La Stratégie régionale emploi, formation et orientation professionnelles (Srefop) a été adoptée par le Comité régional de l’emploi, de la formation et de l’orientation professionnelles (Crefop) plénier du 23 octobre 2017 et approuvée en séance plénière du Conseil régional en décembre dernier. Plus...
Évolutions de la carte des formations, quels constats ?
Chaque année, la Région Pays de la Loire et les autorités académiques élaborent en partenariat la carte des formations professionnelles initiales en prenant en compte les besoins économiques et les réalités des territoires. Ce travail partenarial s’inscrit dans un système complexe qui prend en compte un nombre important de paramètres dont la gestion est plus ou moins aisée. En mesurer les effets et les impacts constitue une perspective intéressante à laquelle ce travail apporte une première pierre. Plus...
Visa Métiers + : un nouveau règlement
Le 21 décembre 2017, la Région des Pays de la Loire a adopté son nouveau règlement pour les achats individuels de formation "Visa Métiers +". Ce dispositif intervient en complémentarité des programmes et dispositifs de formation collectifs "Visa Métiers" et "Visa Sanitaire et Social" pour prendre en compte la variété des projets de formation des demandeurs d’emploi ligériens. Plus...
Law Schools Under the Microscope
By Rick Seltzer. The ABA has publicly posted reports on the accreditation status of more than 5 percent of the law schools it approves in the last 18 months, providing a window into the continued aftereffects of the law school bubble. More...
Ex-Obama Officials as College Presidents
By Rick Seltzer. A significant number of former Obama administration officials have become college presidents, and many are women -- revealing truths about hiring nontraditional presidents. More...
Profanity, Not Pedagogy
By Colleen Flaherty. Court rejects terminated professor's First Amendment suit against LSU, saying there's no meaningful connection between her vulgar language and training teachers. More...
The History Ph.D.: Beyond ‘Alt-Ac’
By Colleen Flaherty. “Alt-ac” is so 2017. That was a recurring theme at last week’s annual meeting of the American Historical Association, where numerous sessions sought correct the field’s historical tendency to prepare graduate students for tenure-track jobs alone. More...
Historians MIA
By Colleen Flaherty. Professors debate the role -- or absence -- of the historian in Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's new Vietnam documentary, concurring that a lack of critical perspective makes the film more milquetoast than masterpiece. More...
'Dancing Backwards in High Heels'
By Colleen Flaherty. Numerous studies have found that female professors shoulder a disproportionate amount of service work compared to their male peers. Research also suggests that students hold female instructors to a different standard than they do male faculty members, especially when it comes to personality. Women are expected to be more nurturing and are perceived harshly when they’re not, for example. More...
Georgetown Hints at Grad Assistant Union Election Agreement
By Colleen Flaherty. Georgetown University hinted this week at a possible private union election agreement with its would-be graduate student union. Graduate assistants rallied last month after the university said it would not voluntarily agree to recognize the union, which is affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers. More...