Monthly Archives: December 2018

UC Talks Continue, with Faculty Contributions Front and Center

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Stephanie Krueger

In a letter on Tuesday, [UCLA] campus officials asked faculty members to consider declining to review articles for Elsevier journals until negotiations ‘are clearly moving in a productive direction.’ The letter also asked professors to consider publishing research elsewhere, including … Continue reading →

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Casey Fiesler’s Tech Ethics Curricula Spreadsheet

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Stephanie Krueger

Casey Fiesler from UC Boulder (US) has improved the (in some circles) well-known Tech Ethics Curricula spreadsheet, including useful tabs to sample Codes of Ethics grouped by field: Besides simply the number of classes represented here, I think another point … Continue reading →

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Interesting…

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Stephanie Krueger

…from a report on the ITHAKA Next Wave 2018 conference: Gen Z students don’t want the same things from college their Millennial predecessors did. Elite colleges will be just fine, but mid-tier campuses without defined niches will face extinction. And … Continue reading →

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University of California Takes Strong Stand on Elsevier Negotiations

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Stephanie Krueger

The University of California (UC) system is taking a strong stand in their negotiations with Elsevier, as communicated by an open letter published on November 28: The UC’s efforts to shift its relationship with Elsevier will have implications beyond our … Continue reading →

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