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2016-12-06 14:35:42     Author discusses new book, 'The Uberfication of the University'

https://www.insidehighered.com/...ok-uberfication-university

Author discusses new book on the relationship between th... and the erosion of faculty rights.

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2015-04-23 09:44:09     Student Course Evaluations Get An 'F' : NPR Ed : NPR

http://www.npr.org/bl.../student-course-evaluations-get-an-f

In universities around the world, semesters end with stu... similar surveys about their experience in the class and ... teacher.
Student ratings are high-stakes. They come up when facul ...
Recently, a number of faculty members have been publishi ...

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2014-06-14 12:34:04     Universities in the United Kingdom - Times Higher Education

http://uk-universities.timeshighereducation.co.uk/#main

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2014-03-08 14:05:07     Dark thoughts: why mental illness is on the rise in academia | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional

http://www.theguardian.com/...ng-problem-pressure-university

But while anecdotal accounts multiply, mental health iss... little-researched and hard data is thin on the ground.
However, a study published in 2013 by the University and ...

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2014-03-06 07:34:03     Essay on why faculty members work so much | Inside Higher Ed

http://www.insidehighered.com/...ty-members-work-so-much#...

Why do academics work so much?

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2014-03-06 07:30:43     There is a culture of acceptance around mental health issues in academia | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional

http://www.theguardian.com/...-issue-phd-research-university

I've seen PhD students with depression, sleep issues, ea... thoughts of suicide. Mental health in academia is an iss... addressed

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2013-12-20 19:23:55     The university professor who stood up against dumbing down of degrees - Telegraph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/...t-dumbing-down-of-degrees.html

Paul Buckland refused to pass students who didn't unders... archaeology - and he's just one of many academics under ... the marks of undeserving students. So will Buckland's le... the destruction of standards in some universities, asks ...

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2013-03-11 08:56:05     World University Rankings 2012-2013

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world.../world-ranking

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 201... Thomson Reuters are the only global university performan... world class universities across all of their core missio... research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. ... universitie

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2013-02-12 08:47:55     Don't scare students off philosophy | Education | guardian.co.uk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/...t-scare-students-off-philosophy

Welcome to the real legacy of the coalition's fee rises:... mere consumers of an educational product, paying to rece... in a subject that the government is gambling on to provi... our job market will demand in years to come. Meanwhile u... into soulle

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2013-02-10 06:37:43     'Academia is a very well kept secret' | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional

http://www.guardian.co.uk/...career-researchers-phd-academia

Very early in my doctoral journey, I was fortunate to ex... moment when you know the decision you have made was the ... with the realisation that I was being paid, not very muc... nonetheless funded, to sit down every day, to read, thin...
My future c

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2013-02-09 14:02:46     An academic press sues a librarian, raising issues of academic freedom | Inside Higher Ed

http://www.insidehighered.com/...issues-academic-freedom#...

Librarian questions quality of a publishing house. Libra... criticizes said press on his personal blog. Two years la... current employer get sued for libel and damages in exces...

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2013-02-09 13:56:19     The Decision to Leave Academia: A Dialogue with Chris Humphrey of Jobs on Toast | The Professor Is In

http://theprofessorisin.com/...s-humphreys-of-jobs-on-toast/

A few weeks ago I discontinued (temporarily, I hope) my ... consultations, particularly those related to the fraught... whether or not to leave academia. I discontinued these ... dealing with a health issue that, while thankfully not s...
In any case

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2013-02-07 09:18:14     BBC News - Postgraduate courses 'social mobility barrier'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-21357311

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2013-01-23 08:56:24     Skepticism About Tenure, MOOCs and the Presidency: A Survey of Provosts | Inside Higher Ed

http://www.insidehighered.com/...-presidency-survey-provosts

Today's provosts are a skeptical lot. That may come with... they must constantly prioritize some ideas (and some peo... others -- tasks that are never easy and have been made m... the economic downturn.
But the 2013 Inside Higher Ed Survey of College a

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2012-08-02 22:23:55     BBC News - Universities contribute £3.3bn to UK economy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-19014531

Universities contributed £3.3bn to the UK economy in th...
And analysis by England's higher education funding body ...
This is less than half the £56m US price-tag for simila ...
The report added that the value of UK knowledge exchange ...
Analysis by

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2012-07-31 08:19:29     We're Muddying the Message on Study Abroad - Commentary - The Chronicle of Higher Education

http://chronicle.com/article/Were-Muddying-the-Me.../133211/

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2012-07-26 18:06:46     University memes

http://www.theage.com.au/...ty-memes-20120717-2277p.html?...

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2012-07-25 10:15:41     On Leaving Academia « Ars Experientia

http://cs.unm.edu/~terran/academic_blog/?...

As almost everybody knows at this point, I have resigned... University of New Mexico. Effective this July, I am wor... their Cambridge (MA) offices.
Countless people, from my friends to my (former) dean ha ...
Honestly, the reasons are myriad and compl

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2012-07-23 11:45:06     Is Queen Mary University of London trying to commit scientific suicide?

http://www.dcscience.net/?p=5388#follow

Academic staff are going to be fired at Queen Mary Unive... (QMUL). It’s possible that universities may have to co... hard times, so what’s wrong?
What’s wrong is that the victims are being selected in ...

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