Higher Education

A California professor looks at the role higher education has played in California's budget crisis. The campuses are shooting themselves in the foot. The power that those students and faculty chanted about is indeed theirs, and if they used it to elect sensible assemblymen and... by fishersvillemike.blogspot.com | related posts

The Chronicle of Higher Education recently published a five part series on being an English graduate student at a prestigious university, entitled "Academic Bait and Switch". The author, the university, the people mentioned in the articles, are all pseudonymous (what are we,... by criticalanimal.blogspot.com | related posts

TIGA, the trade association representing the UK games industry, said today that the UK should aim to increase the proportion of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) invested in higher education in two ways: by maintaining in real terms public expenditure on tertiary... by frenzygames.info | related posts

next year. The revelation comes on Page 17 of the Legislative Analyst’s 45-page assessment of higher education spending in the GOP governor’s budget, which he presented to lawmakers in January. Schwarzenegger highlighted higher education... by californiascapitol.com | related posts

A small, public university in Alabama made a major decision last week, and it illustrates an alarming trend in higher education. The University of Montevallo , which sits in Shelby County about 30 miles south of Birmingham, is a liberal-arts school with an enrollment of about... by legalschnauzer.blogspot.com | related posts

Century, we need to regain this competitive advantage. For generations, our public education system served as a model for the world in how it helped train and prepare Americans to compete for and win the jobs of the Industrial Age. And, in particular, our higher... by huffingtonpost.com/business | related posts

Download Focus on Higher Ed in Europe 2010 (165 pages) From Eurydice Focus on Higher Education in Europe 2010: The impact of the Bologna Process , 8 March 2010 About Eurydice The Eurydice Network provides information on and analyses of European... by deanstalk.net | related posts

I'm in the process of building a new section on autism and higher education, including resources on preparing a teen with autism for the college experience; selecting a college; autism-friendly colleges; and more.  Of course, this section will be of greatest interest to anyone... by autism.about.com/b | related posts

UW student strike disrupted classes, wasted time and money Editor, The Times: As a student at the University of Washington, I can certainly sympathize with my peers concerning the issue of education budget cuts [“Rallies target college funding,” NWFriday, March 5]. I personally already have... by seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/northwestvoices | related posts

The Chronicle Review (the magazine-like part of The Chronicle of Higher Education ) recently asked a group of "scholars and experts" to comment on stress in the lives of academics, using the Amy Bishop incident as a springboard for the discussion; i.e., what role might stress... by science-professor.blogspot.com | related posts

“Anyone reading the Irish newspapers over the weekend will have seen immediately that the ‘grade inflation’ story, first covered in the Irish Times a week ago, continues to rumble on. And as it does so, the substance of the coverage has begun to shift from looking at the basic numbers to considering the... by 9thlevelireland.wordpress.com | related posts