By Ashley A. Smith. Community colleges are learning that getting the authorization to offer four-year degrees doesn't mean the struggle is over.
Twenty-two states allow community colleges to award bachelor's degrees, and many administrators believe that number will grow. Read more...
By Javier Espinoza. A British university will offer a course on so-called drag studies.
Students will be able to learn about drag performance, costume, lipsyncing and the use of humor, said Edge Hill University, which is offering the Drag Kings and Drag Queens of Performance module. Read more...
By . A university has launched what it claims is the UK’s first module in ‘drag studies’.
The module, titled “Drag Kings and Drag Queens of Performance”, has now been validated and will be offered to third-year undergraduates at Edge Hill University from January 2016. More...
By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Five Secrets of Effective and Enjoyable Leadership
Mark Federman, What is the (Next) Message?, 2015/04/02
In my recent role of program leader I've been thinking a lot about these elements. A lot of what happens in the program is out of my control, but I'm OK with that, because that also means I get to keep on being me. Here's the list (all items quoted directly form the article) and, yes, they generally reflect my experience. More...
A new project, called Mastermind Europe, is aimed at developing and testing a toolkit for directors of Master’s degree programmes to help adapt the admission process for their programmes – from its emphasis on recognition of Bachelor’s degree for applicants to a process of assessment of competencies. The project seeks to provide the Master’s degree coordinators with the tools to match increasingly diverse applicants with their degree programmes.
The tools will be tested in focus group meetings in Barcelona (April 21-22) and Helsinki (May 20-21). For information on participation in the meetings click here. To know more about the project, visit the website. More...
By Phil Hill. Last week the University of Texas’ Dana Center announced a new initiative to digitize their print-based math curriculum and expand to all 50 community colleges in Texas. The New Mathways Project is ‘built around three mathematics pathways and a supporting student success course’. More...
Today’s students will become tomorrow’s leaders, and educating them about sustainability is increasingly important in light of the complex social, economic and environmental issues the world faces. More...
By . Places for initial teacher training should be allocated on a two- or three-year cycle to ease budgeting and staffing concerns at universities. More...
Par David Larousserie. Brésil 1 - Allemagne 1 : ce score, plus flatteur pour le Brésil que la défaite 7 à 1 à la dernière Coupe du monde de football, amuse Artur Avila. Pour le jeune chercheur franco-brésilien – il est français depuis 2013 mais est né à Rio de Janeiro –, ce résultat reflète l'entrée de son pays natal dans la cour des grands des mathématiques. L'Allemagne n'a en effet qu'une médaille Fields à son actif (Gerd Faltings, en 1986). Suite...
By Tess Reidy. Not everyone will secure pupillage within the existing time limit. Some students believe this is unfair. More...
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