The Core Problems with ObamaEd 2: Neglecting Student Learning

The Core Problems with ObamaEd 2: Neglecting Student Learning

I’m not sure that interest in Obama’s plan for colleges has survived the weekend. Bankster scourge Matt Taibbi quickly pronounced it dead on arrival:   The key...

The Core Problems with ObamaEd

The Core Problems with ObamaEd

The most important fact about President Obama’s speech about college affordability in Buffalo is that he left out the three core problems facing higher...

What I Saw in My Coursera MOOC

What I Saw in My Coursera MOOC

by Leslie Bary, Department of Modern Languages, University of Louisiana at Lafayette I teach Latin American literature and culture in a public research...

The Rare Good Thing the Regents Did (and its limits)

The Rare Good Thing the Regents Did (and its limits)

At their July meeting, the UC Regents made several important changes to the Faculty Code of Conduct (Regents Policy 7401, APM, 015).  First, they...

Higher Education and Racial Inequality

Higher Education and Racial Inequality

For a half century, American higher education has imagined itself as a source of both social mobility and equality.  To be sure, there have always...