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| Taking It to the Streets: Preparing for an Academy in Exile | Let鈥檚 pretend for a moment that the arguments of the so-called reformers are right: universities are about to face disruptive innovation from a disgruntled public, unhappy employers and policy makers, and new technologies. Let鈥檚 assume, moreover, that the many books that document the sad鈥 |
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| Experts say Scott Walker鈥檚 plan would shut door to UW for low-income students | Gov. Scott Walker鈥檚 plan to slash $300 million in funding from the University of Wisconsin and in return for greater autonomy would make it make it harder for low-income and minority students to go to college there, said affiliates of WISCAPE (Wisconsin Center on the Advancement of Post-鈥 |
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| Time and Money | It may make sense to move beyond the Carnegie unit, but where should we go? This is the question at the heart of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching鈥檚 new report, The Carnegie Unit, on which Inside Higher Ed reported this week. |
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| Business leaders hope online university can boost Hispanic education | While more jobs in Texas require college degrees, the state's fastest-growing population group has struggled more than any other to make it to graduation. The situation creates a growing skills gap that has business leaders looking to boost the number of Hispanic college graduates.鈥 |
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| Faculty lauded for excellence at annual awards | |||
| How to Evaluate Academic Research | Recently, the value of academic research, especially in the humanities and social sciences, has been questioned. The current majority party in the House of Representatives has proposed cutting science funding for social science research and eliminating all funding for the National Endowment for鈥 |
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| Guest column: Western needs to be more diverse | There are a lot of accusations about Western鈥檚 鈥渞acist鈥 President Bruce Shepard. Shepard had the guts to ask a tough question: how should the institution respond to changing demographics? |
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| Experience Matters: Why Competency-Based Education Will Not Replace Seat Time | There is a growing trend in higher education to offer college credit for 鈥減rior learning鈥 and demonstrated competence. In one of the highest profile speeches of his tenure as secretary of education, Arne Duncan (2011) praised giving college credit for what students know instead of 鈥渟eat time.鈥濃 |
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| Abstract of Oct. 28, 2013, Faculty Senate meeting | |||
| Making Sense of the Higher Ed Debate | President Barack Obama鈥檚 recent proposals to reform higher education have once again made the debate over the future of higher education big news. Today, higher education is under scrutiny to explain what it does and why, while reformers from the White House to Wall Street are eager to provide鈥 |