25 novembre 2016
Tensions, Protests, Incidents
By Scott Jaschik. In wake of election, black freshmen at Penn receive racist emails; students protesting Trump at Central Missouri have firecracker thrown at them; controversy over flag burning at Hampshire and more. Read more...
25 novembre 2016
Geishas, headdresses out as Canadian universities stave off offensive Halloween costumes
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Geishas, headdresses out as Canadian universities stave off offensive Halloween costumes
Michelle McQuigge, Toronto Star, 2016/10/24
In Canada we have a tradition of dressing in costume on or around Halloween (October 31). Traditionally these costumes were of scary things (such as skeletons, ghosts or monsters) but it has since branched out to include most anything (I once went out as the Empire State Building). More...
25 novembre 2016
Net neutrality is up for debate at CRTC hearings
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Net neutrality is up for debate at CRTC hearings
Ramona Pringle, CBC News, 2016/10/31
Hearings on net neutrality are being held by Canada's telecom regulator starting today. The issue is of particular interest in Canada because we have fewer providers, bandwidth is more expensive than elsewhere, and we have lower data caps. More...
25 novembre 2016
Might higher ed be a bigger focus in a Clinton presidency
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. Education Week examines the possibilities of a groundbreaking presidential appointment in the U.S. Department of Education under a Hillary Clinton administration: a secretary picked from the higher education sector. More...
24 novembre 2016
Scaling Up Learning Communities: The Experience of Six Community Colleges
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Scaling Up Learning Communities: The Experience of Six Community Colleges
Mary G. Visher, Emily Schneider, Heather Wathington, Herbert Collado, National Center for Postsecondary Research, 2016/10/11
I'm preparing for a talk on Thursday on learning communities and encountered this excellent study from 2010. This is a fairly large study, as the title suggests, and the report (153 page PDF) provides a comprehensive overview, including these observations:
- A paid coordinator and committed college leaders were essential to managing and scaling up learning communities.
- As coordinators clarified expectations and offered support, faculty responded by changing their teaching practices.
- Curricular integration remained difficult to implement widely and deeply.
- Student cohorts led to strong relationships among students, creating both personal and academic support networks. More...
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