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9 mars 2014

Should higher education produce happiness? Or should college focus on jobs and productivity?

The Hechinger ReportBy . In the midst of a passionate discussion about the future of higher education here on Tuesday, one young man stood up and wanted to know if the goal of higher education is to make people productive – or to make them happy.
It was an unexpected query for a panel entitled: “Can the liberal arts survive in an age of innovation,’’ and just one of the many dozens of discussions that have been taking place this week at SXSW.edu, a packed and often frantic festival of ideas, technology, workshops and networking. More...

9 mars 2014

Math Geek Mom: Science and Change

By Rosemarie Emanuele. When I describe Calculus to my students, I explain that it is the part of math that studies change. The change in location, of speed, or the number of bacteria in a petri dish; these are all topics covered in Calculus. Change has become a constant companion on our campus this past year, and such change has come home as the Math department prepares to move its offices in the next week. Read more...

9 mars 2014

The Price of "Free"

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/blog_landing/public/library_babel_fish_blog_header.jpg?itok=qNL3hM7KBy Barbara Fister. You’ve probably seen the news. Getty (not to be confused with the Getty) has made millions of their photos free. Well, not exactly. You have to use their embedded code which includes branding, a bit of surveillance, and other money-making potential. Getty figures since people are already using their photos without paying, this is a way to get some control over those uses and montetize it. When you embed these images, you’re giving Getty access to information about who sees the image on your page and you provide them ad space on your site, a little virtual real estate where they might someday put up billboards. Read more...

9 mars 2014

“Writer,” “Draft,” “Finishing”: Words to Dissertate By

By Brianne Jaquette. I thought  my dissertation would be rigorous because of how much research and writing I would have to do, which is true, but I did not anticipate how challenging it could be to keep in mind the size and scope of the project, which at times can seem overwhelming, while finding ways to move forward one step at a time. I have learned that I could gain perspective on my dissertation by positioning myself in relation to the task differently. Specifically, shifting my views about three words--writer, draft, and finishing--related to my dissertation has helped me be more productive in my work. Read more...

9 mars 2014

Bryan Wants Stricter Pledges on Bible as History

HomeSome faculty members are concerned that Bryan College, a Christian institution in Tennessee, is making its required statement of faith so specific in its Biblical literalism that it may be difficult for them to teach there, The Times Free Press reported. Like many Christian colleges, Bryan requires faculty members to sign and abide by a statement of faith, which has said in part that "the origin of man was by fiat of God in the act of creation as related in the Book of Genesis; that he was created in the image of God; that he sinned and thereby incurred physical and spiritual death." That statement of faith has been broad enough that some faculty members have said they can believe in evolution and also sign the statement, arguing that they believe evolution was divinely inspired. Read more...

9 mars 2014

The confidence game

By . While I’m writing this, “Do you suffer from Imposter Syndrome?” tops University Affairs’ Most Emailed list and nearly tops the Most Read list. The article has me thinking about confidence and its odd perceived roles in the career hunt. It’s funny how, in university career centres, we tend to take very different approaches regarding confidence when it comes to career exploration – figuring out what you want to do – and the search for a job that will let you do it. Read more...
3 mars 2014

L’université française à la croisée des chemins

http://s2.lemde.fr/image/2012/11/02/87x0/1785082_7_e037_monde-academie_076192c71fa896836a8d7946c2880934.jpgPar Eric Charbonnier. L’enseignement supérieur  - et plus particulièrement l’université - est à un tournant de son existence. Il doit réussir sa transformation pour rester compétitif sur un marché  de l’éducation de plus en plus mondialisé et concurrentiel. Aujourd’hui, être diplômé de l’enseignement supérieur ne suffit plus et il est devenu nécessaire pour chaque filière universitaire de proposer un accès facilité aux nouvelles technologies, de dispenser des formations de qualité (parfois en langue anglaise) et, surtout, de procurer aux étudiants des débouchés à la hauteur de l’investissement qu’ils ont consenti pour obtenir leurs diplômes. Or, ce n’est malheureusement pas toujours le cas en France, car même si le diplôme universitaire protège indéniablement son détenteur du chômage, il ne conduit pas nécessairement à la qualification escomptée par les étudiants sur le marché du travail.
Pourtant, la France avait réussi sa première transformation dans les années 60 en comblant le retard qu’elle avait sur un grand nombre de pays de l’OCDE en matière de niveau d’éducation de sa population. Cette évolution tenait en partie à la création des IUT en 1966 mais aussi au développement fulgurant des filières universitaires et des grandes écoles dans les années 80. Traduit en chiffres, 43 % (contre 39 % en moyenne OCDE) des jeunes français de 25-34 ans sont aujourd’hui diplômés de l’enseignement supérieur, contre seulement 19 % (24 % en moyenne OCDE) chez les 55-64 ans, ce qui est bien au-dessus des objectifs fixés par la Commission européenne. Suite de l'article...
2 mars 2014

Academic Tribalism

By . When I was a younger scholar, a very famous cognitive psychologist came to my office to visit me during his colloquium trip to my university. I mentioned with pride that I had just written a new textbook in cognitive psychology. His quick response was, “Bob, you’re not a cognitive psychologist anymore.”
I was deeply hurt. I had been trained in cognitive psychology by some of the top scholars in the field and always had thought of myself as their protégé. True, I had strayed and done some research on love. What I did not realize was that this straying from the tried and true path would lead to my expulsion from my academic tribe. More...

2 mars 2014

Home College: an Idea Whose Time Has Come (Again)

By . “Maybe you should home-college,” I joked to a highly educated Ph.D. friend—doctorate in medieval history, two master’s, several years of adjunct teaching experience in three fields. She was worried about how she would pay for her own offspring’s eventual college education on her tiny salary, if she did not soon land a full-time job, preferably on the tenure track. More...

2 mars 2014

We Should Apply the Slow-Food Movement to Higher Education

By . Why take the time to make a loaf of bread? It is simple enough to toss a shiny cellophane bag of bread into the grocery cart instead of taking a couple of hours to mix the ingredients, knead the dough, let it rise, knead it some more, then shape it into the desired form. The process of cooking from scratch and the growing popularity of the slow-food movement are a fitting analogy for the need to redesign and reshape current forms of higher education. More...

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