Formation Continue du Supérieur

4 mai 2015

Parenting in Public

By Jonathan D. Fitzgerald. I’m a stay at home dad—two and a half days a week. The other two and a half weekdays I’m a PhD student. At my best, I’m both of these things simultaneously, but a lot of the time I feel like I have to be either one or the other. And never the twain shall meet. Read more...

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4 mai 2015

Break the Taboo: Talk with Your Peers about Money

By Emily Roberts. Traditionally, there have been certain topics that were off-limits for dinner table conversation. The prohibitions against discussing sex, politics, and religion have largely fallen away, but in many pockets of our society the money taboo persists. Over the past several years, I have fought against the money taboo among my grad school peers, and in return have experienced financial and relational benefits. Read more...

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4 mai 2015

5 Misunderstandings About Alt-Ac Salaries

By Joshua Kim. What determines how much you make? When negotiating salary in a new job, or a raise (yeah right) in an existing alt-ac gig, how should you figure out how much to ask for. Read more...

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4 mai 2015

6 Hypotheses Why Internal Campus Communication Is So Challenging

By Joshua Kim. Our IHE community has been having a good discussion about how important, and how difficult, it is to effectively communicate within our campuses. Read more...

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4 mai 2015

6 Reasons To Help Your Best People Leave

By Joshua Kim. Why should you actively work to help your best direct reports find better jobs?
Isn’t your job as a manager to retain your best people? Yes and no. Read more...

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4 mai 2015

@GoogleForEdU and the Limits of Promoted Tweets

By Joshua Kim. As far as promoted tweets go, a @GoogleForEdU tweet is not all that annoying. My Twitter world exists at the interaction of education and technology, and the Google for Education promoted tweets are at least somewhat relevant. Read more...

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4 mai 2015

Keynes, Staff, and the 15 Hour Work Week

By Joshua Kim. Everybody that I know in higher ed works all the time. Everyone is juggling multiple projects, tight deadlines, and demanding obligations. Everyone works at night, on the weekends, and all too often during vacations. What is going on?
In 1930 John Maynard Keynes predicted that the work week in the 21st century would shrink to 15 hours. Keynes extrapolated from long running trends of economic growth, and concluded that by today 15 hours of weekly work would be more than sufficient to meet our material needs. Read more...

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4 mai 2015

Performance-Funding Bill Advances in Texas

The Texas Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would require public colleges to meet several performance standards in order to increase tuition rates beyond the rate of inflation. Performance-based funding formulas, while controversial, are becoming more popular among state legislatures. The bill in Texas, which now goes to the state House for consideration, likely will draw national attention. Read more...

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4 mai 2015

Reports: Obama Picks U of Chicago for His Library

While there has been no official announcement, President Obama has selected the University of Chicago as the host of his presidential library, The Chicago Tribune and USA Today reported. Their reports followed other news reports that President Obama has picked a location in Chicago, but not necessarily one of those proposed by the University of Chicago. Read more...

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4 mai 2015

Parents Are Saving Less for College

Parents who are saving money for their children to attend college said they are earmarking 10 percent of their total savings for that purpose, according to a new report from Sallie Mae, the student lender. But the average amount parents said they have set aside for college has declined by 25 percent since last year, to $10,040 from $13,408. Read more...

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