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Beth Evans and
Jane Cramer are now friends 3 hours, 21 minutes ago -
Maura A. Smale and
Gioia Stevens are now friends 3 hours, 31 minutes ago -
Maura A. Smale and
Shawnta Smith are now friends 3 hours, 39 minutes ago -
Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, Humanities and Social Sciences Are Central to National Goals: New Report!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 10 hours, 5 minutes ago
Dear Commons Community,
For much of the past decade, the federal government and the U.S. Department of Education have trumpeted the importance of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) […]
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Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, U.S. DOE to Give States More Time to Implement Common Core Provisions!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 14 hours, 5 minutes ago
Dear Commons Community,
Arne Duncan is pulling back on several of the deadline requirements of the new Common Core program. As reported in The Huffington Post:
“In what some see as a tacit recognition of the […]
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Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, Sloan_C Blended learning Conference – Virtual Attendees!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 1 day, 4 hours ago
Dear Colleagues,
I have been asked to promote the Sloan-C Blended Learning Conference that will be held in Milwaukee in July. I have been involved with it since its inception ten years ago and I can say […]
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Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, For-Profit Colleges Being Hurt by MOOCs, Federal Oversight, and Competition by the Non-Profit Sector!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 1 day, 13 hours ago
Dear Commons Community,
For-profit colleges and universities that were emerging as a major disruptive force in higher education are now being disrupted themselves. Due to a combination of federal government […]
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Jetmir Troshani and
Marisa Panzani are now friends 2 days, 6 hours ago -
Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, Luis Urbinas: Not All Americans Have Access to the Internet!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 2 days, 11 hours ago
Dear Commons Community,
Luis Urbinas, outgoing President of the Ford Foundation, has an op-ed piece in the New York Times today, drawing attention to the fact that many Americans especially the poor do not have […]
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Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, U.S. Supreme Court to Hand Down Major Rulings on Affirmative Action, Voting Rights, and Same Sex Marriage!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 2 days, 11 hours ago
Dear Commons Community,
With one week remaining in its current term, the Supreme Court is set to hand down several high-stakes rulings in coming days.
The high court is first expected to rule in Fisher v. […]
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Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, On Nantucket on Father’s Day!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 3 days, 12 hours ago
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Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, Chicago Public Schools to Lay Off 850 Employees!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 4 days, 14 hours ago
Dear Commons Community,
The worst fears of Chicago Public School (CPS) teachers and staffers were confirmed Friday when district officials announced it was laying off some 850 employees.
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Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, The Art of the Brick Exhibition at Discovery Times Square!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 5 days, 12 hours ago
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Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, College Completion Rate Surges: Latest NCES Data Show!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 6 days, 9 hours ago
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Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, Commoditization, For-Profit Institutions, and the Value of Higher Education!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 1 week ago
Dear Commons Community,
I was recently ask to write a short piece on the commoditization of higher education focusing on for-profit higher education. It was published this morning by evoluTTTion, an online […]
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Maura A. Smale started the forum topic CFP: Urban Encounters: Art and the Public, deadline June 30 in the group
Digital Humanities Initiative 1 week agoApologies for duplication if you’ve seen this already — this came through my infostream and thought it might be of interest to folks […]
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Curtis Kendrick and
Howard Wach are now friends 1 week ago -
Anthony Picciano wrote a new post, Texas Passes Law Reducing Standardized Testing in Public Schools!, on the site Tony's Thoughts 1 week ago
Dear Commons Community,
The backlash against high-stakes standardized testing in public schools received a significant boost yesterday when Governor Rick Perry of Texas signed legislation reducing the number of […]
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Boone Gorges wrote a new post, Summer release schedule for the CUNY Academic Commons, on the site CUNY Academic Commons Development Blog 1 week ago
During the academic year, the Commons puts out maintenance releases on the 1st, 11th, and 21st of every month. This summer, when site use is decreased and when we have a number of major features in active […]
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Boone Gorges wrote a new post, Commons 1.4.30, on the site CUNY Academic Commons Development Blog 1 week ago
I’ve just released version 1.4.30 of the CUNY Academic Commons. This is a maintenance release with the following notable fixes:
Improved load time on the home page, through the asynchronous loading of […]
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