By Joshua Kim. By now you have probably read Scott’s piece on Sweet Briar College’s decision to shut down at the end of this academic year. I’m sure that all of us feel just horrible for the students, faculty, staff, and alumnae of Sweet Briar. Read more...
By Joshua Kim. I’ve been a (friendly) critic of both the current EDUCAUSE website 3 Wishes for educause.edu, and of how EDUCAUSE has leveraged (or failed to leverage) social media beyond EDUCAUSE controlled channels for thought leadership in higher education - EDUCAUSE, Social Media, and Us. Read more...
By Joshua Kim. If I asked you to write down all the books you read in February, how would you go about constructing this list? My method is simple. I pull up my My Library on Audible and my Digital Orders on Amazon, do some cutting and pasting, and voila. Read more...
By Rosemarie Emanuele. When I teach the idea of the “intermediate value theorem” in Calculus, I often begin by helping my students visualize the concept. I tell them that if we (just East of Cleveland) wanted to visit Cedar Point Amusement Part (far West of Cleveland), we would need to cross the Cuyahoga River, which cuts Cleveland in half. Fortunately, there are many, (often architecturally interesting) bridges to help get us from one side to the other. Read more...
By Laura Tropp. There is an unusual level of conflict going on in our house these days centered around the piano. The children are constantly fighting over whose turn it is to practice and frequently I will see a line of children waiting to play. Plus, the music they are playing sounds pretty good and the songs are always recognizable. This is a far cry from just 6 months ago when I had to beg them to practice and the level of music they were playing was not that advanced. This can all be attributed to our new piano teacher and his unusual musical philosophy. Read more...
By Susan O'Doherty. Yesterday ended nearly two years of chronic pain. I am still taking this in.
I've alluded here before to the interlocking medical issues I have been dealing with. Briefly, I have an autoimmune disorder that went berserk several years ago and required 6 months of corticosteroids to get it back in the cage. Read more...
By Simona Chiose. The battle between York University and almost 4,000 striking workers over the lack of job security for contract faculty is underscoring a major shift in how undergraduate students are educated across the country.
By . Plans for the UK’s first newly built university for three decades will be unveiled today – specialising in engineering and aiming for women to comprise half of all its students and teaching staff.
By Michelle Starr. Australian scientific research takes further hit as Government refuses to secure funding.
After last year's proposed budget redacted $111 million in funding from Australia's national science agency, the CSIRO, scientific research in Australia is set to take another funding blow to the tune of $150 million.
This National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Scheme funding was set to come from Minister for Education and Training Christopher Pyne's higher-education reforms, which would see the deregulation of university fees and the privatisation of HECS governmental tertiary education loans, as well as a 20 percent cut in governmental funding to the higher education sector. More...
By Wu Po-hsuan, Wu Chang-hung, and Chen Wei-han. The National Immigration Agency (NIA) has suspended six universities for six months from inviting Chinese academics and students over violations of regulations concerning Chinese academic visits, raising concerns in academic circles on the prospects of cross-strait university exchanges.
National Taiwan University (NTU) and National Chengchi University (NCCU) are on the agency’s list of suspended institutions, the agency said. More...
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