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WHAT'S NEXT FOR WISCONSIN? While UW-Madison chancellor's bid for independence is dead for now, the issues it raised are still very much alive:
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MIND THE (SCHOLARSHIP) GAP: Major conferences debate whether athletics grants should be expanded to cover full cost of college attendance; critics say move could create further inequities.:
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MBA IN JOB-HUNTING? Wake Forest business school raises placement rate by hiring a slew of career coaches and creating a course in career planning:
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REDEFINING COMMUNITY COLLEGE SUCCESS: Education Dept. panel's work to revamp government method of judging two-year institutions spurs disagreement about whether too much is being asked of them:
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WHOSE MONEY IS IT, ANYWAY? Dartmouth angers some professors by redirecting a larger chunk of returns on endowed funds to administrative costs:
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DISSENT ON THE HOME FRONT: Duke business school faculty rejects plans for university's new China campus, a decision that could jeopardize launch in fall 2012:
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'THE FACULTY LOUNGES': Former Wall Street Journal writer and editor takes aim at tenure, faculty and other reasons that, she says, "you won't get the college education you paid for":
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THE (REVISED) CASE STUDY: When Cal State Bakersfield put developmental math online and minimized the role of faculty, the program bombed. Changes have restored performance, but not faculty jobs:
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FUROR OVER NEW BRITISH COLLEGE: Institution promises star faculty and American-style liberal arts education, but skeptics have lots of questions:
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'NOT YOUR PARENTS' POT': As marijuana use is increasing, so is its potency -- and health educators struggle with how to address it:
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ALL THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES:
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In "Views":
--Craig Stark is proud of sharing difficult realities with freshmen. He wonders why he struggles to be frank with seniors about what they will face after graduation:
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--Susan Herbst considers the state of research on public opinion and how to apply it to figure out campus opinion:
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--A new book looks at the history of boredom. Scott McLemee is fascinated:
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--We get monthly economic data on which automobiles are selling -- but must wait years to know how many are completing college. What's wrong with this picture? asks Nate Johnson:
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--The social networking site makes it more difficult to teach students to write for those other than themselves, writes Lisa Lebduska:
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--Teachable Moments
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--ALL THIS WEEK'S VIEWS PIECES:
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In "Career Advice"
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ADVICE FOR GRAD STUDENTS
Stephen C. Stearns offers advice on taking charge of a doctoral program:
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ADVICE FOR GRAD STUDENTS -- II
Stephen C. Stearns outlines writing issues facing those in doctoral programs:
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THE WELL-DRESSED ACADEMIC
Entrepreneurship and the Academic
If you're thinking about doing work in a non-academic setting, style matters -- but there's no need to be intimidated, Jessica Quillin writes:
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BERTIE GOES TO COLLEGE
Confessions of a Community College Dean
Several alert readers pointed me this week to the launch of the New College of the Humanities in England. Although much of what I've read about it has been maddeningly vague, it seems to be a ...
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CONFERENCES AND UNCONFERENCES
Library Babel Fish
I had an unusually busy travel year. Usually, I go to one conference - at most. This time I went to an embarrassing number, and most of them were out of my discipline. One I went to because I got ...
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'THE MAN WHO LIED TO HIS LAPTOP' - AND YELLED AT HIS LMS
Technology and Learning
The Man Who Lied to His Laptop: What Machines Teach Us About Human Relationships by Clifford Nass and Corina Yen One of the things you will learn from The Man Who Lied to His Laptop is that being ...
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MS. ISTANBUL: THE METROPOLIS (MS.) AS PROFESSOR
University of Venus
When I was a high school student, my friends and family and I, had a favorite topic of discussion: What kind of a city is ideal for a university student life?Some claimed that a more manageable city ...
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MATH GEEK MOM: SUMMER VACATIONS, YESTERDAY AND TODAY
Mama PhD
There is a concept in math called the "well ordering property" that states that every nonempty set of integers has a least element. If we were to list, for example, the positive odd integers, we ...
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JOURNAL 8
The Education of Oronte Churm
Walking Wolfie in to preschool, hand-in-hand. He asks me to go with him down the hall to the classroom. Then, precise routine of goodbye, three kisses each—left cheek, right cheek, forehead. His are ...
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FEATURED JOBS
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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ONLINE TUTORS: IT, SCIENCES, STATISTICS & FINANCE
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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 ...
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