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APSCUF BoG comments 1
A commitment to distance ed is not an appropriate investment in the basics of education, it's an investment in distance. Let’s transform in a way to retain our core mission & our source of pride & reputation -- quality education with access to many. My...
APSCUF BoG Comments 2
In this time of economic crisis, we need to think about the future...of the nation and the Commonwealth. Education is a way out of this crisis, because we all know we need educated workers. And we can give them those workers. It makes no sense to have budget surpluses...
Business Models Just Don’t Fit, Part I
Whether it is implementing performance indicators or fancy new dorms meant to appeal to students, our Universities and the PASSHE system (echoing the culture) seem enamored with business models. Are business models appropriate for public higher education? ...
Inside Higher Ed on the Health of the Humanities
Today's Inside Higher Ed has a story on "Liberal Arts I: They Keep Chugging Along" (see http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2010/10/01/connor) continues the strand I have been pushing in this forum for some weeks -- where is higher education heading and what...
NOV 2nd Is Coming: Is New Jersey Coming Too?
Yes, the election is 5 weeks from yesterday. And we at APSCUF need to be watching. The poll out from former APSCUF president Terry Madonna's center at Franklin & Marshall yesterday shows Republican Tom Corbett 4 points up on the Democratic contender, Dan...
Faculty Negotiations Team
At Friday's Legislative Assembly, the delegates approved Ken Mash (ESU) & Beth MacDaniel (Clarion) to serve as the two faculty members on the faculty negotiations team. They join me (ex officio) as the faculty representatives on the team. The Assembly also...
Retrench When? When They Want To!
In a recent blog entry I noted that, given the important role that tenure plays in protecting academic freedom, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) asserts that removal of tenure because of an institution's financial distress should...
Newman, Idea of a University, and Knowledge for its Own Sake
I was surprised to see Inside Higher Ed referencing Cardinal Newman in their latest edition ("How Would Newman Fare Today?" http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/09/17/newman) -- admittedly, I don't keep up with the announcements about beatification out of the...