By Andrew Kreighbaum. Recent personnel choices at the Department of Education have received scrutiny for connections to private industry and personal ideologies at odds with the mission of their office. More...
1 mai 2017
1 mai 2017
Makerspace comes to Case Western Reserve University
Techno-News Blog. Case Western University will soon open the think(box), which will act as a venue for students to engage in innovation and tinker with fresh ideas, according to the Chronicle for Higher Education. The university is encouraging students and others to utilize the new makerspace for construction and experimentation, with one floor housing woodworking tools and 3-D printers, as well as a paint shop and welding station. More...
29 avril 2017
British Columbia: Provincial Manifesto Analysis
By . On May 9th, our left-coasters go to the polls. What are their options as far a post-secondary education is concerned. More...
29 avril 2017
Naylor Report, Take 1
By . People are asking why I haven’t talked about the Naylor Report (aka the Review of Fundamental Science) yet. The answer, briefly, is i) I’m swamped ii) there’s a lot to talk about in there and iii) I want to have some time to think it over. But I did have some thoughts about chapter 3, where I think there is either an inadvertent error or the authors are trying to pull a fast one (and if it’s the latter I apologize for narking on them). So I thought I would start there. More...
29 avril 2017
Time for 4-year degrees from COC
Submitted by Tim Goral. “I’m so glad College of the Canyons is offering bachelor’s degrees. It’s about time!”
That refrain – and hundreds of variations like it – are uttered to me frequently. It happens just about everywhere throughout the Santa Clarita Valley, whether I’m at a fundraising event or standing in line at the supermarket. More...
29 avril 2017
ISU employees get anti-community college emails
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. An email soliciting financial support for the IdaHope political action committee opposing efforts to turn Eastern Idaho Technical College into a community college was sent to at least some Idaho State University email addresses this week. More...
29 avril 2017
The Cuomo college fiasco
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Cuomo presides over a state with a rich diversity of educational institutions. But he also presides over a state, like all states, where many students don’t complete college and where many are unprepared for the information economy. More...
29 avril 2017
College presidents ask for 'stability, predictability'
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. As much as universities would like more money from the state, at this point what they want most is just to see a budget, the presidents of Illinois State and Eastern Illinois universities said in testimony before a House committee Thursday. More...
29 avril 2017
Virginia Wesleyan College to become a university this year
Submitted by Stefanie Botelho. Virginia Wesleyan College will become Virginia Wesleyan University later this year, the college’s president announced Friday. More...
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