By Michael McDonald. Ivy League presidential pay is looking more like the big leagues.
Columbia University paid President Lee Bollinger $4.6 million in 2013, a 36 percent increase from the year before, according to a tax filing released Tuesday. Yale University recently revealed it paid former President Richard Levin a bonus of $8.5 million when he retired in 2013 after 20 years. More...
By Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi. The web is a great place for communications, social connections, gaming and even learning. Yes - online learning. This is a relatively new field that is extremely promising for differentiated learners - i.e. gifted learners, people with learning disabilities, and everyone else in between. I'm a big fan of the Khan Academy, Ted.org and MOOCs. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. As cool as technology is, its intricacies and inner workings are sometimes intimidating, especially for young people who may be more interested in what technology can do for them rather than what they can do with technology. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. A recent poll suggested that schools are increasingly integrating the use of mobile devices in the classroom. It was also found that 45 percent of educators said allowing students to use these devices produced positive results, while nearly 75 percent of students believe every student should use a mobile device in school for learning. More...
By Javier Espinoza. The number of foreign students at the UK's elite universities has nearly doubled in less than a decade. Read more...
By Rod Bristow. The over-emphasis on exam results leads to a “pressurecooker environment” with students finding it difficult to cope, says Rod Bristow. Read more...
By Julia Hartley-Brewer. Tuition fee debt, sky-high rents, and savage working hours stop young people from starting families. Hectoring them won't make that better. Read more...
By Josie Gurney-Read. Professor Louise Richardson, current vice-chancellor of the University of St Andrews, will take over from Professor Andrew Hamilton next year. Read more...
Sur le blog "Histoires d'universités" de Pierre Dubois. Deux histoires grecques et un combat commun pour les langues et l’histoire anciennes : Alexis Klein et Patrice Brun.
1. Alexis Klein est, depuis cet après-midi, docteur de l’université de Strasbourg, spécialité Histoire ancienne. Luxembourgeois, études du grec ancien à Aix-en-Provence puis à Heidelberg, master d’histoire ancienne et doctorat à Strasbourg, sous la direction de Dominique Lenfant, professeur d’histoire grecque. Suite...
Sur le blog "Histoires d'universités" de Pierre Dubois. Plus de 3 mois après la démission de Geneviève Fioraso pour cause de maladie, la rumeur enfle : l’ex-secrétaire d’État serait remplacée dans la semaine qui vient. Pourvu que Non !
Najat, ne nous quitte pas ! (13 novembre 2010, Valérie, ne me quitte pas !). J’ai expliqué, à plusieurs reprises depuis fin février, pourquoi il fallait supprimer le secrétariat d’État à l’enseignement supérieur et à la recherche. Suite...
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