Inside Higher Ed June 17, 2011 Daily Update

Problems viewing this email? Click here to view this email with your browser. Daily News Update June 17, 2011 Good morning. Here's what's new on Inside Higher Ed today: News Want to advertise here? Line in the Sand on Hiring Citing concerns about educational quality, a faculty union in Washington State refuses to budge from practice of adding full-time slots. more Trendless Summer Enrollments this season are up at some colleges, down at others -- but a few institutions prove that marketing can pay dividends. more Unasked Questions Leading South African academic critiques how the higher education press and Western universities view the developing world. more Advertisement Student Stress: Whose Is Worst? Researchers examine patterns, cultures and demographics. more New Programs: Media, Interior Design, Educational Leadership, Criminal Studies, Medicine more Quick Takes Advertisement » European Critique of International Rankings » State Higher Ed Board Clips Wings of U. of Oregon President » Academic Mismatch and College Dropouts » Settlement Talks Over Maryland's Black Colleges » Which Sociology Master's Programs Are in Danger? » Academic Minute: Stem Cells » Prof, Facing Urination Charge, Is a Wanted Man Views Accreditation vs. Institutional Eligibility It's time to rethink the role that accrediting agencies play in determining colleges' eligibility for financial aid -- and better equip the Education Department to fulfill that role, Peter McPherson and R. Michael Tanner argue. 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 Using Your First Summer For new presidents, there are many opportunities in a few months, writes Richard Kneedler. 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 A Rare Moment of Sanity in Congress Confessions of a Community College Dean Recently, the Federal Education Department promulgated new rules -- ostensibly motivated by concerns about abuses in the for-profit sector of higher ed -- requiring colleges that offer distance ... more Oh, For the Love of Jeans! University of Venus Until I came to college in the United States, all my schooling had been in Pakistan, in schools that followed a British system of education (our colonial legacy). This had some interesting ... more Discouraging EDU Lessons from Netflix Streaming Technology and Learning I used to watch lots of great movies and TV shows from Netflix. Today, I watch less, and what I do watch is not as good. To put it bluntly, the Netflix streaming library sort of sucks. Still, Netflix ... more Math Geek Mom: Business Cards Mama PhD In looking at the integers, we note that even and odd integers alternate, with each even integer being followed by an odd integer. In many ways, in our department, this is how the duties are ... more WPtouch creates mobile ready WordPress blogs Student Affairs and Technology Last summer I wrote a post on my personal blog about a plugin that makes it easy to optimize a self-hosted WordPress blog for mobile devices. Apparently the heat of the summer got to me and I never ... more More puzzlement Getting to Green For quite a while now, I've been experiencing a heightening sense of conflict relating to my job duties. While I've sensed the general pattern for a while, the specifics are only now becoming clear ... more Journal 13 The Education of Oronte Churm D, a married man: "I'm sick at home today, sniffing magazine perfume ads and pretending I'm with another woman." more Featured Jobs 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 ... more Director of Development Services University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department:                  Comprehensive Cancer CenterApplication Deadline:   07/18/2011Recruitment ID:            2501437 Position Summary:UNC Lineberger ... 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 Director of Institutional Advancement Minnehaha Academy The Director of Advancement sets the school strategy in the area of fundraising. This individual and his/her team has the primary responsibility for cultivating, soliciting and stewarding major ... more VP of Education and Training Real Estate Investor Education We are looking for a proven leader who can help improve and create better educational systems, processes, methods, delivery modalities, and curriculum to help improve the student experience and the ... more Online Tutors: IT, Sciences, Statistics & Finance SMARTHINKING, Inc. Candidates can work from any location with computer and Internet access. Tutors typically work anywhere from 8 to 29 hours a week. To qualify, individuals must have substantial teaching/tutoring ... 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. 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