Inside Higher Ed June 1, 2011 Daily Update

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The E-Reader Effect Some university presses are seeing surges in digital book sales since the New Year — especially in backlist titles with little marketing support. more Return to Cuba In wake of eased restrictions, international educators discuss the merits of restarting academic programs in Cuba. more Follow the F Grades A community college examines courses with the highest failure rates, and changes a series of policies. more Advertisement Dodging a Bullet Texas lawmakers fail to pass a controversial bill, previously seen as a sure thing, that would have let people carry concealed weapons on college campuses. more New Future for Loan Guarantors Education Department invites agencies to propose new ways to offer default prevention and financial literacy services to students and colleges. more Quick Takes Advertisement » President vs. Board at Hocking College » Churchill to Get Another Day in Court » ROTC Enrollment Up 27% in 4 Years » Senate Panel Plans Another (Contested) Hearing on For-Profit Colleges » Cornell Proposes Nets for Gorge Bridges » The Pulse: Blackboard's Ray Henderson (Part II) » Law Graduate Sues Over Allegedly Flawed Placement Data » Academic Minute: Acid Rain » AFT Endorses Practices to Promote Gender Diversity in Faculty Views Attitudes Toward Kenneth Burke Intellectual Affairs It's been almost twenty years since the death of an American intellectual maverick. But Scott McLemee finds there is plenty of life left in his work. more The best higher ed news publication isn't on paper. Extend your institution's brand to the engaged professionals gathering at Inside Higher Ed. Click to learn more about marketing your institution on higher education's no. 1 Web site. Advertisement Career Advice Picking a Postdoc Post Douglas Natelson suggests approaches in the physical sciences. more Did you know that 98% of job searches are now conducted online? Connect with Inside Higher Ed's 800,000 readers - one is bound to be your next great hire. Click to connect. Advertisement BlogU #NAFSA11 University of Venus I'll be blogging from #NAFSA11 in Vancouver, Canada for the next couple of days. This year's Annual NAFSA Conference brings together over 8,000 international educators from countries around the ... more Ask the Administrator: Spreading the Good Word Confessions of a Community College Dean A thoughtful returning correspondent writes:For 20+ years there have been all kinds of boards and national commissions recommending changes in classroom practice but little seems to come of it (maybe ... more Immersed in 'The Art of Immersion' Technology and Learning The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation Is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Way We Tell Stories by Frank RoseFrank Rose, contributing editor to Wired magazine, does exactly what ... more Love in a Time of Algorithms Library Babel Fish In last Sunday's New York Times Jonathan Franzen wrote about the ways love, technology, and consumerism are growing blurred. We collect friends, we show affection for things by clicking on them, and ... more Literacy in the Digital Age: Conclusion Law, Policy -- and IT? I do not have a rabbit to pull out of a hat. The situation is complicated. But the situation of complex societies is always complicated. Moral clarity may be the result. If the Internet has the ... more Journal 1 The Education of Oronte Churm N says that G, a dental tech, cast her gold fillings, which she still has 31 years later, good as new. G was a craftsman. When he worked on her bridge appliance he inlaid his name in it, as required ... more Featured Jobs Human Services/Criminal Justice Instructor Jefferson Community College (N.Y.) Jefferson Community College Watertown, NY Human Services / Criminal Justice Instructor Jefferson Community College, Watertown, New York, part of ... more 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 ... more Vice President for Finance and Administration Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Pittsburgh Theological Seminary seeks a financial leader with executive experience to serve as its next Vice President for Finance and Administration. Reporting directly to the President, the Vice ... more Business Facilty 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, ... more Assistant Professor - Academic Clinician - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry University of Pennsylvania The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine seek candidates for an Assistant Professor position in the non-tenure ... more Director of Assessment and Accreditation College of Southern Nevada Job Description: Oversees the collection, analysis, monitoring and reporting of assessment related data. Responsible for the oversight, design, implementation, review, evaluation and cataloging of all ... more Looking for more information? 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