tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464926320516098029.post9029914730839632658..comments2024-01-26T07:57:48.588-08:00Comments on FACULTY FOR THE RENEWAL OF PUBLIC EDUCATION: New construction to go forward...Regent Allen calls us narrow!madradprofhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08911675406832159788noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464926320516098029.post-38197175188365236062021-11-01T01:16:54.298-07:002021-11-01T01:16:54.298-07:00Incredible articles and awesome design. Your blog ...Incredible articles and awesome design. Your blog entry merits the greater part of the positive input it"s been getting. <a href="https://reformas-zaragoza.com" rel="nofollow">reformas zaragoza</a><br />laimconnorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15443327551968948838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464926320516098029.post-86839523279426272492010-06-21T06:04:44.608-07:002010-06-21T06:04:44.608-07:00Narrow?
from the Periodic Table, Too
"I thi...Narrow?<br /><br />from the Periodic Table, Too<br /><br />"I think some of the criticism may come about from the changing emphasis on disciplines," Allen said. "But our world is changing and we need to keep up."<br /><br />A statement such as this demonstrates a lack of understanding of higher education that is akin to that demonstrated by Governor Pawlenty's recent diatribe about the University of Minnesota as a haven for boring Econ and Spanish profs that could easily be replaced by $199 courses from iCollege. <br /><br />I suggest that Professor von Dassow knows a whole lot more about changing emphasis on academic disciplines than does chair Allen, whose higher education experience appears to consist of having been head bean counter for Concordia College. <br /><br />Given the lack of knowledge about academics exhibited by Pfutz, our own CFO, this is scary indeed. <br /><br />The U's website indicates that Chair Allen also did time as research director for the Minnesota Taxpayer's Association, fondly known in some parts as the Minnesota Tax Evader's League. <br /><br />As noted by Rachel Maddow at this year's Smith College commencement:<br /><br />"<b>Gunning</b> not just for personal triumph for yourself but <b>for durable achievement to be proud of for life is the difference between winning things and leadership. ...</b> <b>It's agreeing that you are part of something, taking as your baseline that you will not seek to reach your own goals by stepping on the neck of your community."</b>Mr. B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02067666077743889680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464926320516098029.post-65369762458960527312010-06-17T07:22:51.009-07:002010-06-17T07:22:51.009-07:00The dangers of conflating intellectual property, p...The dangers of conflating intellectual property, patents, etc. with the mission of the U being the welfare of the state have been made clear once again in the public relations nightmare I have christened: Applegate. <br /><br />Please see the post on the Periodic Table:<br /><br />http://ptable.blogspot.com/2010/06/strib-headline-writer-hits-home-run-us.html<br /><br />with links to the Strib story headlined deliciously, "U's hot new apple already made into tort." <br /><br />Dan Wolter rides again...Mr. B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02067666077743889680noreply@blogger.com