A quick review of higher education news highlights. As I sit with my cuppa tea this morning and read the Chronicle of Higher Ed and Inside Higher Ed a few stories caught my eye. Sartorial Study Suggests Professors Should Wear What They Want (subscriber link, this is a free link […]
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Our honors college does not use the SATs in selecting our students (although PSU does use it and we only select among those who have already been admitted to PSU). It is now quite the rage to move away from using SATs and the Chronicle of Higher Education has two […]
Last year the Wall Street Journal challenged ten presidents of US colleges and universities to answer one essay question (which WSJ selected) from the president’s institution’s application. This story has discusses the process and the results and includes some very good consideration about writing such essays. The exercise showed just […]
Anyone care to take a stab at them? This was just one part of the exam (pick two essays for 20 points each).They aren’t the best, I know, so I would be interested in any suggestions you all might have for additional questions. The goal was to have one per […]
I have blogged on this before with my views that such national service is a good thing. This is the Chronicle of Higher Education’s summary: April 21, 2009 Obama to Sign National Service Bill Today Washington — President Obama is expected to sign legislation today that would expand the federal national-service […]
Today Penn State put on its annual Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology. I presented along with our Associate Dean and some students about our blogging initiative. A lot of very interesting conversations occurred at the symposium. On one blog was a continuation of thoughts spurred by Cole Camplese’s […]
In the Inside Higher Ed Quick Take’s I cited in the previous post there is also news that Yeshiva is changing their policies following the Madaff debacle wherein they lost millions. HUC may have to close two of their US campuses due to financial shortfalls. It is tough all around.
[I changed the title of the post. A bit more provocative? Yes, but also accurate.] Inside Higher Ed has a short take on some hoopla about an Obama speech at a Catholic educational instution. No, this is not about his speaking at Notre Dame’s graduation, rather it is about a […]
I cannot find a whole lot of criticism with the argument presented by Thomas Benton (real name: William Pannapacker of Hope College). It certainly is a very tough job market out there for doctorates in the humanities and I regularly have very frank conversations with my students about whether or […]