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GOING TO GPA? Top British universities consider a shift from reporting "degree classification" to American-style grade average:
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NUANCES OF BRAIN DRAIN: Does globalization mean that the best talent is destined to flock to selected countries? Are equity issues being ignored?
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ACCESS AND EQUITY -- WORLDWIDE: University leaders from 80 countries gather for triennial meeting:
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SAYING MORE WITH LESS: To focus institutions, some administrators have taken the unconventional step of creating exceptionally short mission statements, and placing them front and center:
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MOTIVATING THE RELUCTANT RETIREE (SINGULAR): Colleges' incentives for older professors often woo those the institutions really want to keep. U. of Colorado found a way to single out individuals:
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BORROWED GRAVITAS: UNC-Chapel Hill case raises questions about when it is O.K. for professors to use their university e-mail accounts for personal purposes:
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NO GOING BACK: Congress may yet block an Education Department rule requiring colleges to obtain state authorization, but the state regulations themselves won't vanish so easily:
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ACT'S VALIDITY QUESTIONED: Study finds that two of its four parts -- and the composite scores institutions rely on -- don't predict college success:
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A DEBATE REOPENED: New decision sets stage for fresh look at whether graduate and research assistants have right to unionize:
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LEAVING FIRM FOOTING: Academic Search, one of the most prominent higher-education search firms, experiences exodus of consultants, including its new president:
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CALLING THE CLICKER VOTE: As classroom devices proliferate, institutions look to campuswide adoptions to ease costs for students:
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'NOW YOU SEE IT': Are our brains cut out for the Internet age? Author of new book says yes -- if classroom and workplace are totally overhauled:
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SLOW GROWING: For third straight year, average tuition at private colleges and universities will increase less than pre-recession, but again outpaces inflation. Institutional financial aid continues to grow:
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In "Views":
--Randolph Lewis describes how the political attacks on Texas universities appear to one who teaches there:
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--John Marsh wonders how higher education can rejoice when its budget woes are minimized by deep cuts to social services:
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--A prominent photographer offers a portrait gallery of contemporary philosophers. Scott McLemee takes a look:
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--The only way to protect foreign students is to recognize the realities involved in recruiting them, writes Mitch Leventhal:
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--Every campus has them: senior professors who resist change at all costs. A longtime dean urges his academic colleagues to take them on:
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In "Career Advice"
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GETTING A JOB IN PHILOSOPHY
Brian L. Keeley offers advice for graduate students in his field and other humanities disciplines:
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KEITH RICHARDS, ROLE MODEL
Jim Hunt writes about his unlikely inspiration as a provost:
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THE SPIRITUAL ADJUNCT
With her spiritual life an adjunct to her adjunct life, Maria Shine Stewart offers her top ten (whimsical) tips of survival as a part-time professor:
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A NEW UK PRIVATE UNIVERSITY INSTITUTION: MAYBE...
The World View
A hot new topic for gossip in British university common rooms emerged over the weekend of 4/5 June with news of the launch of the "New College of the Humanities" (www.nchum.org), to be ...
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FUNDRAISING
Confessions of a Community College Dean
The always-interesting Tenured Radical has a worthwhile post on the priorities that "development" (that is, fundraising) offices tend to have in higher ed. Her particular focus is high-profile ...
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AN $18 MILLION, 3 YEAR, ED TECH DATASET PROPOSAL
Technology and Learning
Proposal Overview: This project will develop and disseminate a representative dataset of anonymous information from U.S. postsecondary enterprise learning management, lecture capture, media ...
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STARTING STRONG: YOUR FIRST DAYS ON CAMPUS
University of Venus
In the span of approximately three years, I started three new jobs at new institutions. So when my fellow UVenus writer Meg Palladino told me she would be taking a new position and switching ...
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ECONOMICS- THE 360 DEGREE VIEW
Provost Prose
Be careful what you wish for. By the end of last week, I was looking for a reprieve from Anthony Weiner stories. Every newscast I watched or listened to and almost every bulletin on the internet dealt ...
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SUMMER PLANS
Mama PhD
I enjoyed reading about Aeron's "vacation" activities and thought I would continue the thread.Because I work for myself, I don't get an official vacation -- I just take days off here and ...
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THE INTERNET MAKES FOOLS OF US ALL: LEAVE WEINER ALONE NOW
Law, Policy -- and IT?
He resigned. That was the right thing to do. Washington is about politics. He got caught in that vortex. Having elected to play that game, he lost by breaking the rule of making your party vulnerable. ...
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AN END OF THE STRING
Getting to Green
Ever have one of those days where you wake up smarter than you went to sleep?Well, maybe not smarter in an abstract sense, but knowing more?That sometimes happens to me when I've been wrestling with ...
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F E A T U R E D J O B S
BUSINESS FACULTY AT ONONDAGA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
State University of New York College of Technology at Delhi
Responsibilities include program promotion, recruitment and advisement of students enrolled in the program, teaching upper division courses in business and technology management, administrative tasks, ...
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DEAN OF ENGINEERING
Michigan Technological University
The Dean of Engineering is the chief academic and administrative officer for the COE and reports directly to the Provost. The Dean is responsible for strategic planning, development, and ...
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DEAN, KATHERINE REESE PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Augusta State University
Augusta State University, a comprehensive state institution offering undergraduate and graduate degrees, seeks an exceptional academic administrator to serve as Dean of the Katherine Reese Pamplin ...
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MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTING INSTRUCTOR
Tri-County Technical College
Management and Accounting Instructor
The Accounting and Management programs at Tri-County College is seeking a dynamic, experienced instructor with the background to teach both Management and ...
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ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN BIOCHEMISTRY WITH CHEMISTRY BACKGROUND
Lebanese American University
The Lebanese American University, department of Natural Sciences invites applicants for a tenure track faculty position at the rank of Assistant/Associate professor in Biochemistry with a solid ...
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VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF FRENCH (1-2 YEAR APPOINTMENT)
Colgate University
The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures invites applications for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor of French. PhD required at the time of appointment (July 1, 2011). Position is ...
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