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Posts tagged as “Higher Ed in general”

Should the undocumented children of illegal immigrants pay in-state tuition?

5/23/2010: UO Journalism student Briselda Molina has a very thought provoking op-ed in the RG asking if public universities should charge the children of illegal immigrants in-state tuition. I know UO students like the one she writes about – brought to Oregon by their parents as infants or young children,…

Who needs college?

5/15/2010: The NY Times points out that many students would be better served with something less than a traditional 4 year degree. “Roast Duck” responds in our comments: The NYT article about alternatives to college is a bit misleading. Forget that some of the principals — Richard Vedder, Charles Murray…

Teach Naked

The Teach Naked movement is about not using powerpoint for lecturing – or at least not relying on it as a crutch. The Chronicle has an article on it here. Last year I started posting powerpoint slides online, but lecturing just using the blackboard. Way more fun and interactive. The…

Access to Education

8/10/2009: InsideHigherEd.com has several interesting articles today, including this on perceptions about access to financial aid for college, by Deborah M. Warnock at UW. From their summary of her paper: Hispanic and Asian parents of eighth graders are less likely than white parents to think about how to finance a…

Bill O’Reilly does UO

8/4/2009: Fox news has a segment on the lack of political diversity among the faculty at UO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L8TEiQQ1dY It’s apparently based on journalism student Dan Lawton‘s piece in the Christian Science Monitor. Dan reports that only a handful of UO faculty are registered Republicans, and argues the University should work…