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Are Vocational Education, Liberal Arts on a Collision Course?

By Pacific-Standard Magazine | Published: February 26, 2013

As even liberal arts colleges continue to turn their back on the liberal arts, where will the technocrats produced by higher education hone their thinking skills to address the current crisis in governing?

Posted in Higher Education Reform, International Debates, News, Teaching | Also tagged Higher Education, Liberal Arts C, Vocational school | Leave a comment

Can We Make College Cheaper?

By Pacific-Standard Magazine | Published: February 15, 2013

The authors of “Why Does College Cost So Much?” take a look at the root causes and determine that we can reduce the price of higher education, but not dramatically.

Posted in Academic Funding, Career, Higher Education Reform | Also tagged austerity, Class, Cost of College, Research Costs, Social Science, State Funding, Tuition, Tuition Fees, University | Leave a comment

The Politics of Dissent

By Daniel Nehring | Published: June 14, 2012

Recently, The Independent published a brief piece on the ‘slave-like’ working conditions of PhD students at UK universities. This sounds dramatic, but it’s hardly news – the problem has been around for years. The question arises why dissent did not emerge earlier and more forcefully.

What Do Higher Education Consumers Want?

By Daniel Nehring | Published: May 18, 2012

The Guardian yesterday published a set of worrying facts. Even though consumers of higher education pay almost three times as much in tuition fees than they did six years ago, face-to-face with lecturers in class has barely increased

Posted in Featured, Higher Education Reform, International Debates, News, Teaching | Also tagged Commodification, consumerism, fees, Higher Education, Jessica Sheperd, Social Science, The Guardian, Tuition | Leave a comment

Research Integrity in the UK – the Spawn of Satan?

By Robert Dingwall | Published: April 6, 2012

A document drops into my inbox that purports to be a draft Concordat between the major UK funders and university managements on research integrity - a publication that has already been set for July 2012, but someone belatedly thought that it might be a good idea to get disciplinary associations on board.

For Sociology, for the Public University… Join the Debate!

By British Sociological Association | Published: March 29, 2011

A blogpost on the BSA's blog 'Sociology and the Cuts' by John Holmwood sets out the potential c viagra purchase onsequences of the government's higher education reforms for sociology. He argues that the identity and status of sociology as a discipline are under threat. write essays for money The issues John Holmwood raises will be […]

Posted in Communication, International Debates | Also tagged Public University, Sociology | Comments closed

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