23 juin 2013
23 juin 2013
The Smell of Support: Notre Dame Unveils Fragrance Line
23 juin 2013
Demographic Change Doesn’t Mean the Sky’s Falling
23 juin 2013
In a Rare Collaboration, Researchers Will Study Student-Loan Counseling at DeVry U.
By Goldie Blumenstyk.Many academics say they have a hard time conducting unfettered research on students at for-profit colleges. And just about everyone says that all students, but particularly those who are first-generation college students from from lower-income families, need better counseling about the loans they are assuming to go to college. Read more...
23 juin 2013
When College Becomes a Risky Investment
By Robert E. Martin. Economists mislead families by framing college attendance as an issue of capital investment rather than one of affordability. Telling parents and students that they should choose the college with the highest net present value, or predicted return on their tuition investment, encourages them to choose the most expensive college they can. Since colleges work to convince the public that quality and cost are directly correlated, the investment framework is a good complement to marketing strategies. In fact, no objective data support the hypothesis that higher cost means higher quality in education. The data are lacking because colleges and universities provide few objective measures of quality, even though the market has called for that evidence for decades. Read more...23 juin 2013
Ph.D. Placement Project
23 juin 2013
Unabridged Commentary
unabridged noun A big dictionary.
unabridged adjective (Of a dictionary) big.
We’re so used to these definitions—most recently applied to the online Merriam-Webster Unabridged—that we don’t notice how odd it is to use “unabridged” for a dictionary. For that distinctive use, we can thank George and Charles Merriam. What other word might you use to indicate that a dictionary is big? Well, you could try Universal, as in Nathaniel Bailey’s 1721 Universal Etymological Dictionary of the English Language. Noah Webster tried Compendious for his 1806 Compendious Dictionary of the English Language. But most of the big dictionaries, including Samuel Johnson’s 1755 A Dictionary of the English Language and Webster’s 1828 An American Dictionary of the English Language, didn’t even try to mention size in their titles. Read more...
23 juin 2013
Acht Milliarden Euro für Unis: Stifterverband empfiehlt Mehrwertsteuererhöhung
Die Erhöhung brächte jährlich rund acht Milliarden Euro mehr in die Kasse des Bundes - so dass, wie Barner im manager magazin fordert, das Gesamtbudget der Hochschulen jedes Jahr um fünf Prozent steigen könnte. "Die nachhaltige Hochschulfinanzierung ist so wichtig, da muss man auch zu großen Sprüngen bereit sein", sagte er. Mehr...
23 juin 2013
MOOC: quelle stratégie pour les établissements ?
23 juin 2013
Sénatrices et sénateurs docteurs (9 sur 348)
Blog Educpros de Sebastien Poulain, Evelyne Jardin et Fanny Lalleman. Alors que la loi sur l’Enseignement supérieure et la recherche (ESR) arrive au Sénat, combien de docteurs sur les bancs du Palais du Luxembourg? D’après nos recherches (merci, Philippe!), seulement 9 sur 348 sénateurs élus, dont 5 Professeurs des universités. Qui sont-ils/elles? Car honneur aux femmes!Esther Benbassa (Val-de-Marne, EELV), thèse en Orient et monde arabe, sujet « Haim Nahum Efendi, dernier grand rabbin de l’Empire ottoman 1908-1920: son rôle politique et diplomatique », soutenue à l’université Paris 3 en 1987. Elle a été interviewée par Doctrix...
Combien de docteurs au Palais Bourbon? 15 députés docteurs, voir la liste dans notre billet « Législatives, les docteur(e)s élu(e)s« , publié le 20 juin 2012. Voir l'article entier...
Blog of Educpros Sebastien Poulain, Evelyne Garden and Fanny Lalleman. While the Law on Higher Education and Research (ESR) arrives in the Senate, how many doctors on the benches of the Luxembourg Palace? Our research (thank you, Philippe!), Only 9 of 348 senators elected, 5 University professors. More...