Let’s start with an article from the London Times on the impact of the economic slowdown in China on graduate enrollments in U.S. universities. “China Crisis a ‘Serious’ Risk for US Grad Schools.” Times Educational Supplement 24 Sep. 2015. The decline in Chinese students attending US graduate schools is expected to cause major…
And here are some other items of possible interest from newspapers published outside of the U.S.: “City Centres Are the Science Parks of the 21st Century.” Yorkshire Post 24 Sep. 2015. Britain’s city centres should be seen as the science parks of the 21st century, Leeds City Council’s chief officer for economy and…
In previous posts, I have focused on controversial decisions by President Scarborough during his first year at the University of Akron. Several posts have reported on his decisions to eliminate, then to redefine, and finally to restore the University of Akron Press—and, on the faculty and student activism that influenced those changed decisions. But, beyond…
The following item appeared in the September 24 edition of the Dayton Daily News. “FAIRBORN – Wright State University officials did not charge a Cincinnati man who drew a crowd on the campus last week by tearing pages from a book that he said was the Quran, Islam’s holy book. “In a YouTube video of…
The following item appeared in the September 24 edition of the Irish Independent: “50 New Jobs at Student Lender” Specialist student lender Future Finance is to more than double its workforce to almost 100 people over the next two years as it looks to launch on offering into the Irish market. The Dublin-based firm…
I don’t know how long I’ve been loading papers to academia.edu. Four or five years, I would guess. Possibly more, but not much. The website went public in 2008, but I doubt I used it during its first year. I liked it from the start: It gives me a place online for papers and chapters that…
I’ve been working on a book about the effect of the Internet on the terms of employment and working conditions of faculty at all levels. As a result, I’ve read an extraordinary amount of “disruption” literature lately. You know, Christensen, Carey, et. al. – all those people who are just chomping at the bit to…
Berry, Bill. “GOP Doesn’t Get That Higher Ed Is a Sound investment.” Capital Times [Madison, WI] 23 Sep. 2015: 42. UW-Fox Valley was a beehive of activity when business took this columnist to the campus in Menasha last spring. One of 13 freshman-sophomore campuses in the UW System, UW-Fox Valley plays a crucial role…
And here are some items of possible interest from newspapers published outside of the U.S.: Deeks, Andrew. “With Universities You Get Back What You Invest; Cuts in Funding Will Impact Our Ability to Produce Bright and Adaptable Graduates,” Irish Times 23 Sep. 2015: 14. Over the past seven years exchequer funding to universities…
The following paragraphs open an investigative article by Adam Weinstein titled “The Secret History of the Campus Carry Movement”: “June 13, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott visited an indoor shooting range in the Austin suburb of Pflugerville. Abbott wasn’t there to chew up targets. Rather, with a wall of long guns as his backdrop, the governor signed…