Johann Neem | WWU News

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Abstract of Nov. 5, 2012, Faculty Senate meeting		2012-11-07
The Liberal Arts, Economic Value, and Leisure	The liberal arts and sciences have no economic value. Let me repeat that: none, nada. Taught in the right spirit, they are useless from an economic point of view. They are designed in fact to be downright wasteful. The liberal arts’ ancient roots, after all, are from a world in which a few free…	2012-10-23
Neem has article published in journal 'Thought & Action'		2012-10-15
Western Governors graduates those who prove ‘competency’	Western Governors’ signature innovation is separating academic credit from the time students spend in class. Students study at their own pace and advance when they demonstrate a required competency. The school has minimal overhead and about half its 1,800 employees work from home. The $6,000…	2012-07-16
Out-of-class learning equals college credit	Tracy Martin long considered going to college but worried about the time and cost. The 52-year-old decided to enroll after hearing about "prior learning," which lets adults earn free credits toward a degree for college-level learning that occurred outside…	2012-07-13
Disruptive Innovation: Rhetoric or Reality?	Recent events at the University of Virginia following the decision of the institution's governing board to remove its president after only two years in office have brought to light some questionable claims that have been animating educational reformers lately. In a statement…	2012-06-26
Questions of Leadership	The University of Virginia Board of Visitors’ vote today about reversing the ouster of President Teresa Sullivan has enough drama to make one wonder whether it was scripted. What began as a surprise announcement of the president’s resignation was followed by two weeks of campus…	2012-06-26
For-Profits' War on Philanthropy	Critics of recent efforts to regulate for-profit colleges have suggested that the Obama Administration is waging a “war” on for-profit universities. The reality is exactly the opposite: the for-profit sector is challenging a centuries-old practice of separating philanthropy from…	2012-04-26
Funding Students, Threatening Liberal Education	Last year, as Washington State faced a severe budget crisis, legislators embraced a novel way to fund student financial aid: a public-private partnership between the state and private corporations. Called the Opportunity Scholarship Fund, the fund attracts private donations and matches them with…	2011-12-20
Neem has two essays published		2011-11-17

Abstract of Nov. 5, 2012, Faculty Senate meeting

2012-11-07

The Liberal Arts, Economic Value, and Leisure

The liberal arts and sciences have no economic value. Let me repeat that: none, nada. Taught in the right spirit, they are useless from an economic point of view. They are designed in fact to be downright wasteful. The liberal arts’ ancient roots, after all, are from a world in which a few free…

2012-10-23

Neem has article published in journal 'Thought & Action'

2012-10-15

Western Governors graduates those who prove ‘competency’

Western Governors’ signature innovation is separating academic credit from the time students spend in class. Students study at their own pace and advance when they demonstrate a required competency. The school has minimal overhead and about half its 1,800 employees work from home. The $6,000…

2012-07-16

Out-of-class learning equals college credit

Tracy Martin long considered going to college but worried about the time and cost.

The 52-year-old decided to enroll after hearing about "prior learning," which lets adults earn free credits toward a degree for college-level learning that occurred outside…

2012-07-13

Disruptive Innovation: Rhetoric or Reality?

Recent events at the University of Virginia following the decision of the institution's governing board to remove its president after only two years in office have brought to light some questionable claims that have been animating educational reformers lately.
In a statement…

2012-06-26

Questions of Leadership

The University of Virginia Board of Visitors’ vote today about reversing the ouster of President Teresa Sullivan has enough drama to make one wonder whether it was scripted.
What began as a surprise announcement of the president’s resignation was followed by two weeks of campus…

2012-06-26

For-Profits' War on Philanthropy

Critics of recent efforts to regulate for-profit colleges have suggested that the Obama Administration is waging a “war” on for-profit universities.
The reality is exactly the opposite: the for-profit sector is challenging a centuries-old practice of separating philanthropy from…

2012-04-26

Funding Students, Threatening Liberal Education

Last year, as Washington State faced a severe budget crisis, legislators embraced a novel way to fund student financial aid: a public-private partnership between the state and private corporations. Called the Opportunity Scholarship Fund, the fund attracts private donations and matches them with…

2011-12-20

Neem has two essays published

2011-11-17