"End the University as we know it" - Op-ed piece from NY Times.

Posted by Ingrid Thomson | 28 Apr, 2009

An Op-Ed piece from the chairman of the Religion department at Columbia, Mark C. Taylor .

 "Most graduate programs in American universities produce a product for which there is no market (candidates for teaching positions that do not exist) and develop skills for which there is diminishing demand (research in subfields within subfields and publication in journals read by no one other than a few like-minded colleagues), all at a rapidly rising cost (sometimes well over $100,000 in student loans).  "

 

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Journal for the Public University

Posted by Ingrid Thomson | 20 Apr, 2009

Spotted on Intute.ac.uk

The Journal for the Public University  is a full-text ejournal, published by the Australian Association for the Public University Inc.   

Quoting from the journal's website:   It is intended to provide a forum for the debate of university reform; of related social, economic and educational policy; and of the cultural and intellectual context within which these reforms operate.  

At April 2008 there are five issues online, freely offering articles in PDF form. The journal will be of interest to those researching the politics of the production of knowledge in university systems. There are many articles of relevance to those in the arts and humanities.

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Abolishing School Fees in Africa (pdf)

Posted by Ingrid Thomson | 18 Apr, 2009

From UN Pulse

Published by World Bank and  UNICEF , a free publication. 

Abolishing School Fees in Africa: Lessons from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, and Mozambique (full-text, 3.39 MB) constitutes one of the main outputs of the School Fee Abolition Initiative (SFAI).

The initiative, launched in 2005 was designed to support countries in maintaining and accelerating progress towards universal primary education. The initiative promotes access to quality basic education through three specific goals: constructing a knowledge base, providing technical and financial assistance to countries, and building partnerships to ensure success.

The book deals with case studies from five countries that had already abolished school fees - Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, and Mozambique - describing the actual experiences of each of the countries in planning and implementing their national education policies.

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Technology Integration and Primary Sources

Posted by Ingrid Thomson | 3 Apr, 2009

Spotted on Resourceshelf

Latest issue of Teaching with Primary Sources Newsletter (from the Library of Congress) focuses on the theme of technology integration, exploring how teachers can use technology to bring primary sources into their classrooms to enhance learning. Previous issues on the themes of literacy integration, promoting critical thinking and differentiated instruction are also available in both html and pdf versions through the newsletter’s archive.

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