Inside Higher Ed May 18, 2011 Daily Update

Problems viewing this email? Click here to view this email with your browser. Daily News Update May 18, 2011 Hello. Here's what's new on our site today: News Want to advertise here? What They Are Really Typing Moving beyond student surveys, recent studies use spyware and sleuthing to study how students use their laptops in class -- with the hope of informing more nuanced policies. more Reframing the Debate Leaders of faculty groups undertake campaign to chart a new future for public higher education -- and for the students at risk of being shut out. more A Hole Lot of Books U. of Chicago library, running out of shelf space, devises a solution that doesn't involve shipping books off campus. more Advertisement Loss of Faith in Tenure Erskine president reverses faculty panel's recommendation to promote seminary professor. Did dispute with a church body play a role? more Online Ed Trends at Community Colleges Distance enrollments balloon, and Blackboard loses market share. more Commencement Speakers Announced: Central Connecticut, Columbus Art, Grad Center-CUNY, La Salle, Lesley, Mass. Psychology, Mississippi Gulf Coast CC, NYIT, Skidmore, Tai Sophia, York-CUNY more Quick Takes Advertisement » Texas Regent Pushing for More Faculty Data » Governor Unveils $864M Plan for UConn Health Sciences » Debate Over Offer of Baseball Scholarship to a Woman » Yale Fraternity Punished for Chant Deemed to be Sexually Harassing » Academic Minute: The 'Glee' Factor » NCAA Recognizes Teams with Top Academic Performance Views 'Bachelors and Bunnies' Intellectual Affairs A new book offers a revisionist interpretation of the history of Playboy. Scott McLemee looks closely. more Wednesday, May 25th at 2 p.m. Eastern, Inside Higher Ed presents, "Assuring a Safe Environment for Gay Students," an audio conference on the policies and programs that will make campuses inclusive for LGBT students. Click to register. Advertisement Career Advice The Part-Time Grad Student Departments need to recognize this cohort, and provide help that will lead to jobs later, writes Cory Owen. more What's new and exciting in academe? Academic Minute. Professors discuss ideas from the serious to the light-hearted. WAMC Northeast Public Radio. Advertisement BlogU The Life and Work of a Professor University of Venus I am willing to bet I can pin-point one common source of frustration for academics: that we are perceived as having an easy life, or not really working a full-time job. Just the other day somebody, ... more Pearson, Panopto, and the Future of EDU Publishing Technology and Learning Here's how I think I understand the Pearson and Panopto deal works:Pearson is dipping it's big toe into the lecture capture market by partnering with, rather than buying or significantly investing, ... more In Which I Declare My Candidacy for President of the United States Confessions of a Community College Dean Dear readers, I am announcing my candidacy for the Republican nomination for the Presidency of the United States. Any questions?Q: Who the hell are you?A: I'm a middle-aged white guy with a wife, ... more Tokens and Taboos: Making Books Open Access Library Babel Fish For the last couple of weeks I've been acting cynical and complaining about our cult of excess information when what we need is access to information in a way that's sustainable and not quite as ... more "It Only Takes a Generation: Literacy in the Digital Age" Law, Policy -- and IT? Yesterday I met a wonderful group of people at Loyola in Baltimore at the invitation of my friend Luise Finn, CIO. The subject was literacy in the digital age. The talk is too long for a single post ... more Internalities Getting to Green Puma, the German sports shoe maker (I'm sorry, I meant "Sportslifestyle company"),has just published an Environmental Profit & Loss report, making it perhaps the first firm to quantify the ... more Featured Jobs 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 Department Chair Aircraft Structural Technology Middle Georgia College Plans and directs administrative functions of a department. Develops and implements strategic goals and objectives in accordance with the mission of the college. Supervises and evaluates subordinate ... more Faculty, Urban Studies Scholar, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi Zayed University Assistant, Associate or Full Professor Urban Studies Scholar, Humanities and Social Sciences College of Arts and Sciences Abu Dhabi, January or September 2012 The University Zayed ... more Professional Assistant 1 - Library Media Suffolk County Community College 1. This front-line position directly assists with integrating media in classroom presentations. 2. Oversees the campus distance learning classroom and works in collaboration with central ... more Chief Information Officer Waubonsee Community College Provides leadership and direction for the following: Delivery and support of computer, media, video, and technological services to the instructional and administrative areas of the college, ... more Associate Provost for Inclusive Excellence University of Denver Department Introduction:The University of Denver is an international, research-focused institution. 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