Think of this one as a sort of companion piece to the CHE article I posted about earlier today: from Inside Higher Ed, “Revolt Against Outsourced Courses.”
Continue reading Revolt Against Outsourced Courses
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Mark Higbee sent me a couple links to an article in the current Chronicle of Higher Education, “What Colleges Should Learn From Newspapers’ Decline” by Kevin Carey. It’s an interesting article. On the one hand, I think that Carey is right that if institutions don’t evolve/change and/or if academics just assume that universities will [...] This just in from “Office of the President” Susan Martin: The new Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs position has been created and a search is underway. I would like to thank Art Timko, Director of WEMU, for accepting the appointment as Interim Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs. He will serve [...] It’s a bit on the “education wonk” side of writing, but if you can get past that, I’d recommend reading “We Need a new Kind of Financial Aid” by Charles B. Reed and F. King Alexander in Inside Higher Ed. Here’s a quote: If we are going to change the way colleges and [...] From the AANews, “This April Fool’s Day virus may be no joke for your computer.” It’s about a computer virus/malware software called Conficker C. Here’s the local angle on it: Lynn Dorendorf, director of IT security at Eastern Michigan University, sent community members an informational e-mail Friday, including a link to the removal [...] I just came across this on a mailing list I’m on: YouTube/edu is a site for “videos and channels from our university and college partners.” Of course, many institutions are represented here, but EMU is not on it. Yet. Perhaps someone “official” who reads EMUTalk.org can get the place signed up? At least according to this tip from Mark Maynard: star sightings possible. Of course, that might cut into my chances of getting a fine burger…. There is a search underway for a new Provost and there’s a web site for it right here. Two observations for now: First, the time frame for this search seems to me to be compressed to say the least: it was announced in February or so, began in early March, and will wrap up [...] Obviously, I’m not going to endorse one group or the other for today and tomorrow’s EMU student government elections. But I will offer up a couple of potentially useful links: The Eastern Echo Student Government Election Guide. EMU Student Government web site. And, last but far from least, a link to emich.edu/campuselections Students can [...] That is, Washtenaw Community College is not going to buy the Washtenaw Country Club, as reported on the YpsiNews.com. The opening paragraphs of that story: In a unanimous vote by the Board of Trustees of the Washtenaw Community College, the board has decided to reject the offer to purchase the Washtenaw Country Club. [...] |
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