FSU's presidential search committee is wrapping up the final of three candidate interviews. This morning it's Steve Leath, vice provost for research at UNC. A few highlights:
Why he wants the job: I like fundraising and I’m pretty good at it. I'm a little bit competitive,…and the importance of that here [...]
In remarks kicking off a White House forum on job creation and the economy, President Obama repeatedly stressed the role of higher education. "I want to hear about what unions and universities can do to better support and prepare our workers -- not just for the jobs of today," [...]
Longtime Tallahassee Community College president Bill Law has put his name in the hat to run St. Petersburg College after Carl Kuttler leaves.
TCC officials hope he doesn't get the job.
"We obviously would like to have Dr. Law as long as he is able to'" [...]
Eric Barron, director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, returned to his alma mater this morning to interview for the president's job. He follows Kevin Bedell of Boston College, who was on campus yesterday.
Barron, formerly a dean at Penn State and at the University [...]
Attributed to such amazing speakers as Anonymous, wise and wizened relatives, and Confucious, the saying, “If you love what you do, you’ll never work another day in your life,” is difficult to stand by when' [...]
Boston College vice provost for research Kevin Bedell just wrapped up his interview with the search committee seeking a new president for Florida State University. He is the first of three applicants to be interviewed between today and Friday for the job now held by T.K. Wetherell, who is [...]
It's well documented that some school district employees are able to hang on to their jobs despite persistent problems. But a case coming before the Pinellas School Board on Tuesday may take the cake.
Since he began working for the Pinellas school district 20 years ago, Scott Long, the head plant operator [...]
Seniors who graduated with student loans in 2008 faced a rough job market, as the U.S. economy started heading into a recession and unemployment began rising. But according to an analysis of borrowing data released yesterday, these recent entrants to the labor market had an added disadvantage—large levels of debt.
According [...]
Six former student affairs officials are suing the University of Southern Maine, charging that they lost employment there because of age bias, The Portland Press Herald reported. The university recently reorganized many student services functions, and many jobs were shifted, with those in old jobs allowed to re-apply for [...]
Joblessness adds to burden on D.C. area schools Washington Post
As the lunchroom poverty barometer rises, schools are solidifying their role as centers for social services.
To Pay for Longer School Days, Some Parents Try Raising Money NYT
Parents of students [...]
AAUP asks Saint Vincent College to reinstate monk who criticized president, then lost job amid charges that he viewed nude men online.
[...]Sorry, applicants. Pasco schools superintendent Heather Fiorentino has decided to go another new direction for the district's communications than the one she initially proposed.
Sort of.
Rather than name a new director of communications from among the dozen applicants, Fiorentino has chosen to freeze the director's job — and its salary [...]
Well, probably not in these edujobs at Tennessee Score, the EAO there: Director of Statewide Leadership, Director of Teacher Effectiveness, and Project Manager for Teacher Effectiveness.
[...]NGA needs a senior policy analyst. And, if you like peaches, SEC football, and charter schools then this job in Georgia might be for you.
[...]Everyone's got a breaking point and I reached mine this morning listening to this four-minute NPR segment on Teach For America (Teachers Learn On The Job) during which I (and I'm guessing most listeners) learned very very little that we didn't already know. It attracts [...]
Chronicle of Higher Education writer Thomas Bartlett does a thorough job surveying the books and reports about boys. The piece (which requires registration) is strong on weaving together the flow of books but weak on reporting (boys’ academic struggles are, for the most part, shrugged off, especially the college imbalances).
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Following years of debate, association will flag jobs that aren't open to gay scholars. Are Christian colleges being given a "scarlet letter"? Is there a loophole?
' [...]As a blog reader, you’re most likely familiar with names like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Steve Ballmer. How about Jonney Shih? If you have no idea who Shih is, you’re probably not alone. Currently there is not an English WikiPedia article for him, despite the fact [...]
Kay M. McClenney, whose day job involves being the director of the Center for Community College Student Engagement, is a contributing writer for the NY Times blog, The Choice, which focuses on college admissions advice. Dr. McClenney just posted part 5 of a week-long series [...]
IMPROVING TEACHER QUALITY: Hillsborough celebrates winning a $100 million grant to reform teacher evaluations, pay, preparation and other aspects of the job from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (Times photo, Edmund Fountain)
SPEAKING OF TEACHER QUALITY: Someone has to prepare them, and the Florida Department of [...]
Think you don't know anyone outside higher ed who can help your job search? Sabine Hikel says you do.
Media reports about inaccurate estimates of just how many jobs have been saved or created under the federal economic stimulus law came back to bite Obama administration officials testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee this morning.
The hearing, which continues this afternoon, has been very partisan, with [...]
