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World Bank’s Africa Initiative: Forgetting the Faculty
The World Bank has announced a “Centers of Excellence” initiative that will provide $158 million to a select group of African universities.
Briefly Noted
Who is troubled by this week's Sebastian Thrun hagiography in Fast Company, as well as this announcement ('Launching our Data Science & Big Data Track built with Leading Industry Partners')?
Capturing Institutional Knowledge
The transitory nature of Gen X and millennial employees puts colleges at risk of losing significant amounts of business and operational knowledge, unless they do something to document it, writes Andrew M. Peña.
Open Access and Academic Freedom
Just because an idea is worthy doesn't mean faculty members should be forced into it, writes Cary Nelson.
Cable and College: A Response to Josh Boldt
A metaphor that didn't work.