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Notes in the Margins: Cheating, online issues and the NFL

The Trouble With Online College Student attrition rates — around 90 percent for some huge online courses — appear to be a problem even in small-scale online courses when compared with traditional face-to-face classes. And courses delivered solely online may be fine for highly skilled, highly motivated people, but they are inappropriate for struggling students who…
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Notes in the Margins: Guns, free tuition and the arts

A Degree Drawn in Red Ink Most people assume a degree in the arts is no guarantee of riches. Now there is evidence that such graduates also rack up the most student-loan debt. (The Wall Street Journal) UC Irvine professor stops teaching online course in dispute A UC Irvine professor has stopped teaching midway through a massive…
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Notes in the Margins: Prof advice, transgender students and tech schools

College Health Plans Respond as Transgender Students Gain Visibility Over the last decade, as activists started pushing colleges to accommodate transgender students, they first raised only basic issues, like recognizing a name change or deciding who could use which bathrooms. But the front lines have shifted fast, particularly at the nation’s elite colleges, and a growing…
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Will the University of St. Thomas be led by a woman?

Will the University of St. Thomas be led by a woman?

The Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal reports that the University of St. Thomas might name its first female leader: If approved by St. Thomas’ Board of Trustees this week, Julie Sullivan would be the St. Paul-based school’s first female and first lay person to serve as president. She is currently the chief academic and…
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Notes in the Margins: Bus rides, ethics and a high school warning

Does an ‘A’ in Ethics Have Any Value? Four years after the scandals of the financial crisis prompted deans and faculty to re-examine how they teach ethics, some academics say they still haven’t gotten it right. (The Wall Street Journal) A warning to college profs from a high school teacher Now you are seeing the results of…
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What UMN med school dean says about his resignation

What UMN med school dean says about his resignation

Here’s a statement by Dr. Aaron Friedman, who is resigning at the end of the year as vice president of health sciences and dean of the University of Minnesota medical school. A university spokesman sent it to me:   After three years as vice president of health sciences and dean of the Medical School, I…
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University of Minnesota medical school dean resigning

University of Minnesota medical school dean resigning

This announcement from University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler was forwarded to me: Dear Colleagues, Dr. Aaron Friedman, vice president for the health sciences and dean of the Medical School, has informed me of his plans to step down at the end of the calendar year, which is also the end of his current, three-year…
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What Gustavus trustees have written alumni regarding President Ohle

I’ve just been forwarded a letter that Gustavus Adolphus College‘s board of trustees have sent to alumni concerned about the leadership of President Jack Ohle, a number of whom have called for his ouster. I think this is the main message (the bold type being mine): As a Board, we have listened and are hearing…
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Notes in the Margins: Virtuoso professors, liberal arts salaries and the suing of students

Yale Suing Former Students Shows Crisis in Loans to Poor Yale, Penn and George Washington University have all sued former students over nonpayment, court records show. While no one tracks the number of lawsuits, students defaulted on $964 million in Perkins loans in the year ended June 2011, 20 percent more than five years earlier, government data show.…
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Notes in the Margins: MOOCs, volunteers and grade inflation

What MOOCs Will, Won’t, and Might Do Many faculty members have been more focused on research instead of teaching in the past. Open education classes are changing that. Because of MOOCs and Princeton’s upcoming participation in Coursera, Princeton faculty who used to brush off discussions geared toward improving their teaching are now eager to have…
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