By Scott Jaschik. Brown University announced Friday that it is waiving its application fee (currently $75) for applicants who participate in various federal programs for low-income students. More...
27 avril 2017
27 avril 2017
The Wrong Reviewer
By Scott Jaschik. Leading history journal apologizes for assigning review of book on inequality and urban education issues to a professor viewed by many as a white supremacist. More...
27 avril 2017
Compilation on the Challenge of Change
By Scott Jaschik. Inside Higher Ed is pleased to release today our latest print-on-demand compilation, "The Challenge of Change," which includes articles related to enrollments, college costs, budget models and more, for all kind of colleges. You may download the booklet, free, here. Read more...
27 avril 2017
Maryland May Ban Crime Questions in Admissions
By Scott Jaschik. The Maryland General Assembly has approved legislation that would ban the state's colleges -- public and private -- from asking prospective applicants about their criminal records, The Baltimore Sun reported. Read more...
27 avril 2017
Academics and BYU Investigation Win Pulitzers
By Scott Jaschik. Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday, including the following to academics:
- Drama: Lynn Nottage, for Sweat. Nottage is a faculty member at the Yale University School of Drama and the Columbia University School of Arts.
- History: Heather Ann Thompson, for Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy (Pantheon). Thompson is a historian at the University of Michigan.
- Biography: Hisham Matar, for The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between (Random House). Matar teaches at Barnard College.
- Poetry: Tyehimba Jess, for Olio (Wave Books). Jess is a professor at the College of Staten Island of the City University of New York. Read more...
27 avril 2017
La discrimination de genre existe aussi en science
La discrimination de genre se niche même là où on ne l'attend pas. Une équipe internationale, impliquant Demian Battaglia, chercheur CNRS à l'Institut de neurosciences des systèmes (Inserm/AMU) et des chercheurs de Yale et de l'Institut Max Planck (Allemagne), vient de démontrer que les femmes sont sous représentées dans le mécanisme de révision des publications scientifiques. Ces travaux sont publiés dans la revue eLife le 21 mars 2017.Les discriminations de genre sont un phénomène bien connu. La recherche scientifique n'est pas épargnée par ces questions, notamment la publication académique, une des pierres angulaires du travail scientifique. Afin d'être validé, tout article doit être approuvé par des chercheurs indépendants. Ceux-ci sont évidemment censés être sélectionnés en fonction de leurs compétences et non pas de leur sexe. Or une équipe internationale s'est penchée sur la question du genre de ces examinateurs. Les résultats sont étonnants : les femmes scientifiques, déjà minoritaires dans leur domaine, sont sous sélectionnées pour la révision de papiers. En cause, la tendance naturelle et inconsciente qu'ont les éditeurs, majoritairement masculins, à sélectionner quelqu'un de leur sexe. Voir l'article...
27 avril 2017
Fachforum Autonome Systeme – Chancen und Risiken für Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft (Abschlussbericht)
Wir erleben einen rasanten, von digitalen Technologien getriebenen Umbruch. Die Basis dieser digitalen Transformation bilden Sensorik, Maschinelles Lernen und Robotik. Diese Techniken und Anwendungen werden immer günstiger und sind in immer größeren Umfang verfügbar. Nützliche neue IT-basierte Systeme, zum Beispiel zur Fahrerassistenz, für Smartphones und die wachsende Gerätevernetzung, werden in unserem Alltag zunehmend wichtiger und bereiten den Weg für die Einführung autonomer Systeme. More...27 avril 2017
These universities are poised to overtake Harvard and Cambridge
Oxford has been around for 900 years, Cambridge for 700; and some say the prestigious Ivy League is so-called because it refers to the old, leaf-covered institutions of the United States. The league counts among its members seven of the nine colleges chartered before the American Revolution. More...27 avril 2017
Australia's National Science Statement 2017
The Australian Government's National Innovation and Science Agenda identified science as one of the critical elements for Australia to deliver new sources of growth, maintain high‑wage jobs and seize the next wave of economic prosperity. Science—including the natural, physical and life sciences, medical and health sciences, mathematics, engineering and technology–related disciplines—already plays an important role in today's workforce, and will become increasingly important to job creation opportunities in the future. More...27 avril 2017
Every other student was working while studying
Working was most common in connection with university and university of applied sciences studies. Fifty-five per cent of university students and 54 per cent of university of applied sciences students had an employment contract while studying. Close on one-half of students attending upper secondary vocational education were employed during their studies. In 2015, the share of employed students in university education decreased most, by around one percentage point from the year before. More...
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