Tim’s Tips: Insecurity in Academia
Insecurity in Academia May 15, 2012, 2:40 pm The Chronicle of Higher Education By Mark Bauerlein Much of the commentary on the firing of Naomi Riley from The Chronicle has focused on the substance in her original post. The main charge against her is that she condemned a field without even reading the evidence and [...]
Tim’s Tips: Georgian Court U., a Catholic College in N.J., to Go Fully Coed
Georgian Court U., a Catholic College in N.J., to Go Fully Coed The Chronicle of Higher Education May 15, 2012, 1:38 pm Georgian Court University, a century-old Roman Catholic institution for women in Lakewood, N.J., announced today that it would admit men to all of its programs beginning in the fall of 2013. The college [...]
Tim’s Tips: Student-Loan Guarantors Profit From Borrowers’ Pain, Report Says
Student-Loan Guarantors Profit From Borrowers’ Pain, Report Says May 15, 2012, 2:24 pm The Chronicle of Higher Education Student-loan-guarantee agencies working on behalf of the federal government are reaping millions of dollars in commissions and fees from taxpayers and defaulted borrowers, according to Bloomberg News. The Bloomberg article, which focuses on executive compensation and bonuses at the [...]
Tim’s Tips: Emotional Labor
Emotional Labor Inside Higher Education May 8, 2012 – 10:00pm By Janni Aragon I sat on a pedagogy round-table at the International Studies Association in March, and one of the speakers referred to the high cost of emotional labor for the Women’s Studies instructor. Many heads nodded around the room. I do think that emotional [...]
Tim’s Tips: The Trouble With Black Studies
Intellectual Affairs The Trouble With Black Studies Inside Higher Education May 9, 2012 – 3:00am By Scott McLemee For a week now, friends have been sending me links from a heated exchange over the status and value of black studies. It started among bloggers, then spilled over into Twitter, which always makes things better. I’m [...]
Tim’s Tips: Remediation for Remedial Math
Remediation for Remedial Math Inside Higher Education May 9, 2012 – 3:00am By Mitch Smith Too many students are failing their remedial math classes, and those who succeed often have little use for the advanced algebra on which those classes focus…. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/05/09/texas-community-colleges-reinvent-developmental-math
Tim’s Tips: A Presbyterian Presidency?
A Presbyterian Presidency? Inside Higher Education May 9, 2012 – 3:00am By Libby A. Nelson At Davidson College, board members are preparing to spend the next several months studying a question of identity: whether a Presbyterian college needs a Presbyterian president…. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/05/09/davidson-reconsidering-requirement-president-be-presbyterian
Tim’s Tips: What Will $10,000 Get Me?
What Will $10,000 Get Me? Inside Higher Education May 9, 2012 – 3:00am By Kevin Kiley $10,000 may not be able to buy as much as it used to, but Texas politicians and higher education administrators think that with a little experimentation it can buy a pretty good bachelor’s degree…. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/05/09/10000-degree-push-has-led-innovation-pricing-not-cost-control
Tim’s Tips: What Really Matters to Working Students
May 14, 2012 The Chronicle of Higher Education What Really Matters to Working Students By Brian P. Hall A student who had attended one of my developmental English courses only six times in 11 weeks stopped me in the hall before class to turn in a paper. I asked if she would be in class [...]
Tim’s Tips: New Report: Measuring and Assessing Internationalization
New Report: Measuring and Assessing Internationalization Inside Higher Education May 14, 2012 – 5:19pm Kris Olds Some new reading on the complex, little understood, and much debated topic of ‘internationalization’ was published today by NAFSA. To access a PDF of this free 26 pp. report, written by Madeleine F. Green, click on the cover page [...]