Inside Higher Ed June 15, 2011 Daily Update

Problems viewing this email? Click here to view this email with your browser. Daily News Update June 15, 2011 Good morning. Here's what's new on Inside Higher Ed today: News Want to advertise here? Sex, Booze and Dorms Catholic University, citing research and morality, is going back to single-sex student housing. Will behavior change? more Blasphemy of a Different Kind After recording of private conversation reaches upper echelons of Adventist church, 3 La Sierra U. leaders and a controversial faculty member are forced to quit. more The New Perkins Loan College presidents applaud Obama administration's commitment to the program, but worry about some proposed changes. more Advertisement Open Lands, Closed Books Reports charge that college endowments are financing "land grabs" in Africa -- renewing questions about the ethical issues of fund management. more Newly Tenured ... at California Lutheran, Campbellsville, Middlebury, Northland more Quick Takes Advertisement » Court Restores Wisconsin's Law Barring Public Unions » Historians Abandon 'Precirculated Papers' » How Program Heads View Assessment » Biddy Martin Will Leave Madison for Amherst » Study: Nonprofit Colleges Get Profit From Undergrads » Academic Minute: The Arts and Prison Rehabilitation » Britain Plans Large Cut in Student Visas » Wisconsin Two-Year Colleges to Offer Four-Year Degree » Davidson Turns Over a Tough Job to Goats Views Abuse of Power Intellectual Affairs In both the Cold War and aftermath of 9/11, civil liberties took a hit. Scott McLemee reviews a historian's assessment. 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 Tales From 3 Searches An anonymous faculty member describes the realities of the process at community colleges -- and critiques search committees. 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 Who the Students Are, Part 1 Confessions of a Community College Dean Over 90 percent of our online students aren't online students.They're onsite students who also take online classes. They use online classes to round out their schedules and reduce conflicts with ... more Academic Freedom: Whistleblower Protection? University of Venus Every month, I receive an email from Mary Churchill letting me know that my University of Venus post is about to go live. And each month, I get a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach: maybe this ... more Why 'Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure' Will Prove Influential Technology and Learning Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure by Tim HarfordAdapt will be an influential book. I read lots of terrific books, and Harford's latest is certainly terrific, but very few books make a ... more Get @GoogleChrome, install @ChromeDeck et al. Student Affairs and Technology It was almost a year ago when I wrote a fairly controversial post about "Challenge and Tech Support." In the post, I advocated that practitioners should be given admin rights on their computers so ... more Journal 10 The Education of Oronte Churm A teenager and his siblings make a list of the common sayings of their parents: "Let me tell you…"; "When I was your age…"; "What you need to do is…"; etc. They write them on ... more Featured Jobs Professor/Chair North Carolina Central University TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE: THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE MUST HAVE A PH.D. IN AN AREA OF MATHEMATICS OR STATISTICS. THE CANDIDATE WILL ARTICULATE A VISION FOR THE CONTINUED GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ... more Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese Kenyon College The Modern Languages and Literatures Department at Kenyon College invites applications for a one-year position in Chinese at the visiting assistant professor or instructor level for 2012-2013. The ... 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 Vice President for Enrollment Management Wilberforce University Duties and Responsibilities: Serves as the President's principal adviser on matters of enrollment management and students development administration, recommending policies, procedures and best ... more Library and Instructional Technology Center Assistant Professor, E-Learning Librarian Georgia College & State University The Library and Instructional Technology Center Assistant Professor, E-Learning Librarian: -Creates electronic instructional materials that foster the development of student library/information ... more CLINICAL PATHOLOGIST, CYTOGENOMICS - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) University of Pennsylvania The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine seek candidates for an Assistant Professor position ... more Looking for more information? 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