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Clifford Adelman’s “White Noise of Accountability”
On June 24, Clifford Adelman’s, “White Noise of Accountability” was published in Inside Higher Ed. This piece offers a good example of countering disinformation in thinking about education. Some highlights include: “Accountability,” a term that has been with...
Obama’s speech at Hampton University commencement
Good morning, Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms here today, and thank you for inviting me to share this special occasion with the Hampton community. Before we get started, I just want to say, I’m excited the Battle of the Real H.U. will be taking place in Washington this year. You all know I’m not going to pick sides. But it’s...
Is Thinking a “Skill”? Values and Problems in Thinking About the “Liberal Arts”
In today’s online version of the Chronicle of Higher Education, four views regarding the “future of the liberal arts” are presented. While not intending to pick on Martha Nussbaum’s “The Liberal Arts Are Not Elitist” — for in spirit we share a common concern — the piece does nonetheless represent...
American Enterprise Institute Holds Forum on “Increasing Accountability in American Higher Education”
Inside Higher Ed reports that a conference organized by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) yesterday sought to define accountability for higher education. The author, Doug Lederman, suggested that much of the discussion follows from the so-called Spellings’ Commission...
“National Standards” and the Public Good
In recent reports about the movement for “common standards for core curriculums in mathematics and reading” concern has been raised with respect to the political nature of the “common standards” agenda. Do these standards constitute “national standards”? To this question, organizers of the initiative say, “No. This initiative is driven...
Thousand Demonstrate Against California Education Cuts
From: substancenews.net: Jack Gerson and other reporters (as indicated) – September 25, 2009 Well over 5,000 students, staff and faculty packed the University of California Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza on September 24, 2009, to protest sweeping layoffs, deep cuts...
Federal vs. National Standards
In recent reports about the movement for “common standards for core curriculums in mathematics and reading” spearheaded by various monopolies, state governors, and the U.S Department of Education, an important distinction has been raised. In today’s edition of Inside Higher Ed, Doug Lederman writes: Today...
Defining ‘College Ready,’ Nationally
From Insidehighered.com: “That too many young people come out of high school ill-prepared for college or the work force is little disputed. The questions of why that’s so and how to fix the situation, however, have too often resulted in finger pointing, with many college faculty...
Remarks of the President at the National Academy of Sciences
THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you so much for the wonderful welcome. To President Cicerone, thank you very much for your leadership and for hosting us today. To John Holdren, thanks, John, for the outstanding work that you are doing. I was just informed backstage that Ralph and John both are 1965 graduates of MIT — same class. And so I’m...
Privatization of Public Higher Education Will Not Solve Any Problem!
In the May 1 issue of the Chronicle of Education, an article appeared with the headline: “Public Colleges Consider Privatization as a Cure for the Common Recession.” The article was written by Eric Kelderman (for those with access the article can be found here)....
