It’s Your Duty to Be Miserable!
February 24, 2013
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I would prefer that the state legislature not think that our lives are some variation of Eat, Pray, Love on the public's dime. So I reflexively recoil against anything that supports the narrative that professors are an overpaid leisure class accountable to no one and that sabbaticals ... Continue Reading →
The Trouble with Online College
February 19, 2013
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Stanford University ratcheted up interest in online education when a pair of celebrity professors attracted more than 150,000 students from around the world to a noncredit, open enrollment course on artificial intelligence ... Continue Reading →
Gov. Rick Scott’s Involvement in UF President Decision Under Review
January 22, 2013
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The accrediting organization for colleges and universities is looking into Gov. Rick Scott's involvement in the University of Florida's presidential search ... Continue Reading →
Some UF Supporters Worry Gov. Rick Scott Crossed Line to Keep President Bernie Machen
January 15, 2013
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Gov. Rick Scott and UF board of trustees chairman David Brown made the joint announcement Tuesday and Scott's statement indicated he had actively helped keep Machen at UF ... Continue Reading →
The Users of the University
January 15, 2013
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Next time you hear a pundit say that to preserve America’s competitiveness or dynamism, we must replace the liberal arts with something more “practical,” take a second to check what they studied ... Continue Reading →
Editorial: Rube Goldberg’s Tuition Invention
December 07, 2012
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There is a good case, several in fact, to be made for the notion of differential tuition rates in the State University System. First, there is the supply and demand case: If there is a great demand for certain degree holders ... Continue Reading →
My Word: The Case for Higher STEM Tuition
December 07, 2012
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Our elected officials do not appear to be satisfied with Florida's current Newsweek rankings of the least-rigorous universities in the country ... Continue Reading →
Jeb Bush Makes Case for More Online University Courses
December 07, 2012
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Last year, House Speaker Will Weatherford said the state should create an online university and a Board of Governors task force recently released a report on the state's opinions. Count former Gov. Jeb Bush among the proponents of more online courses in higher education ... Continue Reading →
Labor Notes
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