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December 2009 Blog Posts (40)

University Branches in Dubai Are Struggling. Source: www.nytimes.com. 12/27/09

By TAMAR LEWIN

Published: December 27, 2009

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/education/28dubai.html?_r=1

The collapse of Dubai’s overheated economy has left the outposts of Michigan State University and the Rochester Institute of Technology in the United Arab Emirates struggling to attract enough qualified students to survive.

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Added by FacultyRow Director on December 30, 2009 at 10:18pm — No Comments

College Econ 101: Higher Tuition, Dried-Up Lending. Source: Lipmantimes.com. 12/28/09.

By ALEC RIVERA Published: December 28, 2009

The Washington Post reports that during the economic crisis, college costs have continued to soar, while options for financing a higher-education have been severely diminished. Many poor and middle-class households are finding it more and more difficult to pay for a college education, and some are finding the new reality quite prohibitive. Even for those who can afford college have to rely on high-interest student loans to get into the… Continue

Added by FacultyRow Director on December 28, 2009 at 5:59pm — No Comments

What does the sheepskin mean?

I feel like I shouldn't be surprised. When I finished 5th grade, I regarded how quickly elementary school went. When I finished 8th grade I said "Wow, middle school just flew by." When senior year in high school came around I felt like I had just begun. It happens every time and it's happening again. I recently completely the first semester of my senior year, and am anticipating the start and end of the next one.

It will feel completely surreal when I'm in Yankee Stadium getting my… Continue

Added by Susan Bendenski on December 28, 2009 at 11:56am — No Comments

College student sues Green Mountain College in Vermont over co-ed bathrooms in dorms. 12/22/09 (Source: NY Daily News)

BY Issie Lapowsky

DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2009/12/22/2009-12-22_college_student_sues_green_mountain_college_in_vermont_over_coed_bathrooms_in_do.html

Tuesday, December 22nd 2009, 12:12 PM

Co-ed bathrooms - or lack thereof - have been a hot topic on college campuses… Continue

Added by Paul Geller on December 22, 2009 at 9:16pm — No Comments

Bizarre Flyers Posted at Stanford University. By FacultyRow Director.

My nephew, Z, is a senior at Stanford and will graduate this coming May. His mind is sharp and his entrepreneurial spirit is strong. His resume far surpasses mine coming out of college. Z has spent the past few summers building websites, working at major wall street firms, and also working for an international law firm.

I graduated from Boston University in 1993. Z will graduate from Stanford in 2010. A lot has changed a over the past seventeen years, particularly information and the… Continue

Added by FacultyRow Director on December 19, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

Governor proposes study of Colo. higher education By STEVEN K. PAULSON. Posted 12/19/09 (Source: AP)

DENVER — Warning that higher education is facing a funding crisis next year, Gov. Bill Ritter named businessman Dick Monfort and attorney Jim Lyons on Thursday to chair a new committee and come up with a roadmap for the future of Colorado's 27 public colleges and universities.

"It really is about writing the future of education in this state and higher education in this state. It really is about a master plan," Ritter told college presidents and education leaders at a summit at the… Continue

Added by Paul Geller on December 19, 2009 at 1:43pm — No Comments

On Unions and Adjuncts

CU has not unionized its adjuncts (although there was an attempt a few years ago), Metro State did. As a temp (one semester) I was not eligible to join union which was apparently open only to permanent faculty. Because of the contract, Metro did not require us to have office hours nor were we recipients of benefits (we were required to contribute to the state retirement fund).

CU, without a union, offers us the same level of benefits as any other part timer with the exception of… Continue

Added by Michael D Kanner on December 18, 2009 at 1:43pm — No Comments

Student Contributor Post - End of the Semester: Changing Opinions

Before a class even begins, we have ideas about what it will be like based on the subject matter, what we know about the professor (whether or not we've taken a class with him or her before), and with whom we are taking the class. This semester, I took two Graduate-level English classes. I had taken two classes with one of the professors before, but the other professor I only knew of through a friend. I was excited for the one class but not so much for the other.

Throughout the semester, I… Continue

Added by Jenny Binnie on December 17, 2009 at 10:55pm — No Comments

NERCHE is Partnering with AASCU on a webinar in the Agents and Architects of Democracy series entitled "An Empowering Heritage - Democracy Colleges and Freedom Struggles."

The American Democracy Project (ADP) in collaboration with the Center for Democracy and Citizenship and the Society for College and University Planning (SCUP), is pleased to announce the second webinar in the Agents and Architects of Democracy series entitled "An Empowering Heritage - Democracy Colleges and Freedom Struggles." To learn more about the webinar or to register, please see:… Continue

Added by John.saltmarsh@umb.edu on December 17, 2009 at 9:37pm — No Comments

University of Maryland is Hiring. 12/17/09

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Title Department Position# Open Date Close Date

Assistant Coach - Soccer Intercollegiate Athletics 100117, 112253 12/11/2009 Open until filled.

Assistant Coach, Women¿s Volleyball Intercollegiate Athletics 100105 12/11/2009 Open until filled.

Assistant Professor College of Arts and Humanities 115941 11/13/2009 01/15/2010

Assistant Professor CENTER FOR FOOD SAFETY AND SECURITY SYSTEMS (CFS3)… Continue

Added by FacultyRow Director on December 17, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Officials investigating admissions policies at 4 midstate colleges for possibility of gender bias... By JAN MURPHY (FacultyRow Member and Journalist.), The Patriot-News December 17, 2009, 9:08AM

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2009/12/officials_investigating_admiss.html

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Four midstate colleges are among 19 schools being targeted by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights for an examination of whether the admissions process is discriminating against female students.

Shippensburg University, Messiah College, York College of Pennsylvania and… Continue

Added by FacultyRow Alerts on December 17, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

The next new thing: focusing on community colleges Community colleges. By Lynne K. Varner. 12/17/09 Source: The Seattle Times.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2010516215_lynne16.html?prmid=op_ed

The next new thing: focusing on community colleges Community colleges the heavy tanks in the battle to retrain and educate Americans for a 21st-century economy

Can everyone stop beating up President Obama over our double-digit unemployment rate?

Last week, the Congressional Black… Continue

Added by FacultyRow Director on December 17, 2009 at 10:59am — No Comments

Welcome

Kat,
Great you see you on here. I was going to recommend it to you when I next saw you. Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Added by Patrick J Courtney on December 15, 2009 at 3:56pm — No Comments

FacultyRow "Upload your CV" (Beta*). So far we have received 2,109 CV's!.

We are now testing a new feature called "Upload Your CV"...Click here the first one hundred members to test this BETA will be eligible for our upcoming NEW live job feed in 2010.

Added by FacultyRow Support on December 14, 2009 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

Student Contributor Post: The Final Strech: Finals, Friends & Faculty (NYU). 12/14/09

As finals week begins, many students are reaching out to their teachers for extra advice on papers or exams. Some friends have expressed to me the variation of how teachers really decide on a final grade. One friend told me about a professor for calculus, who in the beginning of the year said homework did not count and was only handed in if a student wanted to see whether or not their work was correct. Then as the final class came around, the professor informed my friend's class that the… Continue

Added by Wanda C. Henderson on December 14, 2009 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

How to respectfully tell a professor that they might be wrong. 12/11/09. Source: www.collegenews.com.

http://www.collegenews.com/index.php?/careers/how_to_respectfully_tell_a_professor_that_they_are_wrong_1211091462352/

By PAIGE MAYNARD

Published: December 11, 2009

Just how do you tell a professor they calculated your grade wrong, or that you actually did attend that one class?

Professors and students alike are currently in the… Continue

Added by Lydia O'Connell on December 14, 2009 at 10:37am — 2 Comments

A couple more tools...

Since I found out how easy it is to add graphics, I'll show a couple of other tools - and these are a preview of the upcoming iPhone version; they work exactly the same on a computer.

The first is based on Flander's Analysis research and is useful in observing any classroom. These are the components of good teaching in most situations. You need to gather data for the entire class or lesson in elementary for this tool to be useful.…

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Added by John Tenny, Ph.D. on December 12, 2009 at 1:06am — No Comments

College Dropouts Cite Low Money and High Stress. 12/11/09. Source: www.NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/10/education/10graduate.html?_r=1

By TAMAR LEWIN

Published: December 9, 2009

Most dropouts leave college because they have trouble going to school while working to support themselves, according to a report released Wednesday by Public Agenda, a nonpartisan research group.

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Why Students Fail to Finish… Continue

Added by FacultyRow Director on December 11, 2009 at 9:24pm — No Comments

Copenhagen: Who will take the real first step?

Copenhagen needs one country, small or large, to eliminate fossil fuel usage with 5 years .... sending a message to the other 238 countries. Japan has a protype for electromagnetic propulsion ... eliminating fossil fuels on the high seas by fitting their entire merchant marine .. so why is Japan lagging ..instead of leading? The US should be eliminating fossil fuel driven cars, buses and trucks ....140 years of oil dependence continues.

Added by Mitch Charkiewicz on December 11, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Snapshot of Teacher Talk Tool

Here's a screenshot of the Teacher Talk tool referred to in the previous post. You can look at all the tools on my website - www.ecove.net

This tool is based on Flander's Analysis research, and other tools can be created to go more in depth with the data collection.…