At hundreds of universities in dozens of countries around the world, some of the best learning is happening not in the classroom but in nearby towns and villages where students and faculty have found eager partners to engage in real-world problem-solving. An international movement of civically engaged universities is redefining how students learn, and where. […] … learn more→
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Study at home, not abroad: the universities building local relationships
Duke divinity crisis shows SJW Tactics
As we see our campuses descend into riots over the most idiotic, non-academic issues of concern only to the most rabid of Social Justice Warriors, many huge questions arise. Why did Berkeley police stand down in the face of Leftist rioters? Why are the administrators and staff assaulting students who support free speech? Why is […] … learn more→
Education through a gap year
The gap year was born in the ‘60’s, a revolutionary period for freedom of speech and independence. The idea for a gap year was discussed among governments as a tool to foster cultural and global understanding in an attempt to prevent world wars from occurring. More than half a decade later, the popularity of the […] … learn more→
Poo Bah Napolitano caught looting $175 million
Usually when I talk about the looting of our higher educational system by the Poo Bahs “leading” it, I focus on their amazing pay and ridiculous perks. But there’s more, so much more to it, from huge construction kickbacks (honest, the mad building spree in higher ed exists for a reason) to pedophilic coverups (Hi […] … learn more→
Finding your people online – PhD and ECR parents
The solitary aspects of a PhD can certainly be amongst the most challenging to manage. Whether you work on campus among an active community of fellow researchers or as a distance student, the process of researching and writing a PhD inevitably involves lots of time alone in your head. It’s no surprise that many of […] … learn more→
Smash the academic idols
At the Marcia Blaine School for Girls, Miss Jean Brodie’s students are “the crème de la crème”. They keep their own counsel and wear their Panama hats tipped back, ardently clustering, like disciples at Miss Brodie’s feet, under the elm tree in the school garden. In Muriel Spark’s novel of 1961, set during the 1930s, […] … learn more→
Leaving school early means you’re likely never to return to study and training in adult life
One in eight Australians will never get Year 12 qualifications. Some, but not all of these people, make up the one in eight Australians who will be disengaged from full-time work, study or training for most of their lives. These groups are the subject of Mitchell Institute’s Counting the Costs of Lost Opportunity report. The […] … learn more→
Earnings data will be ‘crucial’ for student choice
Students and parents have long cared about the earnings potential of different degrees, but information previously available to them has been of low quality. Information published on 13 June by the Department for Education using the Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) dataset is a dramatic upgrade on what was once in the public realm. Instead of […] … learn more→
The PhD – 30 years after…
“Wow. So I guess you’re not using your PhD, huh?” It would be a surprising question if it were the first time that I heard it. Last week, another person offered their unsolicited opinion of my graduate degree and its apparent utility. True, the comment wasn’t overtly “snarky,” but the inference of years of wasted […] … learn more→
What faculty would love to tell admin
It’s so funny watching higher education in the UK slide into the pit, embracing the same failed structures that did so much harm to higher education in the US. Wasn’t anyone paying attention? It seems every time I read an article about the failure of higher education in the UK, it’s familiar to me: it’s […] … learn more→
