Thursday, June 18, 2020

How Harvard and Other Colleges Manage Their Endowments



College is expensive, but there is one place in higher education where there's no shortage of money – endowments. There's more than $616 billion worth of endowments assets in the U.S. Lawmakers are starting to questions why tuition is still rising if some schools have billions of dollars.

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Cambridge University: All lectures to be online-only until summer of 2021

BBC News – May 19, 1:25 PM

There will be no face-to-face lectures at the University of Cambridge over the course of the next academic year due to coronavirus, it has been announced. However, lectures will be available to students online and 'it may be possible to host

Saturday, May 16, 2020

"12-17 yaşları doğurmak için ideal’ diyen Özgüven’in görevine son verildi

İstanbul Aydın Üniversitesi, Akit TV'deki bir programda 12-17 yaşındaki kız çocuklarının 'mükemmel vücutları olduğunu' savunarak, "İstediğiniz doktora sorun, bu yaş ilk çocuğu doğurmak için ideal bir yaş olarak belirlenmiş" diyen öğretim üyesi Prof. Dr. Muttalip Kutluk Özgüven'in görevine son verdi.

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

"Akademinin Halleri ve Akademisyenlere Reva Görülenler Üzerine - Pınar Dinç

Birikim Dergisi
Geçtiğimiz günlerde Doğan Gürpınar'ın Daktilo1984 sitesinde çıkan “‘I am Delighted to…..': Akademisyen Pornosu Üzerine” başlıklı…

Thursday, March 26, 2020

Zoombombing’ Attacks Disrupt Classes

Online Zoom classes were disrupted by individuals spewing racist, misogynistic or vulgar content. Experts say professors using Zoom should familiarize themselves with the program's settings

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

"Stranded Abroad

Students studying abroad have difficulty getting home after countries close borders and restrict travel due to the coronavirus crisis. Some have gotten home, while others remain stuck in host countries. 

Faculty Home Work

Remote work is proving difficult for many professors, given the circumstances and despite some early predictions to the contrary. What institutions are doing and can start doing to ease the pressure. »