By Jon Marcus Who’s boss? US governing bodies flex their muscles
Virginia president keeps her job, but once-inert boards are stirring nationwide. Read More
More battles loom.
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Monthly Archives: July 2012
UC Berkeley to offer free online classes through edX
Edx, founded by Harvard and MIT, will host two not-for-credit UC Berkeley courses this fall.
By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles TimesJuly 24, 2012, 6:14 p.m.
UC Berkeley announced Tuesday that it is joining the new online education website founded by Harvard and MIT that offers free, not-for-credit courses to a worldwide audience. The addition of UC Berkeley will give edX its first expansion into a prestigious public university and a foothold on the West Coast away from its Cambridge, Mass., base, officials said. Read More
UC threatening to hold ‘higher education hostage’
Becky Yeh – OneNewsNow Californiacorrespondent
An advocate for California taxpayers says the state’s university system is trying to scare voters into passing tax hikes. Meanwhile, salaries of higher-ups within the system continue to rise. Read More
UPDATE: Unit Corp. to Acquire Oil and Gas Assets From Noble Energy For $617.1 Million
By Saabira Chaudhuri Unit Corp. (UNT) has agreed to acquire oil and natural gas assets from Noble Energy Inc. (NBL) for $617.1 million in cash, significantly increasing its acreage and allowing it to grow its production in the oil and natural gas liquids-rich Anadarko Basin Read More
California. How much would you pay for a country club education?
A great video. Higher education in California isn’t what it used to be. Find out why students are paying higher tuition costs and getting a less comprehensive education in California.
Related articles
- Where Will California Find Its Next Generation Of Higher Education Leaders (keptup.typepad.com)
- California budget deal could prevent tuition hikes (latimesblogs.latimes.com)
- Higher education cuts will undermine economy (utsandiego.com)
- What’s going on in California? (theblaze.com)
- UC proposes 20 percent tuition hike if tax fails (mercurynews.com)
- How to Teach Kids to Be Entrepreneurs, Not Followers (blogs.the-american-interest.com)
- Fewer Californians attending state universities, researchers find (mercurynews.com)
- New Tactic on Tuition Freezes in California (insidehighered.com)
What happened at the University of Virginia is probably going to happen again somewhere else.
By Kevin Kiley
It likely won’t take the same form – the removal and reinstatement of a university president. But somewhere, sometime, probably sooner rather than later, the governing board of a public university, claiming to be acting to move the university forward and addressing 21st-century challenges, is going to make a move that upsets faculty members and other traditional university stakeholders. Read More
We Are Americans – Just Not Legal – Time Mag
We wanted to get your thoughts on this highly controversial issue. Let us know how this effects you. Pick up Time Magazine to read the original article, and read below, comments from the author.
A year ago this month, I wrote an essay for the New York Times “coming out” about my status as an undocumented immigrant — what many people call an “illegal.” Read More
