Inside Higher Ed June 13, 2011 Daily Update

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The True Significance of 'Gainful Employment' By giving U.S. government new way to measure "value" of academic programs, rules could reframe federal regulation of all colleges, not just for-profits. more Imagining Starting from Scratch As U.S. panel brainstorms about big-picture changes to accreditation, ending agencies' role as gatekeepers and moving away from a regional system appear to gain favor. more Backlash Over an Ouster AAUP, used to questioning managerial decisions of colleges, faces tough questions from own members about treatment of its now former general secretary. more Advertisement New Orleans, Back in the Fold AAUP clears two New Orleans universities from its censure list, but cites Bethune-Cookman, Idaho State and RPI. more Ethics Questions at Bioethics Journal Board member quits with accusations over review process -- and an article that attacked her. more Quick Takes Advertisement » ACLU: N.J. Denies Aid to U.S.-Born Children of Immigrants » Price to See His Own University's Records: $40,000 » Earmarks in a New Form? » Students Say Dean Copied Speech » UMass Chancellor Demands Leak Inquiry » Tenure Guidelines in Applied Anthropology » Academic Minute: Readjusting the Poverty Level » $150M for Med School at U. of Southern California » Apparent Suicide of President of Korean University » U. of Regina Lecture Topic Offends Business Group Views Time to Teach Financial Literacy Colleges need to prepare students for balancing budgets and managing money, writes Steven Bahls. more Financial Aid Professionals! Bursars! Enrollment Managers! Admissions Counselors! Early Bird rate for NASFAA's premier financial aid conference ends June 17. Boston. July 17-20. Be there! Advertisement Career Advice How to Treat Departmental Staff Tyro Tracts You need them more than they need you, writes Nate Kreuter. more Still spending big on print classifieds? Posting jobs online with Inside Higher Ed beats advertising in print hands down. Now through June 30, enter the discount code JUNE2 at checkout to get $25 off your posting. POST NOW! Advertisement BlogU Ask the Administrator: A Budding Young Economist... Confessions of a Community College Dean A longtime correspondent writesMy oldest, 16, mentioned the other day that he's thinking about going to community college before heading to a four-year school. He's very into economics, so the cost ... more Risks of the Road Less Traveled University of Venus I suspect all our American readers know this passage from Robert Frost's poem, "The Road Not Taken:" "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,I took the one less traveled by,And that has made all ... more Roads Taken and Not Taken Technology and Learning A good friend from grad school came to visit this weekend. He is the chair of his department, and has had an incredible academic faculty career. Spending time with him has gotten me thinking about ... more Slow News Day Provost Prose On November 9, 1965, my doctor appointment in mid town Manhattan lasted longer than I expected and I needed to be at a meeting at The City College within less than 30 minutes. So instead of a casual ... more Happiness Mama PhD Last week, Ben's band had their first paying gig in Manhattan. It was a pretty big deal -- an attractive Upper East Side venue, a good-sized crowd, and people to help with equipment. They were ... more Georgia State, Copyright and the Future of Higher Education Law, Policy -- and IT? I have been focused, some might say obsessed, with concern about the future of higher education, if not since I devoted my life's work to its enterprise some thirty years ago, increasingly as I have ... more Featured Jobs Assistant Professor - Library & Information Science (2-positions) University of Denver Department Introduction:The Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree at the University of Denver (DU) is ALA-accredited and has 150-160 students enrolled. Specialization areas include ... more Assistant Professor of Theatrical Movement New Paltz, State University of New York Responsibilities: The faculty member will teach courses including Introduction to Movement, Theatrical Movement, Acting 1, and general education courses. Other responsibilities include coaching ... more English Linguistics City Colleges of Chicago The City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) District 508, is the largest community college system in Illinois and one of the largest in the nation, with 5,800 faculty and staff serving 120,000 students at ... more Chief Human Resources Officer Elgin Community College Elgin Community CollegeElgin, ILChief Human Resources Officer Elgin Community College has a full-time opportunity for a human resource professional to provide leadership of our multi-faceted ... more Assistant Professor, Health and Natural Sciences Goodwin College PRIMARY DUTIES: - Primary teaching responsibilities to include lecture and laboratory sections for Environmental Health and Health Sciences. - Other teaching assignments may include additional ... more Associate Director for Assessment University of Georgia The Office of Academic Planning at The University of Georgia is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Associate Director for Assessment. As a leading member of a team, this position will ... more Looking for more information? To make sure you get the next issue of our newsletter, please add newsroom@insidehighered.com to your address book. Click here for information on how to advertise on our Daily News Update newsletter. If you would no longer like to receive Daily News Updates from Inside Higher Ed, please unsubscribe. For questions or comments about this service, please e-mail newsroom@insidehighered.com. © Copyright 2011 Inside Higher Ed. Inside Higher Ed · 1015 18th Street NW, Suite 1100 · Washington, DC 20036