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The missing pieces on affordability discussions
Just a quick note on the White House proposal for changes in federal aid policy tied to college tuition and “value”: apparently the devil is going to be in even finer details. The primary concern I have is about the phrasing of changed student aid formulas in the following: Setting responsible tuition policy, offering relatively lower […]
Why a STEM focus is difficult
The first Florida House hearing on higher education budgeting shows part of why it is difficult to have a “STEM focus” in a public college and university system: money woes suck up all the oxygen in a room. In Florida, both the statewide faculty union and administrators have been talking about the need to invest in the […]
Real vs. fake issues in “blogs vs. term papers”
New York Times reporter Matt Richtel positioned Cathy Davidson against William Fitzhugh in this weekend’s Blogs vs. Term Papers article. Currently a Duke University humanities professor, Davidson has experimented with a variety of writing forms she expects from students in her course. As the founding editor of the Concord Review, a journal publishing history essays by high […]
iBooks Author: a tool for testing proofs of concept?
Yesterday morning, Rick Perry quit the presidential race and endorsed iBooks Author. Er, no, something else. Oh, yes: Apple unveiled the iBooks Author program that is an easier (if not frictionless) tool for creating ebooks for iBooks, and (not coincidentally), partnerships with the big three text publishers to sell more stuff to schools. There are […]
Education stories of 2011
The end of the year is the standard time for listicles. Here’s my pitch for top education stories of 2011. You will find a significant role played by reporters in several: