Columnists: Academia Headaches
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Academic institutions who have to add, manage, and secure thousands of new users within a period of just a few days face political and social issues on top of the immense technical ones.
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James Foley, chairman of the Computing Research Association, says major trouble stalks the nation's technology education pipeline.
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In the shadowy world of opposition research and not-for-attribution dossiers, things can get confusing.
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Academic freedom has never completely protected professors who make unpopular statements. One was fired in 1960 for suggesting that premarital sex among students could be a good thing. Three decades later, a department chair was demoted for saying a Jewish conspiracy denigrated blacks in the movies. Now experts say the Sept. 11 attacks have put new fire in the battle over just where academic freedom ends and misconduct &#151; or even treason &#151; begins.
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This fall education is a particularly hot topic in publishing. New books raise a wealth of ticklish questions.
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Those of us who've been posting at Kuro5hin for some years are aware that this site serves as one of the foremost intellectual fora of the present day. What may come as a surprise is that a number of academics recognize that fact, and cite Kuro5hin in their journal articles, conference proceedings, and book chapters.  Here I survey some of the more interesting ones I've come across.
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Some days it is difficult to know exactly where to begin a column.
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Time to put on those tin foil hats again
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Science & environment: Universities and medical schools have been criticised for increasing the number of animals used in research.
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By Eric Weslander, Journal-World, Lawrence, Kan.  Feb. 1--IT WAS A TIMELY -- and smelly -- reminder of Kansas University's maintenance troubles.
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Controversial statements by Harvard's president have added fuel to a debate that scientists say has no definitive answers.
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Americaâs already stratified system of higher education is becoming ever more so, and the chasm is creating all sorts of tensions as the less wealthy colleges try to compete.
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I messed up in my Nov. 21 column, "Weak Case Against Homework," and failed to include comments from the authors of one of the books I was criticizing. I am way overdue for an appointment with the ophthalmologist, so my failing eyes missed their e-mail, waiting patiently in my inbox between a rant...
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The harassment of new students, or "ragging," remains a stubborn problem on India's college campuses
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College students are getting a raw deal, a recent New York report asserted. The problem is they're taking too many classes from part-time, or adjunct, professors.
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A survey of academics suggests many believe university standards have been 'dumbed down' due to funding shortages.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.,  - Harvard University students:  overachieving, bookish bores or repressed party animals? A  little of both, it seems.