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Academy Fight Song

A delightfully acerbic and insightful view of college capitalism that Christopher Hitchens, the Hitch, might have admired. "Another market-driven disaster will be understood as a disaster of socialism, requiring an ever deeper penetration of the university by market rationality." It points out that we know how to save the universities but are unwilling to do it.

2013-09-09T16:37:00-10:00September 9, 2013|Academic|

NCHE E Letter – October 2007

Topics Highlighted in this Issue: • College Cost Reduction Act of 2007 • Part-Time Student Graduation Rates • Academic Freedom • Global Measure of Student Learning • HE Conference • Regional Leadership Conferences • 2008 Dates to Remember

2014-07-29T19:29:44-10:00September 4, 2013|Academic|

NCHE E Letter – September 2007

Topics Highlighted in this Issue: • Contingent Academic Workers • Reauthorization of Higher Education Act • Academic Freedom • University of Phoenix Fraud Case • College Access for the Working Poor • 2008 Higher Ed Conference • NCHE Appointment

2014-07-29T19:29:44-10:00September 4, 2013|Academic|

NCHE E Letter – December 2007

Topics Highlighted in this Issue: • Decline of the Tenure Track • College Access • Non-Profit to For-Profit? • Emerging Leaders Academy • NEA/AFT Higher Education Conference • Thought and Action Review Panel • NCSCBHEP Conference at Hunter College • Regional Leadership Conference Agendas • 2008 Dates to Remember

2014-07-29T19:29:49-10:00September 4, 2013|Academic|

Does the University of Hawaii even need a new president?

UHPA Exec Director Dr. J.N. Musto suggests that each chancellor become a de facto president for his or her campus, with greater discretion over campus budgets and operations. The university-wide president would instead be the Board of Regents’ CEO and multi-campus chancellor with oversight of the campus presidents.

2013-07-12T18:28:00-10:00July 12, 2013|Academic|

“Blame the Teacher” Event

This event featuring Kevin Kumashiro and his new book "Bad Teacher: How Blaming Teachers Distorts the Bigger Picture" is scheduled for Tuesday, September 18th at 5:30 p.m. at the Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, Room 201. Light Refreshments will be served.

2014-07-29T19:29:46-10:00September 21, 2012|Academic|

2012 Hawaii Great Teachers Grant Recipients

One I2 faculty member and six lecturers were awarded grants to attend the 24th Annual Hawaii National Great Teachers Seminar that is scheduled for August 5 to 10, 2012 at the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. They are John Hamilton (UH-Hilo), Steven Hobbs (UH-Manoa), Shannon Kiek-Rapozo (Kapiolani CC), Randal McEndree (Hawaii CC), Benton Sen (Kapiolani CC), Steven Stegeman (Leeward CC), and Mei Wang (Honolulu CC).

2012-05-09T12:29:00-10:00May 9, 2012|Academic|
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