online archive
4:00PM
NOV 23 2007
Sexy education
From Inside Higher Ed, a study suggests that the lack of ideological diversity among professors can be traced in part to reasons (other than bias) why right-leaning undergrads don’t pursue PhDs. A nationwide trend for universities to use adjunct professors instead of a tenured faculty has become so extreme that some schools are pulling back. Antioch College and its uncertain future: The country's most radical experiment in higher learning and its discontents. Harlem takes on university in battle of town versus gown: Residents object to plans to turn black neighbourhood into "Manhattanville". An interview with D. Randy Garrison and Norman D. Vaughan, authors of Blended Learning in Higher Education: Framework, Principles, and Guidelines. Measuring mortarboards: A new sort of higher education guide for very discerning customers. Learning 2.0: Rah, Rah! Block that rook! Small, no-name colleges have become powerhouses in intercollegiate chess, trying to attract top-quality applicants and alumni money. Sexy education: A modest movement makes its way onto campus. Wingnut Awareness Week: Neocons beat the war drum on college campuses.
