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The education assembly line

Last June, Teresa Sullivan, president of the University of Virginia, was unceremoniously forced out office.

Those members of the university’s governing board who wanted Sullivan out, led by Helen Dragas and a few big donors, were particularly keen for the…

2012-11-20
Garfinkle to read from book on early Mesopotamia Nov. 13 2012-11-08
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
Congressman slams US hypocrisy on human rights

A bill on human rights in Vietnam passed by the US House of Representatives on September 11 is “flawed” and based on inaccurate information, a congressman has said.

Congressman Eni Faleomavaega of the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, said the Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2011(H.R.…

2012-09-24
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
Bothell resident earns scholarship from WWU

Western Washington University student Alexandra Jacqueline Kattar, daughter of Jean and Susan Kattar of Bothell, received a $2,000 Edward Tilden Mathes Endowment for the 2012-2013 academic year.

The Edward Tilden Mathes Endowment is awarded to students planning to teach in the field of…

2012-07-09
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
It takes a creative community to make a film about the Mount Baker Marathon

A hundred years ago, it took grit and perhaps a touch of craziness for a small group of loggers, mill workers and other local men to race up gnarly trails at night and dangerous snowfields at the break of day to reach the summit of Mount Baker, then run back down the mountain to catch a train or…

2012-05-29
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