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Feb 03 2012

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Is It Bias? Is It Legal?
Conventional wisdom says Asian-American applicants face higher hurdle than others at elite colleges. Federal probe raises question of whether differential standards can be proven and -- if so -- would violate the law.
Standing Their Ground
A gathering of presidents from more conservative Christian colleges discusses what to do about controversies surrounding gay and lesbian students.
Social Anxiety
Blog-borne debate about a study on the relationship between social media and scholarly communications reaches new levels of meta.
Résumé-Builder or Rip-Off?
The growing popularity of short-term internships over winter and spring breaks gives students more time in the workplace, but raises questions of equity and value.
Senators Focus on Tuition Costs
Senators agree tuition can't keep growing, though their ideas differ on how to address the problem.

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Adventures in Wonderland
For all the hubbub about massive online classes offered by elite universities, the real potential game-changer in higher education is competency-based learning, writes Ryan Craig.
Getting Siri-ous
A techno-phobe professor at U of All People experiments with the iPhone's voice-activated assistant -- and the results aren't pretty. David Galef surveys the damage.

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Peer-Driven Learning: Blogging vs the Term Paper
College Ready Writing
A response to my students' thoughts on the subject.
5 hours 43 min
Andrés Bernasconi: How much will I make—The relevance of labor market information
The World View
Chile’s Ministry of Education has launched a web portal offering with unprecedented detail employment and earnings data to prospective applicants to higher education. The portal, called “Mi futuro” is a searchable database that lists hundreds of degree programs, professional and technical, from Medicine to Auto Mechanic, displaying for each program of every institution of higher education in the country the following information: drop-out rate, average time to degree, average earnings of the graduates after 4 years of graduation, current tuition fees for the program, and accreditation status of the program.
7 hours 46 min
Friday Fragments
Confessions of a Community College Dean
Thank you to everyone who answered the call for suggestions earlier this week about running college classes in high schools. The point about class interruptions for announcements, proms, and such was a good one, and can be included in the words of warning we give the professors. 
18 hours 5 min
Sustainability's not a subject
Getting to Green
As a signatory to the American College and University Presidents' Climate Commitment, Greenback recently filed an update to its public Climate Action Plan. But, title aside, the plan isn't just about climate, nor is the update.
3 days 1 hour
EdTech Marketing and Social Media
Technology and Learning
If your PR people are spending most of their time reaching out to journalists (or even aghast bloggers), then your PR folks are underutilized. They should instead be spending most of their time training, supporting and coaching all the people (everyone) who work in your organization to join the marketing department.
3 days 2 hours

Featured Jobs

Online Writing Tutor

SMARTHINKING, Inc.

Smarthinking, Inc. is hiring motivated individuals to serve as part-time online writing tutors. A Washington, D.C.-based education organization, Smarthinking, Inc. provides real-time, online tutoring and learning support to colleges, universities, high schools, and textbook publishers.

Director, Office of Research Integrity and Assurance

Princeton University

Position Summary: Princeton University seeks a highly motivated, well-qualified individual to serve as Director of the Office of Research Integrity and Assurance (RIA), reporting to the Dean for Research....

Faculty Position in the School of Educational Studies

Claremont Graduate University

The School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University (CGU) invites nominations and applications for a tenure track faculty position at open rank in the subfield of Higher Education. The position will commence at the beginning of the 2012 academic year.

Chair, Department of Technology Studies

Fort Hays State University

The chair of the department occupies a tenure track, full-time, unclassified position. The chair is the academic leader of the department and normally teaches on a half-time basis. The chair reports to the Dean of the College of Education and Technology.

Assistant/Associate Professor, Industrial Engineering SOE-12-3.

Lebanese American University

The Department of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering at the School of Engineering and Architecture (located in Byblos, Lebanon) invites applicants for a tenure-track faculty position in the field of Industrial Engineering effective February 2012 or October 2012. Candidates must have a Ph.D....

Director of Housing

Husson University

Husson University's Housing office has an opening for a Director of Housing. This is a 12-month full time position which reports directly to the Vice President of Administration. Duties and Responsibilities:...

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