Mendacity on the academic-freedom front
ACTA president Anne D. Neal finally responded to Tim Burke’s criticism of the How Many Ward Churchills? report. Whew. Now we know that, according to Neal, Burke is illogical, solipsistic, unfair, and not paying attention to the incredible importance of course descriptions. According to Neal, “ACTA’s report is as friendly to institutional self-governance and academic […]
TFA as trendy
Inside Higher Ed has a story in today’s edition on a jump in applicants to Teach for America. It now claims it accepts fewer than 20% of applicants.
Hot grad-rate discussion in comments!
We have the first extended thread of comments in this blog, on the grad-rate debate, with an active debate between Dan Losen and Joydeep Roy. My thanks to both of them for continuing the discussion. (I usually let comments stand on their own but wanted to point to this, since it’s extended and quite substantive.)
Deborah Meier and Diane Ravitch
Go, Thou, and read the Ed Week column written jointly by Deborah Meier and Diane Ravitch. Update: It’s behind a subscription wall. Grump.
College folk cultures, formal and informal
By Sherman Dorn on May 28, 2006
I’m currently in Pennsylvania, having come up here with my family for my wife’s 20th reunion at Bryn Mawr College. Last night we went to the reunion stepsing, which has its roots in a thrice-yearly ritual at the college of undergraduates’ gathering in the evening to sing a bunch of songs. At one level, the […]
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