$2.6M grant aims to open Sac State's #Latino #teacher pipeline

$2.6M grant aims to open Sac State's #Latino #teacher pipeline

#highered #CalState
http://www.csus.edu/news/articles/2017/10/11/grant-helps-recruit-more-latino-teachers.shtml

Cal State Dominguez Hills president announces retirement

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-cal-state-dominguez-hills-president-20170926-story.html

UC Davis is one of the eight US campuses involved in the #AAU #STEM research about improving teaching and learning...

UC Davis is one of the eight US campuses involved in the #AAU #STEM research about improving teaching and learning "at scale"—above the single classroom level.

Originally shared by Doug Holton

"Higher education is “now reaching a major tipping point,” Coleman added. “We cannot condone poor teaching of introductory STEM courses because we are trying to weed out the weaker students in the class or simply because a professor, department and/or institution fails to recognize and accept that there are, in fact, more effective ways to teach.” Failing to adopt evidence-based teaching practices in the classroom “must be viewed as irresponsible, an abrogation of fulfilling our collective mission to ensure that all students who are interested in learning and enrolled in a STEM course -- not just those who will choose to major in or pursue an advanced degree in that discipline -- are provided with the maximum opportunity to succeed,” she said."
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/10/02/aau-reports-efforts-improve-science-teaching-research-universities?mc_cid=05465aee86&mc_eid=6731fd9c03

Tone-deaf spokesperson quote (granted, it's her job):

Tone-deaf spokesperson quote (granted, it's her job):

Toni Molle, a spokeswoman for the California State University system expressed disappointment, saying penalties for some violations were more than 100 times larger than fines that could have been assessed by state workplace safety regulators.

Molle said the university system would appeal.

#workplace #safety #CSU #SonomaState
http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/7462703-181/sonoma-state-to-pay-29?artslide=0

The #UC system (all campuses) are getting budget support to tackle #food insecurity.

The #UC system (all campuses) are getting budget support to tackle #food insecurity. This story leads with the Irvine campus.

Liz Stevenson Bryan Alexander
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-uc-irvine-food-pantry-20170927-story.html

CFA, California State University Management reach tentative agreement on a two-year contract extension for CSU...

CFA, California State University Management reach tentative agreement on a two-year contract extension for CSU faculty

Cc Phil Hill Laura Gibbs Liz Stevenson Vanessa Vaile Bryan Alexander Craig Froehle

#highered #faculty #unions
https://www.calfac.org/news-release/cfa-california-state-university-management-reach-tentative-agreement-two-year-contract

#WGU and #California community colleges partnership is discussed downstream in this Phil Hill post

#WGU and #California community colleges partnership is discussed downstream in this Phil Hill post

Originally shared by Phil Hill

Even if IG's audit recommendations on WGU are not adopted by Dept of Ed, the findings will likely have a big impact in California and in the fragile movement of CBE.
http://mfeldstein.com/wgu-audit-likely-impacts-fragile-movement-competency-based-education/