Category: Higher education

12/11/2018

A tidy phrase from Stephen Downes in a comment on corporate cash and universities: There's nothing especially new here, though…

08/11/2018

Leading universities should pledge to actually read the work of applicants for research positions rather than use controversial metrics during…

01/11/2018

This is from an article in Nature. Under pressure to turn out productive lab members quickly, many PhD programmes in…

31/10/2018

This article and data on funding streams in higher ed is well worth exploring. It adds a necessary counterpoint to…

30/10/2018

This is a THE quote referring to the late Sir David Watson. [Link] In England, he said, undergraduates had been…

25/10/2018

I do not have a coherent overview of many of the traditional professions, but I wonder if people will soon…

24/10/2018

Wiliam is talking about schooling, but it is also true of medical education.[Link].  “For me, I think the issue in…

22/10/2018

Maybe more of a theory than a law, but still: Any eLearning tool, no matter how openly designed, will eventually…

17/10/2018

The 9 Cognitive Distortions Taught in College… – The Polymath Project – Medium In each case, university customers are increasingly…

15/10/2018

Is College Worth the Expense? Yes, it is the US of A. What we’re seeing with the highest [student] debtors…