I just came upon this song, which is decades old but has found a resurgence of popularity as the theme song for the Showcase series “Weeds.” However, it speaks to an important recurring issue in higher education. Are universities simply institutions that enforce social norms and package people into boxes, or a forum that encourages [...]
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Twitter: The Chronicle of Higher Education- chronicle: Missing in Action at the MLA: Today's Teachers of Today's Students http://bit.ly/8lfAHK
- chronicle: RT @GoldieStandard: #innovation Kauffman takes the gloves off. Will this attack (http://tinyurl.com/y8rkfle) on university tech transfe ...
- chronicle: Translation Has Its Moment at MLA "There's still a privileging of everything but the creative act." #mla09 http://bit.ly/7X4MJ6
- chronicle: #highered "21 Things that Will be Obsolete in Educ" is K-12 focused. Suggestions for some more in higher-ed? Send em: @GoldieStandard
- chronicle: New Report: For-Profits Gobble Up More of Online Market Amid Recession http://bit.ly/4FwQ6e
- chronicle: Hacker Breaks Into Community-College Server Containing Personal Info of 51,000 http://bit.ly/7ckKvH
- chronicle: An English professor looks back on his graduate-school years and the professor he just couldn't impress. http://bit.ly/7tKf4X
- chronicle: 'Step Away From the Laptop. You Are Too Close to the Laptop.' http://bit.ly/7IEWZn
- chronicle: Review Forum: Is it time for class-based affirmative action? http://bit.ly/4zKLY8
- chronicle: For those of you who are in academe: What are your goals for 2010?
- Twitter: Harvard Graduate School of Education
- hgse: HGSE Event: "Multiple Intelligences: The First 25 years" with Howard Gardner http://bit.ly/6zT0hA
- hgse: Emphasis on Education: Master's Student Tamam Waritu: When master's student Tamam Waritu dropped out of his Ethiopi... http://bit.ly/7emhdw
- hgse: Let the Games Begin: Q&A w/ Prof. David Perkins about his book, Making Learning Whole http://tinyurl.com/yee6azj
- hgse: RT @Harvard_Ed_Pub: To win the real Race to the Top, your district needs a strategy—not just a strategic plan. http://ow.ly/MO0c
- hgse: Construction 101. Ed. magazine looks at alums who've started their own schools — barriers, roadblocks, and all. http://tinyurl.com/ykaugps
- hgse: Geoffrey Canada, Ed.M.'75, Featured on CBS' 60 Minutes: Geoffrey Canada, Ed.M.'75, is featured on CBS's 60 Minutes ... http://bit.ly/58M2rF
- hgse: The NYTimes' Bob Herbert on the Ed School's new leadership degree. http://bit.ly/8DCjVq
- hgse: From One to Many: Master's Student Nathaniel Dunigan: A one-month trip to Uganda to educate on HIV/AIDS, turned int... http://bit.ly/6I5Hgm
- hgse: Usable Knowledge: Harvard Ed Dean Kathy McCartney on the lasting impact of high-quality early childcare http://bit.ly/578QPQ
- hgse: Colleagues Reflect on Kennedy's Education Legacy at Askwith Forum: Although much of country is familiar with th.. http://bit.ly/1yFK30
- Twitter: Times Higher Education
- timeshighered: RT @THEworldunirank Major announcement on our new rankings from rankings partner Thomson Reuters next week. Background: http://bit.ly/ErAag
- timeshighered: Wes Streeting for X-Factor champ, 2010 - and other HE predictions for the year ahead... http://bit.ly/6Swx1I
- timeshighered: Calling all heads of dept: are you a juggler, a struggler or a coper? http://bit.ly/8qGXFR
- timeshighered: Is it cheeky to claim Patrick “Jean Luc Picard” Stewart as one of our own in NY Hons? He IS chancellor of the University of Huddersfield…
- timeshighered: RT @jbaldwin Retire and let the youngsters have a go! Anyone else want to share their HE NY resolutions?
- timeshighered: Yesterday we asked you for your HE predictions for 2010. Today we ask: what New Year resolutions should the key players in HE be making?
- timeshighered: Detroit bomber: UCL provost Malcolm Grant argues that intellectual freedom on campus cannot be compromised http://bit.ly/7cZMOz
- timeshighered: Hefce budget to be slashed by £915m over three years: Cut in the unit of resource equates to £190 per student http://bit.ly/4nYoiq
- timeshighered: That's SIR Bob Burgess to you! Full list of HE New Year Honours here: http://bit.ly/8MCAkG
- timeshighered: Don’t allow ‘climate of fear’ to develop on UK campuses http://is.gd/5GPUi
- Twitter: E. Gordon Gee, President of The Ohio State University
- presidentgee: Tweet vacation until next week. All I want for Christmas is a Rose Bowl win.
- presidentgee: Kudos to staff at University's Blackwell Inn for their heroic efforts to accommodate guests during campus power loss. A model of teamwork.
- presidentgee: Saddened to learn of the passing of Frank Wobst, retired Huntington chairman and CEO, great friend of mine and Ohio State.
- presidentgee: If everybody in Buckeye Universe asks Santa for a Rose Bowl win…
- presidentgee: Go basketball Bucks! Beat Alabama A&M (women) and Delaware State (men).
- presidentgee: Ohio State physicists Brian Winer and Dongping Zhong honored with rank of Fellow by their Academy. Fist bump, fellows!
- presidentgee: Over the river and through the woods…to celebrate holidays with University trustees.
- presidentgee: Holiday cards arrive at Bricker Hall with envelopes bearing stamps from near and far. Smiles all around.
- presidentgee: Great article in Cols Dispatch today by E. Pyle on new Ohio Union, "Ohio State's giant living room." I plan to make myself at home there.
- presidentgee: Congrats to our own Michael Lairmore, new president of American College of Veterinary Pathologists.
- New York Times: Education
- Gauging the Dedication of Teacher Corps GradsA study found those who fulfilled their two-year Teach for America commitment showed lower rates of civic involvement afterward than those who declined to join or dropped out.
- Harvard Teaching Hospitals Cap Outside PayThe owner of two hospitals limited outside pay for officials who are on biotechnology or drug companies’ boards.
- Ten Master’s of the New UniverseHighly specialized master’s programs provide a field guide to the zeitgeist. There are degrees to fit every niche and new twist in the culture.
- You Can Go Back AgainYears out, alumni turn to their alma maters for job-hunt help.
- Guidance Counselor | Health: Going ViralThe worst may not be over. Dorms are hotbeds of contagion, especially after winter break.
- Adult Learning | Neuroscience: How to Train the Aging BrainTo keep a middle-aged mind sharp, shake up what you already know.
- Strategy | Faculty: The Case of the Vanishing Full-Time ProfessorOnly 27 percent of college instructors are full-time and tenured. Here’s how to find them.
- As Honor Students Multiply, Who Really Is One?Educators and parents are re-examining the role of honor societies, which started out as an academic distinction but have become routine on college résumés.
- Earful Over Cheeky University EssayThe University of Chicago used the suggestive work of one successful applicant as an example for others.
- New Campaign Urges Flu Shots at CollegesA public service advertisement encouraging college students to get swine flu shots to prevent a third wave of the epidemic was released Thursday by the Department of Health and Human Services.
- Gauging the Dedication of Teacher Corps Grads
