"Probably the most serious problem we have identified is the general lack of imagination about the possibilities of technology for meeting the needs of today's students. We need to move away from the dominant paradigm of the fixed time and place classroom (Andrea del Sarto's "silver-grey, placid and perfect art" in the chapter's opening quotation) as the default model for university and college teaching, and think of all the many other ways we could organize and manage teaching."
Tomorrow's Professor Msg.#1115 The Need for Multiple Visions for Teaching and Learning in the Future http://bit.ly/ozudt3

From Higher Ed Impact: Weekly Analysis from Academic Impressions, August 19, 2010

Daniel Fusch, Academic Impressions

Recent news has highlighted how the economy is making aging faculty more reluctant to retire and slowing colleges' ability to hire new faculty. And this week saw a New York Times feature interviewing diverse faculty about the issue. (Times piece is located at: http://nyti.ms/90Rt26

Mary Coussons-Read, a professor of psychology at the University of Colorado Denver, summarizes some forward-thinking approaches institutions have tried to offering faculty retirement incentives. For complete article, go to:
http://bit.ly/9d8zpL