By Cathy Davidson. According to Steven Pinker in his recent New Republic article about"The Trouble with Harvard," the most read article in the history of that magazine is a previous article also mostly about the trouble with Harvard, William Deresiewicz’s “Don’t Send Your Kid to the Ivy League.” Like all the things we most covet and scorn, Harvard is the object of our national fascination, even obsession. More...
By Michael Feldstein and Phil Hill. Back around New Year, Michael wrote a post examining Pearson’s efficacy initiative and calling on the company to engage in active discussions with various communities within higher education about defining “efficacy” with educators rather than for educators. It turns out that post got a fair bit of attention within the company. More...
By Michael Feldstein. Nothing.
So please, if you’re thinking about writing that post or article, don’t.
I’m begging you. More...
By Phil Hill. In case anyone needed additional information to counter the Brookings-fed meme that “Americans who borrowed to finance their education are no worse off today than they were a generation ago”, theU.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report yesterday with some significant findings. As reported at Inside Higher Ed by Michael Stratford. Read more...By Phil Hill. I have previously written about the deeply flawed Brookings Institution analysis on student debt with its oft-repeated lede:
By Inge Ignatia de Waard. Sharing a presentation I gave for the Deutsche Welle Akademie in Bonn, Germany. It was a wonderful talk thanks to all the input and questions the attendees shared, and the wonderful facilitation provided by Holger Hank and his team.. Noch mehr Studenten fordert die OECD in ihrem Bildungsbericht. Sie ist noch nicht zufrieden mit dem einstigen Problemkind. Dabei macht Deutschland vieles richtig. Mehr...
. Nachwuchswissenschaftler an deutschen Unis müssen sich oft jahrelang mit befristeten Arbeitsverträgen durchschlagen. Hier erzählen vier von ihnen, wie sie damit umgehen Aufgezeichnet. Mehr...
Von Jan Friedmann. Umfragemehrheit für die Union: Ginge es allein nach Schottlands Hochschulmitarbeitern, bliebe das Land ein Teil von Großbritannien. Sie fürchten, ihre Unis könnten in einem freien Schottland Schaden nehmen.
Wenn es nach schottischen Forschern und Hochschulmitarbeitern ginge, würde Schottland beim Referendum um die Unabhängigkeit von Großbritannien mit Nein stimmen. Mehr...
By Hedda. Episode 46 of our podcast series features Johann Mouton (CREST, Stellenbosch University). In the podcast he talks about doctoral production in Africa and the challenges for the scientific growth of the region, including the role of the Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology and opportunities for PHD positions in Higher Education in South Africa. See more...
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