by apscuftest | Oct 17, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
One point of holding a conference like this weekend’s APSCUF/PSEA Labor & Higher Ed Conference is to disseminate information. There are many venues to do so, but we thought we’d use this one to provide a snapshot into the conference from our...
by apscuftest | Oct 13, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
A commitment to distance ed is not an appropriate investment in the basics of education, it’s an investment in distance. Let’s transform in a way to retain our core mission & our source of pride & reputation — quality education with access to many....
by apscuftest | Oct 13, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
In this time of economic crisis, we need to think about the future…of the nation and the Commonwealth. Education is a way out of this crisis, because we all know we need educated workers. And we can give them those workers. It makes no sense to have budget...
by apscuftest | Oct 9, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
Whether it is implementing performance indicators or fancy new dorms meant to appeal to students, our Universities and the PASSHE system (echoing the culture) seem enamored with business models. Are business models appropriate for public higher education? ...
by apscuftest | Oct 1, 2010 | News, Uncategorized
Today’s Inside Higher Ed has a story on “Liberal Arts I: They Keep Chugging Along” (see http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2010/10/01/connor) continues the strand I have been pushing in this forum for some weeks — where is higher...