Good MOOC Conference, Bad MOOC Legislation

Good MOOC Conference, Bad MOOC Legislation

(From The New Yorker April 1, 2013) Chris here--followed by Jenna Joo below. The current flurry of online legislation in Sacramento includes the...

So Much for the Freedom of Inquiry

So Much for the Freedom of Inquiry

As part of their passage of legislation to keep the Government running, the Senate voted unanimously to support an amendment offered by Tom Coburn...

MOOCs Have Become a Straight Business Play

MOOCs Have Become a Straight Business Play

This period in the MOOC lifecycle is reminding me of a couple of years I spent in the late 1990s as a consultant to a water-treatment start-up company. The...

The Academic Senate and Others Respond to SB520

The Academic Senate and Others Respond to SB520

The Chair and Vice-Chair of the System-wide Academic Senate have responded to SB520.  You can find their letter here. The Berkeley Division has...

Berkeley Faculty Association Letter to Academic Senate on Steinberg's Legislation

Berkeley Faculty Association Letter to Academic Senate on Steinberg's Legislation

March 13, 2013 AS Chair Christina Maslach AS Vice Chair Elizabeth Deakin Academic Senate 320 Stephens Hall, #5842 Berkeley, CA 94720 Dear...

Will the Academic Senate Defend Faculty Authority or not?

Will the Academic Senate Defend Faculty Authority or not?

As those of you who have read the New York Times are aware, Senator Steinberg is introducing a bill into the California Legislature that will mandate...

Faculty Demand a New Type of University President

Faculty Demand a New Type of University President

By Hannah Tompkins For some time now, educational "reformers" have been demanding a new type of university and college president.  As we saw...

The Current Cost Debate Will Do Nothing Except Hurt Students

The Current Cost Debate Will Do Nothing Except Hurt Students

Next year's tuition increases are coming in, and the average seems to be between 3 and 4 percent  at elite private colleges and universities (Stanford,...