Hacking College : 2010 December

Japanese Universities Draw Foreign Students With Manga – NYTimes.com

December 31, 2010 By Dean

Japanese Universities Draw Foreign Students With Manga
www.nytimes.com
Programs in the Japanese medium are becoming a major attraction as universities vie for a dwindling pool of students, creating a talent pool for local businesses.

Filed Under: College Access, Majors

The Behind-The-Scenes Partnership At Apple : NPR

December 30, 2010 By Dean

The relationship between Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs and head designer Jonathan Ive has resulted in some of the most important products of the new century.

The Behind-The-Scenes Partnership At Apple : NPR.

Filed Under: All Things Digital, Globalization

Emory-Tibet Partnership | Emory-Tibet Science Initiative

December 30, 2010 By Dean

Emory-Tibet Partnership | Emory-Tibet Science Initiative
tibet.emory.edu
In February 2006, Geshe Lhakdor, Director of the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, visited Emory University as a Halle Distinguished Fellow. During his visit, Dean Robert Paul convened a meeting in which Geshe Lhakdor invited the university to collaborate on the design and implementati

Filed Under: Uncategorized

10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Technology – NYTimes.com

December 30, 2010 By Dean

Your gadgets and computers, your software and sites — they are not working as well as they should. You need to make some tweaks.

But the tech industry has given you the impression that making adjustments is difficult and time-consuming. It is not.

10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Technology – NYTimes.com.

Filed Under: All Things Digital

One of These Things is Not Like The Other

December 30, 2010 By Dean

The Next $100 Billion Technology Business

http://blogs.forbes.com/matthe wherper/2010/12/30/the-next-10 0-billion-technology-business/

blogs.forbes.com

but if we don’t build it they won’t come

US science funding boost faces uncertain future
arstechnica.com

A bill awaiting President Obama’s signature promises a major increase in science funding over the next three years, but only if Congress actually allocates the money next year.

Filed Under: Globalization, Money

Bowling Green Heads Off Conflict With New Faculty Union – The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education

December 29, 2010 By Dean

The administration of Bowling Green State University has defused a potential conflict with that institution’s new faculty union over issues related to shared governance.

In the wake of the faculty’s vote in October to unionize, Bowling Green’s Board of Trustees approved revisions to the university’s academic charter eliminating various faculty and university committees and scrapping the existing mechanisms for handling faculty grievances.

via Bowling Green Heads Off Conflict With New Faculty Union – The Ticker – The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Students in Poor Counties Get Creative Opportunities – NYTimes.com

December 29, 2010 By Dean

Students in Poor Counties Get Creative Opportunities
www.nytimes.com
The Early College High School Initiative program has flourished in the Rio Grande Valley thanks to collaboration between local leaders in public and higher education.

Filed Under: College Access, Debt, Money

Price of Admission: America’s College Debt Crisis – CNBC

December 28, 2010 By Dean

Price of Admission: America’s College Debt Crisis – CNBC.

Filed Under: College Access, Debt

College 2.0: A Self-Appointed Teacher Runs a One-Man ‘Academy’ on YouTube – Technology – The Chronicle of Higher Education

December 28, 2010 By Dean

A Self-Appointed Teacher Runs a One-Man 'Academy' on YouTube 1 The most popular educator on YouTube does not have a Ph.D. He has never taught at a college or university. And he delivers all of his lectures from a bedroom closet.