Archive for March, 2009
Faculty Positions at US Universities
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 11:39 2 CommentsJust a follow-up to the discussion on this post about the future of foreign English teachers in Asia. In the comments portion of the post, I discuss the hiring situation in Western universities with Patrick Cowsill. Related to this is an article in today’s New York Times entitled Doctoral Candidates Anticipate Hard Times.
The article is [...]
The Test as Democratic Force in Education
Wednesday, March 4, 2009 3:56 No CommentsKerim sent me this link describing the University of the People. The goal of UOTP is
…to bring online education to anyone who can speak English and access the Internet, and to do it for as little as $15 a course. The goal? A real college degree from an accredited school.
or as the school’s founder Shai [...]