In the October 14th Chronicle of Higher Education article “Faculty Unions Ponder New Strategies in Changed Political Climate,” author Schmidt reports on the largely successful campaigns in both Ohio and Wisconsin to defeat the right of faculty unions to engage…
Posts Tagged ‘education’
When e-Books Are Revised
03
Oct
Two stories popped up recently, one from Stephan Shankland via CNET and one from Carol Saller in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Both dealt with the mechanisms of correcting e-books for typos and such. Shankland’s example concerned the Kindle version…
When e-Books Are Revised
03
Oct
Two stories popped up recently, one from Stephan Shankland via CNET and one from Carol Saller in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Both dealt with the mechanisms of correcting e-books for typos and such. Shankland’s example concerned the Kindle version…
EDUCAUSE Policy Analysis of Pending Data Privacy Legislation
27
Aug
EDUCAUSE has released Data Privacy Legislation: An Analysis of the Current Legislative Landscape and the Implications for Higher Education. 18 bills have been introduced in Congress on data privacy. These privacy bills generally fall into three distinct areas: comprehensive online…
Does Vocationalism Justify Academic Freedom and Tenure?
26
Jul
In a recent New York Times think piece, Vocationalism, Academic Freedom and Tenure, Stanley Fish writes: In her new book, “The Faculty Lounges: and Other Reasons Why You Won’t Get the College Education You Paid For,” Naomi Schaefer Riley brings…
Yes, I know its a 7:30 am meeting time but have a say in your program content
21
Jul
I have written some posts in the past complaining about the programming at the AALL Conference. So this past year I served on the PLL Education Committee. I will now be co-chairing the Committee. We will be meeting on Monday…
Some Academic Libraries Jointly Negotiate Electronic Access Deals
19
Jul
I have only a little bit to add to the antitrust discussion, and that is merely referencing an article published on July 17th in the Chronicle of Higher Education (Premium Content, subscription required). It’s called Libraries Abandon Expensive ‘Big Deal’…
