Today through Wednesday I am in Atlanta at the Educause Learning Initiative conference. Main conference site here here. They will be blogging and podcasting many of the sessions so those interested should trot on over to http://connect.educause.edu/term_veiw/ELI2007 (NB it is not live yet, since the sessions haven’t started!). The sessions […]
Higher Ed
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The point of this article is that the pres. of UM was “barraged” with email urging them to comply with the new ban on preferences< The University of Michigan’s president, Mary Sue Coleman, and other officials there were barraged with e-mail last fall urging them to comply with a new […]
Thanks to CH for passing this along! I will definitely bear this in mind when I come to grading this semester. Innovative grading systems Daniel J. Solove at Concurring Opinions has posted a helpful Guide to Grading Exams. Those of you in higher education may wish to incorporate this information […]
Interesting study…. History Ph.D.’s: In and Out New data provide look at admission and completion rates of doctoral programs. The analysis — which was done by Robert B. Townsend, the history association’s assistant director for research and publications — also looked at the impact of program size on completion rates. […]
In terms of promises to higher ed the Dems are already finding out how difficult it is to lead in politics. Apparently the pressure isn’t from the Republicans, but the industry. Democrats’ plan to slash the interest rate for student loans draws criticism from unlikely sources In the run-up to […]
I am not sure how I missed This article at Inside Higher Ed from Nov. 2, but it is great! Not only do I (more or less) agree with what he says, it is very witty and has some of the best one liners. He begins: Inside Higher Ed’s recent […]
We are about an hour out of San Francisco now and I have read an article, watched a movie (Little Miss Sunshine), listened to several podcasts, and watched (on the iPod) the Battelstar Galactica primer that was (is?) a free download from iTunes Store. A few stray and random thoughts […]
Anybody else watching the Rutgers-WV game in the third overtime?! Go Scarlet Knights! UPDATE: Very tough loss. Rutgers deserves to be in the BCS.
Peter Kirby posted this on the XTalk list. I am wondering what people think of this idea. I know that we (academics) often say how important it is to have information free and accessible, but the reality is our jobs (promotion, tenure) and the jobs of the supporting publication industries […]
For those interested in how the fundraising side of things work, here is a little primer on endowments at universities. (Cross posted from engage.shc.psu.edu.) With the generous gift commitment from Mr. and Mrs. Schreyer many folks have been asking me how it all works. I will begin by saying that […]