7 hours ago by Julie Larsen

Listen to internet radio with BreakDrink on Blog Talk Radio Arizona Bill Challenges What Can Be Said in the Classroom In a bill introduced by Republican Senator Lori Klein, the use of “obsenities in the classroom, may get faculty members suspended or even removed from their jobs. The “G-rated” bill ...

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8 hours ago by independentintegratorsofecm

There is a new way to process students into Universities that are using Peoplesoft SIS. It is called WebCenter Content and it is built by Oracle. The first installation in the country is in full production at San Jose State University (SJSU). What is exciting is the codeless integration method to ta ...

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9 hours ago by amcit

Today Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell tweeted “Students w/ @ Virginia21 brought 10K signatures to GA with message for higher ed: # investinme — watch on @ NBC29 “ Virginia21 is an organization of college “kids” who want the Commonwealth to “invest” in them. So I watched their 15-minute video to see ...

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9 hours ago by blaha

UMass Amherst and Temple University have both developed free textbook programs in which professors are given a grant to develop an alternative electronic textbook, and offer them to students for free. The pilot project gave 11 faculty members $1,000 each to create a digital alternative to a traditio ...

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10 hours ago by jannay

You have determined that the works you wish to use are still fully protected by copyright law. You researched and researched to find the copyright owner to ask permissions to use their work. No listing appears in any of the usual reference guides or directories. You have conducted a search of the re ...

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12 hours ago by John Jaeger

"When it comes to churning out young workers with college degrees in math and science, the United States lags well behind other advanced democracies, ranking just behind Turkey and Spain, according to a new analysis."

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13 hours ago by Louisana Federation of Teachers

For the fourth year in a row, Gov. Bobby Jindal proposes a state budget that freezes public education’s Minimum Foundation Program funding at the 2008-09 level. In an effort to close a looming $895 million budget gap, the governor also plans to privatize and consolidate prisons, eliminate more than ...

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14 hours ago by John Jaeger

"Game-based learning, learning analytics, and the "Internet of Things" are three of six technologies that will have a profound impact on higher education in the next one to five years, according to the latest NMC Horizon Report released by the New Media Consortium and the Educause Learning Initiativ ...

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15 hours ago by Mike Ford

This morning’s Journal Sentinel contains several stories that highlight the way the issue of public revenue is driving the politics of our state. First, the newspaper reported on a new state revenue projection from the Legislative Fiscal Bureau showing decreased tax collections will create a $143 mi ...

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16 hours ago by Nonprofiteer

The lesson from this past week’s Komen/Planned Parenthood contretemps is that when women make our voices heard in defense of the health care we need, we win the argument. So let’s not hesitate to make just as much noise in response to the hysteria now being whipped up about the Affordable Care Act’s ...

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