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5 juillet 2015

Les sciences citoyennes

Les relations de la science avec la société se sont profondément modifiées au cours de l’histoire. A partir des années 70, la notion de progrès est réinterrogée face aux nouveaux défis environnementaux et sanitaires. Ceci met aujourd’hui au premier plan les questions posées par les citoyens aux chercheurs et aux institutions de recherche, ainsi que le besoin des chercheurs de faire comprendre la nature et l’importance de leur démarche à l’ensemble de la société. Le COMETS affirme ici qu’il y a urgence à construire une relation de confiance entre les citoyens et les scientifiques. Deux voies sont abordées : celle des sciences participatives et celle d’un dialogue science-citoyens renouvelé.
La voie des sciences participatives, en grand développement aujourd’hui grâce à internet, associe les citoyens amateurs aux activités scientifiques pour la collecte des données et parfois la co-création ou l’interprétation des résultats. Il en résulte un apport mutuel considérable, d’une part pour l’enrichissement de la production des connaissances, d’autre part pour la formation des citoyens aux méthodes et à l’esprit scientifique. Cette voie encourage les vocations pour les sciences chez les jeunes. Le COMETS formule des recommandations portant sur l’encadrement des pratiques des réseaux amateurs, sur l’importance de la validation des résultats, sur le respect de l’anonymat lorsqu’il s’agit de données privées, enfin sur le statut et la reconnaissance dus aux contributeurs.
Vous trouverez ici le document dans sa totalité : pdf/comets-avis-sciences_citoyennes-25_juin_2015.pdf. Voir l'article...

5 juillet 2015

Consultation response: interdisciplinarity in research and higher education

The Royal SocietyIn this submission, the Royal Society outlines the value of interdisciplinarity in research and higher education, as well as highlighting the challenges and barriers to interdisciplinarity that the British Academy might want to consider. This response builds on the Society's previous positions and details some opportunities to facilitate and promote interdisciplinarity.
Consultation response.

5 juillet 2015

Like a Phoenix from the. ..oh, wait …

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean_blog_header.jpgBy Matt Reed. The University of Phoenix continues to shrink. It’s on the downside of the same dynamic that propelled it upwards so quickly. And it’s paying for a bad call made about ten years ago, that may take another ten years to undo. Read more...

5 juillet 2015

In Which I Discuss Political Economy With a Ten Year Old

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean_blog_header.jpgBy Matt Reed. The Girl is ten -- almost eleven, she would prefer I say -- and curious. The book she was reading last night contained a reference to the Great Depression. I was in the room at the time. Conversation ensued. In my defense, this was entirely impromptu. Read more...

5 juillet 2015

You Make the Call: Nevada Edition

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean_blog_header.jpgBy Matt Reed. It’s time for another round of everyone’s favorite game show, You Make the Call. Today’s edition is brought to you by the state of Nevada. Read more...

5 juillet 2015

Better Than They Had To Be

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean_blog_header.jpgBy Matt Reed. Late last week, the erstwhile political theorist in me got a double dose of idealism from high places.  It was restorative.
First, of course, was Justice Kennedy’s opinion recognizing same-sex marriage under the banner of the equal protection of the laws. The final paragraph of his opinion was extraordinary. Read more...

5 juillet 2015

Gainful Employment for Graduate Schools?

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean_blog_header.jpgBy Matt Reed. Sometimes to really understand a story, you have to read it against another one.
This week, a couple of stories came out that didn’t seem all that surprising individually, but that clanged together in an unexpected way. Read more...

5 juillet 2015

The Advancement Problem

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean_blog_header.jpgBy Matt Reed. In higher education, we often use the term “advancement” to refer to fundraising. Here, I’ll use it in the sense that the rest of the world uses it, meaning career advancement. Read more...

5 juillet 2015

Can you imagine alumni of Corinthian Colleges rallying to save it?

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean_blog_header.jpgBy Matt Reed. Can you imagine alumni of Corinthian Colleges rallying to save it?
I can’t.
The contrast with Sweet Briar College is striking. Read more...

5 juillet 2015

A Well-Kept Secret

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/large/public/confessions_of_a_community_college_dean_blog_header.jpgBy Matt Reed. Humanities and social sciences at community colleges have become incredibly well-kept secrets over the last ten years or so, and that’s unfortunate. In some ways, community colleges are their natural habitat. Read more...

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