http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/02/02/the-morning-newspaper-hot-skin-and-cold-cash Comments On: The morning newspaper: Hot skin and cold cash by Max Brantley en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:30:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by Infamous Amos]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:57:46 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by CatMan Did]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 21:43:43 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by plainjim]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 18:45:14 -0600 Arkansas Times
Someone still pays for internet pron??
Posted by MarcKyle1964]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 18:37:56 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by ozarkrazo]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 18:26:27 -0600 Arkansas Times
Yes, politically powerful people are on their boards, but that does not excuse the universities from being honest. It does not give them license to give golden parachutes to dishonest administrators forced out. It does not matter if the universities' hush money is from public funds or raised from private donors, it's money the schools can never use for education.

We like to believe that education will help people to live better lives. These colleges have proven that "better" is not necessarily "more moral."
Posted by YossarianMinderbinder]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 15:29:56 -0600 Arkansas Times
Scandals like this are easy prey for right-wing ideologues (such as those sitting on the ADG editorial board, see my letter at http://tinyurl.com/abhppe5) eager to undermine public institutions. The best strategy for the University is transparency and uncompromising ethics. What is good for the University as a public institution needs to be kept distinct from what top administrators think is good for them.

Incidentally, the public might be thrilled to know that the University has a whole web site dedicated to ethics - ethics.uark.edu. They might be surprised to find that the standard of "ethics" it expresses is "students shouldn't copy homework". Really, that's all there is to say about ethics at a public University???

There is a disturbing issue that hasn't been addressed in any reporting I have seen: why was the pay of the lower-ranked female employee reduced (from $91k to $68k) while Choate kept his $350k outsize paycheck? If Choate was ultimately responsible (as the UA has said), why was only the underling (female!) punished? Questions like that need answers.
Posted by TM]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:28:06 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by plainjim]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 14:24:01 -0600 Arkansas Times
A culture of integrity is needed, along with spreadsheets. Deans and Chancellors are isolated from the hands-on classroom teachers and, at UAMS, clinicians, too busy perusing spreadsheets to know their people. Building the brick/mortar trumps knowing what goes on in that building.
Posted by Diogenes]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 13:26:00 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by joanimal]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 11:58:11 -0600 Arkansas Times
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=playe…
Posted by Norma Bates]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 09:58:22 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by jrb]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 09:37:03 -0600 Arkansas Times
Trouble is, wherever facts are legislated over dogma, facts WIN every time.
Posted by Norma Bates]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 09:03:47 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by eLwood]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 09:00:29 -0600 Arkansas Times
On that score, Max and others concerned about Arkansas education might be interested in NYT editorial today, with these lead papragraphs:

"The charter school movement gained a foothold in American education two decades ago partly by asserting that independently run, publicly financed schools would outperform traditional public schools if they were exempted from onerous regulations. The charter advocates also promised that unlike traditional schools, which were allowed to fail without consequence, charter schools would be rigorously reviewed and shut down when they failed to perform.

"With thousands of charter schools now operating in 40 states, and more coming online every day, neither of these promises has been kept. Despite a growing number of studies showing that charter schools are generally no better — and often are worse — than their traditional counterparts, the state and local agencies and organizations that grant the charters have been increasingly hesitant to shut down schools, even those that continue to perform abysmally for years on end."

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/02/opinion/…
Posted by Snapback]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 08:57:55 -0600 Arkansas Times Chancellor Gearhart, why not make 'The University' a shining example of openness?
Posted by louie]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 08:18:45 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by bopbamboom]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 08:17:53 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Doc]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 07:37:34 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by scrapper72]]> Sat, 02 Feb 2013 07:21:29 -0600 Arkansas Times