Fresh bloopers in DP, citizens want deadline extended
MUMBAI: Citizens want BMC to extend the November 30 deadline for submission of objections and suggestions to the development plan (DP) designation survey. Many of them pointed out that they had noticed...
View ArticleUD Trustees elect Dennis Assanis of Stony Brook University as next president...
(Source: University of Delaware) Colleagues have praised the election of Dennis Assanis as the new president of the University of Delaware. 1:17 p.m., Nov. 18, 2015--Dennis Assanis, provost and senior...
View ArticleChancellor’s Blog: Living up to our values of equity, diversity, inclusivity...
(Source: University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire) I returned to UW-Eau Claire on Monday after a visit to Kansai Gaidai University in Japan. I had been invited there to help them celebrate their 70th...
View ArticleUNH Research Finds While Majority of High School Students Could Have...
(Source: University of New Hampshire) DURHAM, N.H. - More than 90 percent of high school students reported having the opportunity to intervene in situations of dating or sexual aggression but they did...
View ArticleRTE campaigners issue statement against Delhi government's education bills
NEW DELHI: A group of Right to Education activists who are part of the India Campaign for Education, has issued a statement "express deep concern" about education-related decisions by the Delhi...
View ArticleNAAC adviser bats for colleges' self-assessment
KOLHAPUR: National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) assistant adviser, Ganesh Hegde, has said that colleges need to develop a self-assessment culture which will ensure quality assurance on...
View ArticleETUC position on the Annual Growth Survey 2016 - for a Europe that works for ...
(Source: ETUC - European Trade Union Confederation) ETUC position on the Annual Growth Survey 2016 - for a Europe that works for workers and citizens Adopted at the ETUC Executive meeting on 28-29...
View ArticleVarsities told to prioritize UGC's ranking framework
MEERUT: After the launch of National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF) for educational institutions, the chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) has now instructed all universities -...
View ArticleIllume Speaks to USD's Diverse Liberal Arts Education (University of San Diego)
(Source: University of San Diego) Tuesday, November 10, 2015TOPICS: , , When Mitch Malachowski, a veteran University of San Diego Chemistry and Biochemistry professor, spoke of the benefit for...
View ArticleLouisiana Department of Education Awards LSU Grants to Strengthen Public...
(Source: Louisiana State University) 11/06/2015 BATON ROUGE - Four School of Education, or SOE, faculty members have received Believe and Prepare Educator Preparation Innovation Grants from the...
View ArticleBrown opens diversity and inclusion plan to campus input (Brown University)
(Source: Brown University) Brown University has developed a working draft of an action plan to enhance diversity and inclusion on campus. Faculty, students and staff have been invited to provide...
View ArticleControversial edu report taken off state website
Mumbai: The state education department on Wednesday took down the Maharashtra report on National New Education Policy from its website after facing flak from teachers and political representatives. An...
View ArticleGrant from The Schultz Family Foundation to Help 300 Veterans and Their...
(Source: NYU - New York University) The Silver School of Social Work at New York University has received a grant from the Schultz Family Foundation (SFF) - co-founded by Starbucks chairman, president,...
View ArticleProf John Hunt: An unrelenting passion for management and leadership
JOHN HUNT 1937–2015 Emeritus Professor John Hunt, academic, consultant and columnist, exemplified the important bridge between business schools and the business community, a role that enables the...
View ArticleAs People of Color Formerly Employed by Mizzou, We Demand Change
We are a group of faculty of color who were previously employed as tenured or tenure-track faculty at the University of Missouri, Columbia (MU) and have since left the institution. Our reasons for...
View ArticleThe Guardian view on higher education policy: vague and confused
Higher education has been transformed: more than half a million students started on a degree course this year. Ten of the 50 best-rated universities in the world are British: a quarter of their income...
View ArticleTeacher education action plan: UT teacher education cannot develop without...
(Source: University of Tartu) The University of Tartu's teacher education action plan for 2016-2020, which was adopted last week, sets development goals and is an important source document for further...
View ArticleTeachers’ bodies feel omitted during policy-making talks
Teachers’ associations in the State will hold a one-day seminar on December 3 to discuss the proposed education policy. Among the issues to be discussed in next week’s meeting at Tiruchi are setting up...
View ArticleCESI Trade council ‘Education’ discusses on the role of education and of...
(Source: Confédération Européenne des Syndicats Indépendants) On November 10, CESI's Trade council 'Education' - the internal forum of debate and deliberation of CESI's teachers' member organisations -...
View ArticleCitizens ask all netas to join them in fight against open space policy
MUMBAI: NGOs, citizen activists and think tanks are appealing to corporators to prevent the passage of the recreational ground (RG) and playground (PG) policy of the BMC in its current form. As the...
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