By Scott Jaschik. Federal judge allows to proceed a suit in which white student says an admissions officer told her she might improve her odds of getting into medical school by discovering Native American or African American lineage. More...
Amelia Gibson explores the far-reaching effects of campuses' mistreatment of senior faculty of color. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. State of the Union
Barack Obama, Whitehouse.gov, February 14, 2013
What I would want readers to observe is not the state of the union - though that may be of particular interest to Americans - but the way the presentation plus graphics in split-screen mode is being used. I found it adds a lot. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Jobs Charted by State and Salary
Nathan Yau, Flowing Data, Jul 03, 2014
Interesting presentation, sadly using U.S. data only, of every major job category, the size of the population employed in it, and the average salary. What I find noteworthy is that the slider only needs to move between $20K to $180K. More...
For a growing number of Americans, a good education is the ticket to a better future. College opens doors to more career opportunities, higher earnings and new social connections, among other benefits. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Misleading on Fair Dealing, Part 7: My Appearance Before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage
Michael Geist, 2018/11/29
Michael Geist continues his series on how the government is being misled about fair dealing (previously covered here; see also Part 6, Part 8). This post summarizes his findings in a statement before the committee. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Universities Team Up on Completion
Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed, 2018/11/12
The original headline for this article (preserved thanks to RSS) was "APLU enlists 130 universities in collaboration on completion and equity gaps," but this new headline completgely changes the emphasis, which makes me worder what I'm reading. More...
Comme un peu partout dans le monde, l’économie américaine a ralenti à la fin de 2018, après trois trimestres de forte croissance (3,2 % en moyenne du premier au troisième trimestre 2018). Malgré la fermeture de beaucoup de services fédéraux imposée par le Président, malgré les alarmes lancées par des économistes réputés comme Carmen Reinhart, malgré la sévère correction des marchés financiers du mois de décembre, les fondamentaux de l’économie américaine restent solides. Plus...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Younger Americans are better than older Americans at telling factual news statements from opinions
Jeffrey Gottfried, Pew Research Center, 2018/10/25
I've heard it said only half-jokingly that people are worried about social media being as bad for today's generation as television was for their parents. Television was - and continues to be - a disaster for public knowledge, in my view. According to this report, we might be better off with the internet (even with cesspools like 4chan and Facebook). More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Feds launch ‘digital academy’ for public service
Kathryn May, iPolitics, 2018/10/22
This article describes a new initiative at the Canada School of Public Service to launch the Canadian Digital Academy "to improve the 'digital acumen' of all levels of public servants who are working to modernize operations, and to deliver the kind of digital services that Canadians expect." Having worked with CSPS on two projects leading to greater digital capacability over the last year or so I am happy to see this development. More...
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