Here are more thoughts on academic life! Episode 12 is at your service: What the university has that cannot be delivered Two episodes ago I argued that the university’s peculiar gift is slow time — the licence to sit with a question for fifteen years. In the last one I argued that its other gift … Read more
Citizenship after orientalism – an introduction from open Democracy News Analysis – by Engin Isin Introducing this week’s guest theme. Engin Isin holds a Chair in Citizenship and is Professor of Politics in Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at the Faculty of Social Sciences, The Open University. He has published widely on the politics of … Read more
Massive Courses, Massive Data Harvard and MIT hope their free online courses will not only give learners access to top courses, but also give education researchers access to unprecedented pools of learning data. The new capitalists: Islamists’ political economy, Fawaz A Gerges from open Democracy News Analysis – by Fawaz A Gerges Islamist parties are … Read more
25 Most-Buzzed Universities on the Internet from Mashable! by Zoe Fox The complete ranking of the top 25 are listed below. 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2. Harvard University 3. University of Chicago 4. Columbia University 5. University of Wisconsin ? Madison 6. Cornell University 7. University of California ? Los Angeles 8. Stanford University … Read more