Monday, December 10, 2012


Poll: Majority Want Education Funds Protected From Cuts (Inside Higher Ed)

     A majority of Americans want education programs protected from the possible deep, mandatory spending cuts that will go into effect at the end of this year if Congress does not reach a budget deal, according to a poll released Friday by the Committee for Education Funding, an advocacy group…. (continued)

As Debt Rises and Job Prospects Dim, Some Say It's Time to Put a Warning Label on Graduate School (Chronicle of Higher Education)

     This isn't just the year of the massive open online course; it's also the year of two other hot topics in higher education—student debt and a barren job market for graduating students.
     While people in higher education are struggling to adjust realistically to the supply-and-demand changes in the labor market, students need more-transparent information about the pathways into and out of graduate school now. That was the consensus among attendees at the Council of Graduate Schools' annual meeting held here last week…. (continued)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

More derision please.

Anonymous said...

You've got the *Onion* beat by a mile! Way cool.

MAH

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

  This ran in the Sunday December 24, 2023 edition of the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register : July 14, 1955 - November 20, 2...