http://writinginthewild.com "nothing natural about it!" Fri, 18 May 2012 12:26:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://writinginthewild.com/2012/02/15/part-two-good-for-wall-street-bad-for-students-and-teachers/ http://writinginthewild.com/2012/02/15/part-two-good-for-wall-street-bad-for-students-and-teachers/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:38:45 +0000 Ray Watkins http://writinginthewild.com/?p=5317 Higher education stands as a monolith in a dynamic, rapidly evolving society in which access to information has been democratized through technological innovation while much of academia clings to traditional conventions of closed sources of information. The way people work and play have changed, but the way students are expected to learn, for the most part, has not. 2011 Annual Academic Report, "Why Higher Education Must Change" The ACTA 's blog presents a concise version of  the corporate sector's agenda in public higher education.  In fact, they represent corporate power as influential trustees and alumni. They are usually coy about their 1% bona fides, but their last "Must Reads" post points to what it calls the "Phoenix challenge" to higher education embodied in that company's "2011 Annual Academic Report."...]]> http://writinginthewild.com/2012/02/15/part-two-good-for-wall-street-bad-for-students-and-teachers/feed/ 0 http://writinginthewild.com/2012/02/13/good-for-wall-street-bad-for-students-and-teachers/ http://writinginthewild.com/2012/02/13/good-for-wall-street-bad-for-students-and-teachers/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:17:17 +0000 Ray Watkins http://writinginthewild.com/?p=5306 For Profit U, and a recent online seminar, summarized in both Truth Out's '"Good for Wall Street - Bad for Students': SEIU Hosts Webinar on Predatory, Proprietary Colleges and Universities" and Pittsburgh's Post Gazette's "Service union's criticism rankles EDMC" are a breath of fresh air. I think, though, that they don't understand the industry. The Truth Out summary of the for-profit industry's roots in neo-liberalism, and its use of unethical recruitment practices is right on target. I also think that SEIU has...]]> http://writinginthewild.com/2012/02/13/good-for-wall-street-bad-for-students-and-teachers/feed/ 0