The costs of layoffs
It looks like faculty at USF are “getting off” lightly in terms of layoffs by almost any measure. I have some questions remaining about the choices available to my institution, but the position of faculty here is better than USF staff and better than those who work in other sectors hit hard by the recession. […]
Missing out of the action, still
I’m swamped by work, so I’m afraid I’m going to be missing the party today on A Broader, Bolder Approach to Education, the collaborative statement on education policy headed up by the Education Policy Institute. Eduwonkette praises the statement. Richard Lee Colvin cautiously praises the emphasis on early childhood education while noting that it is […]
Nailing down accreditation
Kevin Carey has an interesting short essay this weekend on college accreditation, essentially arguing that the federal government should use its regulatory authority over regional accreditation agencies to exert indirect pressures on colleges. There’s a thumbnail history of government support of higher ed in the postwar era* and an argument that it was kosher for […]
When to stop working for the day…
I’ve been in my office for most of the past 6 hours, engaged in various editorial tasks. Most of the time, I have been writing disposition e-mails, generally rejections and requests for revisions. I know it’s time to head home when I cannot write another rejection note. I’ll just have to carve out time later […]
Feeling lazy at 9:30 am
I must be too-well socialized: I’m reading my daughter’s book manuscript this morning, but I’ll probably leave the house shortly to get some work done on Education Policy Analysis Archives and then reading and grading papers. Yesterday’s class documented two things for me: I had planned enough for an entire day of teaching, and it’s […]