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Comment on Graphic feed: launching Tenurometer or, audit culture and the mining of Google Scholar by Fil

Fil — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:50:31 +0000

@myra: Why non-transparent? Anyone can verify that Google Scholar results are not filtered. This is no different from trusting applications such as Publish or Perish, which also act as front-end to Google Scholar. Cheers.

Comment on Taking note of export earnings by edslr

edslr — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:48:02 +0000

I agree with you Aranye. In the UK at the current time there is an attempt to codify/qualify the ‘impact’ that university research has on the various communities that it might be aimed at. All grants from funding councils will need to build in this dimension – what ever ‘this dimension’ eventually comes to mean. This seems to me to run into the same kinds of difficulties, and hazards, that you have identified concerning the value of education.

Comment on Making sense of the economic contribution of international students in Australia (up to 2008) by edslr

edslr — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:33:01 +0000

Comment on The role of the university in city/regional development: a view from a Vice-Chancellor in Bristol by Susan Robertson

Susan Robertson — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:25:25 +0000

Glad that this has been useful for your work on the public role of universities – the ‘public’ nature of universities is under a great deal of pressure in the UK because of the economic agenda that is being advanced.

Comment on The role of the university in city/regional development: a view from a Vice-Chancellor in Bristol by Sankale K

Sankale K — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:54:56 +0000

this has helped me in my research of “Public Role Of Universities”

Comment on Graphic feed: launching Tenurometer or, audit culture and the mining of Google Scholar by myra

myra — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:01:29 +0000

Is this a joke? Do scholars real trust a non-transparent add-on that would filter Google scholar results?

Comment on Taking note of export earnings by Aranye Fradenburg

Aranye Fradenburg — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:54:35 +0000

In response to the question you posed about why analyses of the impact of global education are different and patchy: I know this isn’t really what you were asking, but I have trouble imagining the usefulness of any attempt to quantify the economic values of education. Well, I’ll be more cautious: I’m sure quantification can contribute to the debate. But what about all the complex systems, particular histories, and bio-artistic performances required just to walk down the street, for which we still don’t have much computer time? What about the fact that vocationally-oriented “majors” are time and again proved to be less effective in training students for that very vocation than the liberal arts? How will we quantify the fact that the import of our educations really is lifelong?–it can take us five years to realize the significance of this experience, ten years to realize the significance of that one. To confine policy-making to what can be quantified will only ensure that our
economies will be deprived of the creativity needed to move them along.

Comment on Making sense of the economic contribution of international students in Australia (up to 2008) by Aranye Fradenburg

Aranye Fradenburg — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:34:12 +0000

In response to the question you posed about why analyses of the impact of global education are different and patchy: I know this isn’t really what you were asking, but I have trouble imagining the usefulness of any attempt to quantify the economic values of education. Well, I’ll be more cautious: I’m sure quantification can contribute to the debate. But what about all the complex systems, particular histories, and bio-artistic performances required just to walk down the street, for which we still don’t have much computer time? What about the fact that vocationally-oriented “majors” are time and again proved to be less effective in training students for that very vocation than the liberal arts? How will we quantify the fact that the import of our educations really is lifelong?–it can take us five years to realize the significance of this experience, ten years to realize the significance of that one. To confine policy-making to what can be quantified will only ensure that our economies will be deprived of the creativity needed to move them along.

Comment on Making sense of the economic contribution of international students in Australia (up to 2008) by Taking note of export earnings « GlobalHigherEd

Taking note of export earnings « GlobalHigherEd — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:39:32 +0000

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Comment on Debate: Asia vs Europe: which region is more geopolitically incompetent? by Pg

Pg — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 09:19:44 +0000

Well Asia , I live there . Apart from maybe China , Asia is run by authoritarian and undemocratic regimes , and opposition politics is not tolerated , so they are politically incompetent and geopolitically incompetent . India is just totally disorganised without modern infrastructure , and is not going anywhere without dismantling the cast system , another incompetent system .
I am sorry , outside maybe China , don’t compare Asia to Europe , Europe has proved that many countries can act as one and have been doing so for decades . Asean as an example that does not work , and has done NOTHING not only for its members but the populations (they are the really important part) and is virtually useless , Myanmar is a classic example .
SO PLEASE DON”T TRY AND COMPARE EUROPE TO ASIA UNLESS YOU HAVE THE SAME LAWS AND STRUCTURE.