INSIDE HIGHER ED May 3, 2010 Daily Update

Problems viewing this email? Click here to view this email with your browser.   Daily News Update May 3, 2010 Hello. Below you'll find what's new on our site today. And hurry: Tomorrow is the last day to register at a discount for our May 18 audio conference, The New Emergency Requirements. To save $50 and join dozens of colleagues, visit http://events.webeventservices.com/insidehighered/2010/0518 News Want to advertise here? What Adjunct Impact? New research challenges previous studies suggesting negative student outcomes from having more exposure to instructors off the tenure track. more 'I Could Be Illegal' With a boycott, name tags and numerous studies, education researchers aim to shift debate on immigrant students and to protest the new Arizona law. more No Grading, More Learning Duke professor attracted praise and skepticism when she announced she wouldn't evaluate students in course this semester. Based on the experience, she hopes never to grade again. more Advertisement More Scrutiny for Colleges' Business Practices Congressional review implies that universities indirectly evade federal tax law, and that lawmakers could raise billions by closing loophole that lets them. more 'Fire in Haste and Rehire at Leisure' AAUP blasts the way U. of Texas eliminated jobs at medical branch after hurricane struck Galveston. more Commencement Speakers Announced: Augsburg, Foothill-De Anza, Hilbert, Johnson C. Smith, Lawrence, Lesley, Mount Ida, Northeastern Illinois, San Francisco State, Utica more Quick Takes Advertisement » Scrutiny of For-Profit Recruiting at Homeless Shelters » Archbishop Objects to Seton Hall Course » A (Sort of) Counter Conference for Education Research » Outrage Over British University's Plan to Eliminate Philosophy » Minnesota Gov. 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Advertisement BlogU Dress like a dean/provost Provost Prose After about a year of serving as Assistant Provost, the Provost called me in and indicated that he was more than pleased with my job performance and was ready, especially given the added ... more 'It's a catastrophe. Relax!' Technology and Learning So Nobel laureate Michael Beard assures us all of the the inevitability and consequences of global warming, in Ian McEwan's smart and hilarious new book Solar.Sometimes I feel faintly embarrassed, ... more The Girl Plays T-Ball Confessions of a Community College Dean This Saturday The Girl had her first t-ball game.T-ball, for the uninitiated, is a version of baseball in which the batter hits the ball off a stationary tee, rather than trying to hit a moving ... more More on the Humanities and the Marketplace Mama PhD "Henry Adams's" most recent "Academic Bait-and-Switch" column in The Chronicle, in which he discusses all of his misguided reasons for going to graduate school in English, prodded me to ... more Twain's Town The Education of Oronte Churm This time of year the bare soil across much of Illinois is monochromatic because it's been tilled uniformly by computer-controlled machines in fields that extend flatly to the horizon. But just ... more Featured Jobs Associate Director of Academic Affairs Troy University Candidates for this position should have the following: an earned doctoral degree from a regionally accredited institution; teaching experience at the college/university level, including the use of ... more Head of Acquistions/Collection Development La Salle University Collection Development Librarian/Head of Acquisitions Connelly Library seeks an Acquisition/Collection Development Librarian for employment beginning 1 August 2010. Reporting to the Director of ... more Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity University of Rochester ASSOCIATE DEAN for FACULTY DEVELOPMENT & DIVERSITY The University of Rochester - School of Nursing is seeking an Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity. The Associate Dean will ... more Dean - SCE Instruction & Student Services - Two Positions North Orange County Community College District North Orange County Community College DistrictDEAN – SCE INSTRUCTION & STUDENT SERVICES(TWO POSITIONS)SCHOOL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION (SCE) ANAHEIM CAMPUS WILSHIRE CENTERJob #SCM991STARTING ... more VP Academic Affairs Maricopa Community College District Grade: 021Location: GateWay Community CollegeDepartment: Office of the President GWCCHours: Monday - Friday, 8 - 5, some evenings and week-ends may applyCalendar ID: 12 MonthsJob Summary: Plans, ... more Professor of Accounting University of Wollongong Faculty/Dept: Faculty of Commerce Unit: School of Accounting & Finance Reference No: 23503 Closing Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 Position Type: Continuing Appointment Level: Academic ... more Looking for more information? To make sure you get the next issue of our newsletter, please add newsroom@insidehighered.com to your address book. 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