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What Netflix’s dystopian thriller reveals about the misguided purposes, ethics and direction of elite higher education.

Published 26 February 2021 Welcome to series 2 of the Brighter Thinking Pod! In this episode, we’re discussing how teachers can help students look after their wellbeing and mental health. As well as the video and transcript below, you can listen to this and other episodes by going to the website, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, or Google Podcasts. Please like, subscribe and review if you like what you hear – it really helps us to reach more teachers with our podcasts. Introductions Geo...

  The pandemic-driven switch to remote learning alerted many faculty members to the importance of course design. In an online course, keeping students on track requires clarity and structure; it also demands that instructors think intentionally about how to motivate and engage students, prompt interaction, and assess student learning without the crutch of in-person proctoring. One can only hope that the pandemic is nearing its end, and hope, too, that the budding concern with course design wil...

  Contrary to what many undergraduates think, a bachelor’s degree in a high demand field is not a golden ticket to career success. As my "Higher Ed Gamma" partner in crime Michael Rutter has observed, it is simply not true that vocationally aligned bachelor’s degrees, even in the sciences, will get graduates hired in their field of study. To wit … "If anything, the numbers point to an oversupply of skills, says Hal Salzman, a sociologist at Rutgers University. In a 2018 paper, he and co...

A Travis County judge has declared that Rosa Jimenez, serving a 99-year sentence for the death of a toddler in her care in 2003, should be released from prison while she awaits a new trial that was first ordered a decade ago. At a Jan. 26 hearing, District Judge Karen Sage ordered the release on bond, saying, “I do not believe that Ms. Jimenez should spend another night in jail if it can be prevented.” Her attorneys say she could be free by the end of the week. Jimenez, an unauthorized im...

A Travis County judge ordered Rosa Jimenez, convicted of killing a toddler in her care in 2003, to be freed on bond following new testimony.

Richard Prebble: How to really spot the difference between a good and bad school 26 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read OPINION: I did not watch Joe Bidens inauguration. Instead I was attending the funeral for my brother Tom, professor emeritus of education. Tom had that rare quality, wisdom. I was struggling in physics. I asked my older brother for advice. "How is your lab table doing" Tom asked. In the science lab we sat four to a table. "No good" I replied. "Swap with a bo...

with much of the information that we use to monitor employment in newsrooms. in fact, if it wasnt for the work of unity and its member organizations, we would know far less about the decline of journalism employment than we do. so theyve been terrific players and we value them a great deal. we also value all the other sponsors. i want to thank folks for joining us on the panel. we also want to thank you for coming out tonight and i want to tell you as we traveled around the country, we...