By Colleen Flaherty. American professor in Denmark says she’s being targeted by immigration officials for doing what academics do: sharing her findings with the public. More...
17 décembre 2017
17 décembre 2017
References and Citations for All
By Colleen Flaherty. “Open citations now!” So concludes a new open letter to publishers from researchers who support making scholarly citations freely available, in the interest of better citation analysis. More...
17 décembre 2017
A Call to Reform Undergraduate Education
By Colleen Flaherty. Major study by American Academy of Arts and Sciences seeks change in curriculum and assessment, commitment to funding public higher education, new ideas about the faculty role, and more. More...
17 décembre 2017
Warning on Private Research Networks
By Colleen Flaherty. A new article in Healthcare Transformation warns academic medical centers of the potential risks -- financial, scientific and ethical -- involved in seeking more private investment in their research. In particular, the article looks at the risks posed by the innovation network model, in which an innovation benefactor, such as a foundation dedicated to finding cures for a particular disease, funds a limited number of academic institutions that collaborate on a share research agenda. More...
17 décembre 2017
Granting Researchers Success
By Colleen Flaherty. The stakes for research grant applications are high in today’s competitive funding environment. Yet applications are often submitted to external funding agencies before they pass any kind of internal review process. More...
17 décembre 2017
Who Changes Majors? (Not Who You Think)
By Doug Lederman. Graduates with math degrees fare well on the job market, but a greater share of students leave the major than any other, new federal data show. Are those students making a bad choice. More...
17 décembre 2017
Is Higher Education Really Losing the Public?
By Doug Lederman. New public opinion data suggest that despite significant concerns about prices, most Americans (and many Republicans) believe a postsecondary education is essential. More...
17 décembre 2017
Unizin to Make Top Hat Available to Its Members
By Doug Lederman. The Unizin consortium has struck a deal to make Top Hat's cloud-based teaching platform available to its 25 member universities at a special rate, the companies announced. More...
17 décembre 2017
Higher Ed Bill's Implications for Digital Learning
By Doug Lederman. The U.S. House of Representatives education committee was set to advance legislation Tuesday that would drop the Higher Education Act's definition of distance education, remove federal rules that would require online providers to get authorization from each state in which they enroll students. More...
17 décembre 2017
Thought Leader Interview: Phil Hill of 'eLiterate'
By Doug Lederman. In first of a series of discussions with digital learning leaders, the eLiterate analyst explores the role of the faculty, measuring effectiveness and whether tech companies are getting more realistic in their promises. More...
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