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HBS Working Knowledge July 25, 2011 Christensen & Eyring |
How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University Online learning is a disruptive technology that is making colleges and universities reconsider their higher education models. |
Reason October 2004 David Weigel |
Welcome to the Fun-Free University Even when they're not keeping their borders sealed tight, college administrators have been adopting harsh measures in response to unapproved student behavior. |
ifeminists November 25, 2003 Thor L. Halvorssen |
Religious Liberty in Peril on Campus, National Surveys Reveal; Administrators, Students Ignorant of the Most Fundamental Rights According to two recent surveys, college students are very uninformed about the religious freedoms guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. |
Reason February 2008 Shikha Dalmia |
Legacies of Injustice Alumni preferences threaten educational equity and no one seems to care. |
ifeminists August 24, 2005 Wendy McElroy |
Will Colleges Respect Your Child's Rights? As parents hustle to buy clothing, repair secondhand cars and otherwise fret about college, they should consider how their son or daughter's human rights will fare on campus. Their freedom of speech is particularly vulnerable. |
Reason July 2004 Cathy Young |
Under the Radar On campuses across America, the censorship of speech and ideas in the name of sensitivity continues unabated. |
Reason July 2009 |
Freeing Harvard Harvey Silverglate, civil liberties lawyer and co-founder of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, is running for a seat on Harvard's Board of Overseers. |
Reason March 2002 Cathy Young |
Windbags of War Even after September 11, left-wing McCarthyism persists on American campuses... |
Job Journal November 9, 2008 |
Career Snapshot: Postsecondary Teachers College-level instructors enjoy a class of students more eager to learn. |
Mother Jones February 2001 Eyal Press & Jennifer Washburn |
Digital Diplomas Welcome to the brave new world of higher education, where profesors are 'content experts,' classes are 'courseware,' and students are customers. But just what is a dot-com degree worth? |
Information Today October 6, 2015 George H. Pike |
The Legal Implications of Banned Books Week The American Library Association's annual Banned Books Week celebrates the freedom to read by drawing attention to attempts to censor reading materials in public, school, and academic libraries. |
ifeminists December 21, 2005 Wendy McElroy |
Campus Conscience Police? A new Guide -- the fifth in a series of ideological survival manuals for American college students -- describes both the manner in which the right of conscience is being attacked on campus and how the tide is turning toward individual rights. |
CAUSE/EFFECT Vol 22 Num 4 1999 Sarah Michalak |
Decentralized Information Technology Requires Central Coordination! What does an institutional history of extraordinarily decentralized computing mean for 21st-century technology support, and how can necessary changes be made in a deeply rooted institutional culture? |
ifeminists July 29, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
University Students Deserve Human Rights This September, make sure the students you care for pack protection of their civil liberties in with clothing and reference books. This is essential for students who are male, white, conservative, openly Christian, or from affluent families. |
HBS Working Knowledge September 1, 2003 Mallory Stark |
The Business of Education: An Interview with Derek Bok Is higher education becoming too chummy with the private sector? What can each learn from the other? An interview with the former Harvard President. Plus: Book excerpt. |
T.H.E. Journal December 2004 Kim Jones |
2005: The Year of the Digital Campus Today, learning is no longer bound to a fixed location such as a classroom. Thanks to some innovative technology trends, the educational landscape is transforming into a "digital campus." |
Job Journal December 4, 2005 Julia Hollister |
Careers on Campus Because colleges and universities are basically small communities with small-town needs, they employ a wide range of well-paid non-teaching professionals. |
Registered Rep. January 23, 2015 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Five Secrets Colleges Are Keeping From You While universities may lure students with fancy brochures, luxury housing and scenic architecture, the reality is that colleges are high-stakes businesses preoccupied with enhancing their own prestige. |
ifeminists October 7, 2003 Thor L. Halvorssen |
University of Alabama Drops Censorship Policy The administration of the University of Alabama has "indefinitely" tabled a policy outlawing all window displays in student dormitories. The policy was issued after a student was ordered to remove a confederate flag from the door of his dorm room. |
CAUSE/EFFECT Vol 22 Num 4 1999 Michael Eleey and Lynn Oppenheim |
Retaining IT Staff through Effective Institutional Planning and Management With today's shortage of information technology professionals in the workforce, it is imperative that colleges and universities limit IT staff turnover. One of the keys to retention is job satisfaction within a well-managed organization... |
Searcher May 2006 Barbie E. Keiser |
Beyond ERIC: The Early Years (Part 3) As education moves us from the realm of the child to the adult, the emphasis of the resources shifts from education to learning, with greater responsibility placed on the student for finding, using, sharing, and expanding knowledge in a particular discipline. |
CRM December 2010 Koa Beck |
Schools and Social Media: Pass or Flail The lessons universities are learning about emerging technologies. |
Searcher May 2003 Carol Ebbinghouse |
Big Brother Invades the Campus and Workplace: Infotainment and the Copyright Cops The leading entertainment organizations have now begun targeting colleges and universities, as well as corporate America. |
T.H.E. Journal September 2003 Stephen P. Forte |
A Pragmatic Approach to High-Tech Security on Campus The challenge is complex, especially considering how decentralized a campus' security, IT and safety systems are today. |
Knowledge@Wharton |
Selling Out: Are Universities Turning into Corporate Enclaves? Derek Bok's new book, Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education, sets the record straight, explaining how, during the last 25 years, universities' commercial investments have grown at a tremendous pace. |
InternetNews March 9, 2007 Roy Mark |
Lawmakers Bash Colleges Over Campus Piracy House panel threatens to take matters into its own hands if college administrators don't crack down on online campus piracy. |
Reason January 2001 Cathy Young |
God Talk The First Amendment vs. freedom of speech... |
HHMI Bulletin May 2011 Cathy Shufro |
Richard Losick: Extolling the Teacher-Scientist Universities should encourage creative teaching, says Losick, just as they reward outstanding research. |
CAUSE/EFFECT Vol 22 Num 2 1999 Paul J. Kobulnicky |
Critical Factors in Information Technology Planning for the Academy ...The analysis in this article is derived from an academic information technology planning process undertaken at the University of Connecticut.... |
Inc. February 2006 Carl Schramm |
Five Universities You Can Do Business With When it comes to technology transfer, smart schools resist the temptation to treat every entrepreneur's new idea like it's the next Google. |
Chemistry World November 1, 2012 Patrick McGhee |
Losing concentration In the UK, successive governments have held to the mantra that funding for university research should be heavily concentrated in a handful of universities. |
Registered Rep. September 17, 2012 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College Rankings Are Not Accurate People don't appreciate that U.S. News doesn't even attempt to measure the type of learning going on at the nation's colleges and universities. |
ifeminists July 27, 2005 Wendy McElroy |
On Campus, Only Some Free Speech Protected Even in a workplace, it is ridiculous to conclude that a one-time e-mail constitutes unlawful discrimination and harassment. It is especially ridiculous to apply such a policy to a working student at an institution of higher education that has a special responsibility to ensure academic freedom. |
Salon.com January 4, 2002 Jeffrey Benner |
Public money, private code The drive to license academic research for profit is stifling the spread of software that could be of universal benefit... |
CAUSE/EFFECT Vol 22 Num 4 1999 Susan Athey |
Computer Use Policies at Major U.S. Public Universities Protection of an organization's resources (assets) is a key responsibility of management. This is especially true in a public university. An assortment of issues affects proper management of computer resources... |
Reason February 2005 Julian Sanchez |
Civics Lessons In a highly polarized time, pedagogues seem increasingly wary of the "disruptive" effect of student political speech in America. |
Chemistry World September 28, 2012 Rebecca Trager |
US public research universities in jeopardy, board warns The US's public research universities are in serious jeopardy, the National Science Board is warning. |
CIO February 17, 2010 Robert Lemos |
Higher Ed, Lower Costs: Colleges Remake Data Centers Driven by more austere state budgets and shrinking endowments, universities and colleges are looking for ways to improve the efficiency of their data centers. For technology vendors, that push could mean big business. |
Chemistry World August 4, 2014 Ned Stafford |
US labs urged to develop stronger 'culture of safety' A major new report on safety in academic chemical research is calling on US universities to adopt a 'culture of safety' actively supported at all levels. |
Chemistry World August 5, 2015 Jaroslaw Adamowski |
Drop in number of Polish academics causes concern One of Poland's university associations is reporting that the number of academics and researchers at the country's higher education institutions is in decline. |
HHMI Bulletin Fall 2012 |
HHMI Awards $50 Million to Colleges Forty-seven small colleges and universities have accepted a challenge: to create more engaging science classes, bring real-world research experiences to students, and increase the diversity of students who study science. |
Salon.com April 27, 2001 David Mazel |
Right-wing colleges reject "God is an abortionist" ads Thrilled to hear David Horowitz's pronouncement that "campus censors are on the run," I try a little free speech of my own -- at Bob Jones U. and other conservative schools... |
T.H.E. Journal January 2002 Christopher Hons |
Big Ten School in Cyberspace Penn State University's "World Campus" initiative has grown steadily -- not only in terms of its size and scope, but also in the level of respect accorded it... |
T.H.E. Journal September 2002 Steve Burrell |
The New Digital Campus Plymouth State College's solution to the build vs. buy portal debate |
CRM November 2014 Donna Fluss |
Speech Analytics Is Starting to Make a Difference With skilled analysts behind them, these solutions can enhance the customer journey. |
Reason October 2004 Julian Sanchez |
Data: Second-Guessing the First Amendment Surveys show Americans seem to be more fond of free speech in the abstract than in specific instances. |
Science News February 28, 2009 David Spergel |
Nation Needs Recovery Plan For Science Faculty Jobs Even if the economy were to recover over the next one to two years, the academic job market for the next few years is likely to be bleak. |
Chemistry World December 19, 2012 Laura Howes |
Home office to help student job seekers In a speech last week, the UK's home secretary announced that from April 2013, all international PhD students will be allowed to remain in the country for one year to find work or start a business after their course has finished. |
Registered Rep. November 17, 2015 Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
What Public Universities Cost at the State Level Public universities, where most students attend, charge significantly different prices. And the policies that dictate who receives financial aid and merit scholarships also vary dramatically. |
ifeminists June 23, 2004 Carey Roberts |
Afraid to Say What We Think Political Correctness is an implacable force that we must come to terms with, or else accept the reality that our First Amendment freedoms may become irrevocably lost. |