2012年7月30日 星期一

臺灣博碩士突破百萬人/ About USA Education

 月前某碩士畢業生(家境不佳)因找不到工作自殺 遺書要求不能曝露姓名.........

博碩士突破百萬人的警訊

◎ 范綱植
行政院主計處公布台灣國內具博、碩士學歷者即將超過百萬人。而諷刺的是,這個高學歷族群失業率也高達三.三二%,顯示過去政府只顧著「量產」高階勞動力,卻未能同時有效的創造就業環境,形同國家教育資源與人力資源的嚴重浪費。
以 筆者所服務的高等教育機構而言,碩士班畢業的學生有相當大一部分皆選擇投入國家考試。前陣子落幕的高普考,總報名人數創下十五年來新高,並且已經超過了大 學指考的人數,彷彿成為全民運動。其中少數擠進窄門的幸運兒,以高學歷低就原本僅需高中、大學畢業即可勝任的工作內容,更匪夷所思的是,這些菁英透過考試 進入公務體系後,多數卻從事不具實質經濟生產力的初階文書工作。
至於博士班畢業的學生,如同中研院胡勝正院 士所觀察到的現象一致,由於產業界研發人員的需求與新陳代謝出現了嚴重的問題,所以博士畢業生只能往教職的窄門擠。然而在少子化的衝擊之下,教職也擠破 頭,釋出一個職缺可能吸引數十位國外或是國內頂尖大學博士前來應徵,若是國科會沒有以博士後研究的方式補助這些博士畢業生,高階勞動市場的失業率,恐怕會 是現在的數倍。
更令人感到害怕的是,目前政府似乎沒有正視這個問題,只有感受到粉飾失業率,以及用口號而非行動就想提升台灣競爭力。
(作者現任國立大學行政人員,台北市民)



ABOUT K-12
CAN SCHOOL PERFORMANCE BE MEASURED FAIRLY?
More than half the states have now been excused from important conditions of the No Child Left Behind education law. They’ve been allowed to create new measures of how much students have improved and how well they are prepared for college or careers, and to assess teacher performance on that basis. Teachers will be evaluated in part on how well their students perform on standardized tests. One study, though, found that some state plans could weaken accountability. How can we measure achievement of students, teachers and schools in a way that is fair and accurate, and doesn’t provide incentives for obsessive testing, and cheating? The New York Times convened experts to weigh in on the topic.
IS ALGEBRA NECESSARY?
Emeritus professor of political science at Queens College, City University of New York and author Andrew Hacker writes in Sunday’s New York Times: A typical American school day finds some six million high school students and two million college freshmen struggling with algebra. In both high school and college, all too many students are expected to fail. Why do we subject American students to this ordeal? I’ve found myself moving toward the strong view that we shouldn’t.
AFT PRESIDENT PROPOSES ‘SOLUTION-DRIVEN UNIONISM’
In a wide-ranging speech, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten said she deplored attacks on unions, while also acknowledging that the overall decline in union membership demands a new approach to her affiliates' work. "As we have seen, fighting in traditional ways alone isn't always enough. Getting 1 million signatures to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker without winning 5 million hearts and minds, I'm sad to say, wasn't enough," Weingarten said. "More than ever, we need to act in innovative, creative, and new ways—simultaneously refuting our critics, advancing our values, connecting with community, and proposing solutions." To an extent, this idea of "solution-driven unionism" appears to be a further gloss on the idea of labor-management collaboration. The post is from Education Week’s Teacher Beat blog.
MISSOURI EDUCATION OFFICIALS ISSUE ‘MODEL CURRICULUM’
As Missouri joins other states in implementing the Common Core Standards, the education department released its first model curriculum  for math and English language arts. The department reports its model represent the first phase of the curriculum project, with the ultimate goal of developing a curriculum in all content areas that align with state and national standards. The article is in the Jefferson City News Tribune.
ABOUT HIGHER ED
THE RESULTS ARE IN
A U.S. Senate committee released an unflattering report on the for-profit college sector on Sunday, concluding a two-year investigation led by Sen. Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat. While the report is ambitious in scope, and scathingly critical on many points, it appears unlikely to lead to a substantial legislative crackdown on the industry -- at least not during this election year. The article is in Inside Higher Ed.
WHAT COLLEGE SHOULD BE
Democracy, as we know it, is in danger. In recent decades we have seen many great discoveries, but we have also seen the steady demise of one of America's most important democratic institutions: the college. A new book by Andrew Delbanco, matter-of-factly titled "College: What It Was, Is and Should Be" (Princeton University Press) delivers a story that is part nuanced history, part "State of the University" address, and part swan song. College, he says, is close to extinction. He ends his story with a plea for the future of the college: "Democracy depends on it." The article is in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.


ABOUT K-12
CAN SCHOOL PERFORMANCE BE MEASURED FAIRLY?
More than half the states have now been excused from important conditions of the No Child Left Behind education law. They’ve been allowed to create new measures of how much students have improved and how well they are prepared for college or careers, and to assess teacher performance on that basis. Teachers will be evaluated in part on how well their students perform on standardized tests. One study, though, found that some state plans could weaken accountability. How can we measure achievement of students, teachers and schools in a way that is fair and accurate, and doesn’t provide incentives for obsessive testing, and cheating? The New York Times convened experts to weigh in on the topic.
IS ALGEBRA NECESSARY?
Emeritus professor of political science at Queens College, City University of New York and author Andrew Hacker writes in Sunday’s New York Times: A typical American school day finds some six million high school students and two million college freshmen struggling with algebra. In both high school and college, all too many students are expected to fail. Why do we subject American students to this ordeal? I’ve found myself moving toward the strong view that we shouldn’t.
AFT PRESIDENT PROPOSES ‘SOLUTION-DRIVEN UNIONISM’
In a wide-ranging speech, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten said she deplored attacks on unions, while also acknowledging that the overall decline in union membership demands a new approach to her affiliates' work. "As we have seen, fighting in traditional ways alone isn't always enough. Getting 1 million signatures to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker without winning 5 million hearts and minds, I'm sad to say, wasn't enough," Weingarten said. "More than ever, we need to act in innovative, creative, and new ways—simultaneously refuting our critics, advancing our values, connecting with community, and proposing solutions." To an extent, this idea of "solution-driven unionism" appears to be a further gloss on the idea of labor-management collaboration. The post is from Education Week’s Teacher Beat blog.
MISSOURI EDUCATION OFFICIALS ISSUE ‘MODEL CURRICULUM’
As Missouri joins other states in implementing the Common Core Standards, the education department released its first model curriculum  for math and English language arts. The department reports its model represent the first phase of the curriculum project, with the ultimate goal of developing a curriculum in all content areas that align with state and national standards. The article is in the Jefferson City News Tribune.
ABOUT HIGHER ED
THE RESULTS ARE IN
A U.S. Senate committee released an unflattering report on the for-profit college sector on Sunday, concluding a two-year investigation led by Sen. Tom Harkin, an Iowa Democrat. While the report is ambitious in scope, and scathingly critical on many points, it appears unlikely to lead to a substantial legislative crackdown on the industry -- at least not during this election year. The article is in Inside Higher Ed.
WHAT COLLEGE SHOULD BE
Democracy, as we know it, is in danger. In recent decades we have seen many great discoveries, but we have also seen the steady demise of one of America's most important democratic institutions: the college. A new book by Andrew Delbanco, matter-of-factly titled "College: What It Was, Is and Should Be" (Princeton University Press) delivers a story that is part nuanced history, part "State of the University" address, and part swan song. College, he says, is close to extinction. He ends his story with a plea for the future of the college: "Democracy depends on it." The article is in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette.

ABOUT K-12
HOW WELL DOES KHAN ACADEMY TEACH?
Christopher Danielson and Michael Paul Goldenberg write in The Washington Post’s The Answer Sheet blog: Nearly everyone believes that K-12 mathematics education in the United States is in desperate need of improvement. One person whom many feel has built a definitively better math teaching mousetrap is Salman Khan, whose free on-line library of short instructional videos has had millions of hits (170,000,000 as of this writing) and drawn heaps of praise and capital from such luminaries as Bill Gates. Gates has called Khan, "the best teacher I've ever seen." But we contend that, rather than revolutionizing mathematics teaching and learning, Khan’s work adds a technological patina to a moribund notion of teaching and learning mathematics. What is more, his videos reveal an ignorance of how we know students learn mathematics.
HOW TO BUILD A BETTER TEACHER
The conversation about how to improve American education has taken on an increasingly confrontational tone. The caricature often presented in the press depicts hard-driving, data-obsessed reformers—who believe the solution is getting rid of low-performing teachers—standing off against unions—who don’t trust any teaching metric and care more about their jobs than the children they’re supposed to be educating. But in some ways the focus on jobs misses the point. As New York State School Chancellor John King has pointed out, with the exception of urban hubs like New York and L.A., few school districts have the luxury of firing low-performing teachers with the knowledge that new recruits will line up to take their places. If we take firing off the table, what else can be done to resolve America’s education crisis? The findings of several recent studies by psychologists, economists, and educators show that—despite many reformers’ claims to the contrary—it may be possible to make low-performing teachers better, instead of firing them. If these studies can be replicated throughout entire school systems and across the country, we may be at the beginning of a revolution that will build a better educational system for America. The article is in Slate.
3 ESSENTIAL PIECES FOR STRONG K-12 ACCOUNTABILITY
California schools live and breathe by a single number: their Academic Performance Index, or API, score. The number, based on a complex math formula that considers students’ proficiency levels on state tests, determines whether the school receives praise (or sanctions) and parents’ admiration (or indifference). But what it doesn’t identify is student achievement growth from year to year, where exactly students excel and falter, and how educators should target their improvement efforts. The API, established more than a decade ago, is outdated and a bit useless. It’s a solitary number that doesn’t give school leaders the practical information they need to identify their weaknesses and reshape their programming or educational offerings to fix them. And it doesn’t help educators adapt their approach or instruction to improve overall achievement. But a stronger, more thoughtful accountability system could. The post is in Education Sectors The Quick and the Ed blog.

ABOUT HIGHER ED
COLLEGE ‘SHOPPING SHEET’ DESIGNED TO HELP STUDENTS COMPARE FINANCIAL AID, OVERALL COSTS
Aiming to make the cost of college a little more clear—and easily comparable—the Obama Administration released a new guide on Tuesday to help students understand how much they will have to pay, how much debt they may have to take on, and how likely it is that they will be able to repay the debt. The guide, called a “Shopping Sheet,” is a one-page form created by the Department of Education and the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that will detail the estimated price of attending a university (tuition, housing, books, etc.), the grants and scholarships that reduce the expenditure, and the resulting net cost, or what students will actually be responsible for. The guide will show students some options for how they might be able to pay for college, including work study, loans and expected family contribution. The article is in Time.

ABOUT K-12
LAUSD MUST INCLUDE TEST SCORES IN TEACHER EVALUATIONS
L.A. Unified must comply with a judge's ruling to include student test scores in teacher evaluations by Dec. 4, a bevy of attorneys representing the district, its unions, and parents agreed in court yesterday. The post is from KPCC's blog.
HOUSE COMMITTEE EXAMINES ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION
There's been a lot of chatter in Washington lately on whether Congress will decide to extend language allowing teachers in alternative-certification programs to be considered "highly qualified" for an additional two years. The question of how—and whether—the federal government should encourage alternative-certification programs is likely to be an area of debate whenever Congress actually gets around to reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. They're not there yet, not even close, and won't be for awhile. The post is from Education Week’s Politics K-12 blog.
U.S. STUDENTS LAG BEHIND FOREIGN PEERS
A recent report by Harvard University found that students in Latvia, Chile, and Brazil are making gains in academics three times faster than American students, while those in several other countries are improving at twice the rate. Although the U.S. is not one of the nine countries that lost academic ground between 1995 and 2009, more countries were improving at a significantly faster rate. The article is in The Huffington Post.
ABOUT HIGHER ED
STANFORD’S NEXT LESSON: FREE ONLINE COURSES FOR CREDIT AND DEGREES
As Stanford, Harvard and other top American universities digitize more courses for free public consumption, will students one day be able to get an actual degree online from these institutions without having to pay for it? John Hennessy, president of Stanford University, says his school "can see moving in that direction." The piece was on NPR’s All Things Considered.
BERKELEY TO JOIN EdX
In the scramble to stake out a leadership role in the world of online education, the University of California, Berkeley, announced that it is joining EdX, the free nonprofit online learning venture founded by Harvard and MIT.  The article is in The New York Times.
THE ONLINE STUDENT
The average student pursuing a postsecondary credential completely online is a white, 33-year-old woman with a full-time job that pays around $65,000 per year, according to a new survey sponsored by two companies involved in online consulting. The article is in Inside Higher Ed.
HIGHER EDUCATION NEEDS A FINANCING OVERHAUL
Gary Shilling writes in Bloomberg News: Tuition costs continue to skyrocket. At top schools, tuition and fees need to increase sharply to match supply and demand. That is partly because colleges and universities don’t charge everyone the same amount. Scholarship aid is used to redistribute some money from those more able to pay to those less able, so the actual charges range from full tuition and fees to zero for students on full scholarships. This price discrimination, as economists call it, works for two reasons. First, it largely isolates the students of poorer families from higher tuition because a big part of the price increase is used to increase scholarship aid. So, regardless of high tuitions, colleges get the student-body mix they want.



FORKS IN THE ROAD
Large numbers of students at four-year institutions are transferring to community colleges, according to a new study from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Most of them don’t come back, but that isn’t always a bad thing. Roughly 14 percent of first-time students who enrolled at a four-year institution in the fall of 2005 had transferred to a community college by 2011, the study found -- excluding students who merely took summer classes at a community college. The article is in Inside Higher Ed.
COLLEGES PAY STUDENTS TO GRADUATE FASTER
As the federal government and states look for ways to control rising tuition and student debt, they’re focusing increasingly on schools’ “degree productivity,” or how often and how quickly they move students to graduation. States are experimenting with how to help more students matriculate, and a few are trying something new—using the power of the purse to motivate them to get their bachelor’s degrees in four years. The article is in The Fiscal Times.
ABOUT K-12
NEWS CORP. ED DIVISION MOVES INTO K-12 EDUCATION
Global media conglomerate News Corporation jump-started its fledgling—and mostly quiet—education division, unveiling Amplify, a new brand for its education business that will include education software products and, in a surprising move, curriculum development.  Larry Berger, co-founder and executive chairman of Wireless Generation (and a Carnegie Board member), said in an interview that News Corp.'s investment in curriculum is among the largest he's seen during his 20-year career. The post is from Education Week’s Marketplace K-12 blog.
GATES FOUNDATION WANTS TO COMBINE VIDEO GAMES AND EDUCATION
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has long been at the forefront of education-related philanthropy and Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, and his wife Melinda have sought to harness technology and turn its potential towards improving academic outcomes of kids around the world. That is how the Foundation has come to earmark $20 million towards developing teacher tools based on social media platforms and video games to change the way instructors deliver lessons to students. The article is in EducationNews.org.


2012年7月24日 星期二

後記 文史哲中西文化學術講座 ,"吳德耀文化講座" 、大學出版社, 某季刊 某會議記錄 大學鮮乳中最貴的 留言




2012【與東海大學中研院院士座談會】後記  

二年一次的中央研究院院士會議在今年7月展開,東海大學校友總會也利用這個
機會再度擧辦與東海中研院院士座談會

東海校友擔任院士計有五位,是林南院士、于寬仁院士、鄭永齊院士、劉鴻文院
士及吳仲義院士,東海女婿為院士的則有廖一久院士及伍琨玉院士,此次除劉鴻
文院士因母親生病,伍琨玉院士另有要務外都參加了座談會,另林振國董事長,
前董事長吳清邁、江銘鐘董事、林文彬董事、王國明董事及葉副校長亦均有參與,
濟濟一堂,參加人數共計七十餘人,可見東海校友關心校務,不落人後。

餐會在中餐廳擧行,是由此次主辦人十八屆生物系施明哲校友(中研院農業生物
科技研究中心主任)贊助,席開三桌。餐畢眾人即移往西餐廳擧行座談會。

座談會由另一共同主辦人二十屆生物系唐堂校友(中研院生物醫學科學研究所研
究員)主持,主題為2015年東海大學願景。于寬仁院士談到美國維吉尼亞大學校
長被董事會解聘,但董事會最後在各界壓力下仍以全票通過聘回原校長,可見董
事會和學校必須維持和諧關係。

鄭永齊院士則強調東海應有自己的定位,以教學為主,研究為輔,因為東海資源
不足,因此必須與外界合作,並在董事會、校長、教職員及學生大家通力合作下,
才能有所成就。

廖一久院士夫人為第九屆生物系趙乃賢校友,今年大病初癒,四月參加第八屆校
友在美國的加勒比海郵輪之旅,校友相聚,感覺特別温馨,會場上她除了感謝在
病中探望他的校友外,也說了很多感性的話,廖一久院士說東海校友的感情比台
大好多了。

吳仲義院士則希望東海能討論 Who am I ?,東海的定位為何?未來要怎麼走?
另外也提到學校董事會應該有二種人,一種是能替學校把關,看學校要怎麼走,
另一種就是替學校找錢,二者缺一不可。

林南院士認為以前東海初創校時有聯董會支持,現在己完全不同,因此董事會亦
應有所改變,不能一切還是依循創校時的模式,應該要滙聚董事會、學校及校友
大家的力量,東海才能有所發展。

之後校友也紛紛針對東海目前的狀況發言,主要間題有董事會、學校及校友三者
的互動,新校長之選任,代理校長的任用,東海董事會透明度,董事是否有任期
制,東海校園太封閉,近年東海聲譽大幅滑落,如何募款及爭取外部資源等。

因時間不足,林董事長僅能就部份問題做答覆,他說東海大學董事會係依私立學
校法和大學法運作,董事並無任期限制,而和其他私校比較,東海董事的替換率
己經高過中原等校,至於運作方式,亦是自創校時即未改變。目前則希望董事會
內能有3-4位女性董事,董事中基督徒與非基督徒的比例則再予拉近,但東海大
學是基督教大學的宗旨則仍應維持。

募款方面數年前吳清邁董事長成立TEFA,為東海募款,每年均資助母校300
600萬元,鄭清和校友亦曾個人捐助鉅款。至於目前董事會運作方式也曾和數
位董事談過聘任新董事負責募款的事,大家不反對此事,但該董事必須要有具體
承諾才可以。

新校長雖己選出,但要到明年81就任,程校長請辭,因此今年81日起
必須聘任代理校長,董事會擬請葉副校長代理,但目前因法令規定,只能代理半
年,因此近期董事會尚要開會討論此事。

綜合各院士及校友發言,大家都希望董事會、學校能對東海有一個明確的定位,
並且和校友能有好的溝通及合作,來為東海的發展努力。

座談會於下午五時圓滿結束。






我寫這本想探討該大學出版社何時陣亡
葉榮鐘藏書
中國思想史論集  徐復觀 東海大學 1959
http://archives.lib.nthu.edu.tw/jcyeh/main-track.htm


再版重編中國思想史論集 徐復觀 東海大學 1968

公孫龍子講疏 徐復觀 東海大學 1966

文史叢論 梁容若 私立東海大學 1961 館藏






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2) 吴德耀文化讲座
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二零零九年度吴德耀文化讲座
中文演讲
东南亚的中国新移民及对中国与东南亚关系的影响
庄国土教授,厦门大学南洋研究院院长、国际关系学院院长

(新加坡国立大学中文系与联合早报联办)

13.12.2008

二零零八/九年度吴德耀文化讲座
中文演讲
过渡时代读书人的困惑与责任
罗志田教授,北京大学历史系

(新加坡国立大学中文系与亚洲文明博物馆联办)
28.04.2007


二零零六七年度吴德耀文化讲座
中文演讲
青春版昆曲《牡丹亭》的文化现象
白先勇教授,当代著名作家
(新加坡国立大学中文系与联合早报联办)
10.11.2005


二零零五年度吴德耀文化讲座
英文演讲
在中国语境中的历史宗教学与比较宗教学
余国藩教授,美国芝加哥大学贝克人文学名誉荣休讲座教授
(新加坡国立大学中文系和亚洲研究所联办)
05.11.2005


二零零五年度吴德耀文化讲座
中文演讲
小说《西游记》虚构形成和接受过程
余国藩教授,美国芝加哥大学贝克人文学名誉荣休讲座教授
(新加坡国立大学中文系与联合早报联办)*收入 台灣和中國版的



  • 《紅樓夢》、《西游記》與其他





  • 【作 者】:余國藩
  • 【叢編項】:余國藩論學文選
  • 【裝幀項】:平裝 16 / 515
  • 【出版項】:生活·讀書·新知三聯書店 / 2006 頁296-314余國藩《西游記》、《紅樓夢》與其他




  • 參考: 何丙郁《學思歷程的回憶:科學、人文、李約瑟》 可知新加坡有正式的 "吳德耀講座基金會"來運作 每次二場演講 (一場英文 一場當地語/或一場學術一場通俗)1997
    1998年為柳存仁"中國傳統小說與社會"

    東海大學也曾有所謂"吳德耀講座演講" 不過經營數年之後就無疾而終 約2005-2008 待查






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    Wu Teh Yao (simplified Chinese: 吴德耀; traditional Chinese: 吳德耀; pinyin: Wú Dé Yào, 1915-April 17, 1994) is an educator and a specialist in Confucianism and political science.

    维基百科,自由的百科全书 中文和英文版的東海大學校長任期不一致

    吳德耀(1915年-1994年) 教育家、政治學家。海南文昌人。
    1936年入金陵大學(1952年並於南京大學)學習,1940年獲文學士學位後赴美留學,1946年獲哈佛大學政治學博士學位。畢業後任麻省理工學院政治系研究員。後從事外交工作,曾在聯合國秘書處任職。曾經協助參與起草「世界人權宣言」。

    1954年到台灣協助創辦東海大學,任政治系教授兼文學院院長;1956年至1971年間,出任東海大學校長。

    1971年至1975年,任新加坡大學政治學教授兼政治系主任。1975年至1980年在南洋大學先後任政治行政系教授、研究院院長、南洋大學校長。1980年任新加坡國立大學政治學教授,退休後亦兼任東亞哲學研究所所長。新加坡儒家思想教育的主要設計者。被稱為「海南一代哲人」。主要代表著作有《人與社會》、《東方政治——西方政治》、《國際政治研究》、《中國文化的根源》、《政治歷史文化古今談》、《列國春秋》。
    他於1994年4月17日去世,享年78歲。

    Academia

    Professor Wu joined the United Nations after obtaining his degree and participated in the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 1951, he co-authored the Fenn-Wu Report on the Chinese education system in Malaysia.[5]
    He was appointed the President of Tunghai University, Taiwan in 1957 and held the post until 1971. From then until 1975 he was the head of the Political Science Department, University of Singapore. He was a Professor and the Dean of College of Graduate Studies of Nanyang University from 1975 to 1980, and had been acting vice-chancellor from 1976 to 1977. When Nanyang University and University of Singapore merged in 1980 to form the National University of Singapore, he was appointed the Professor of Political Science.[6] He retired in 1981.[7]

    Offices

    Professor Wu had been a director of the Institute of East Asian Philosophies,[8] established by Dr Goh Keng Swee in 1983 in the interest of studying Confucianism.[9] The Institute has evolved into East Asian Institute as "an autonomous research organization under a statute of the National University of Singapore."[10]



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    到這兒,才知道程校長的辭職和新校長選出的舊聞。我是東海前途中的悲觀者,不會因為那位英哲或英才來當新校長,而感到東海在經營上,事有可為。
    因為那是要靠環境的開創,以及許許多多的利害關係人的同心協力--- 這次學校的董事會又讓校長公館空一年,重蹈1971年的尷尬情形,實在反應董事會內的管理問題重重 (現在是什麼時代了,不應該有這種問題)

    反過來說,看一下每一期的《東海人》都還有那麼多的人捐款,對學校寄以厚望,尤其是這一期的有那位了不起的不具名的善心人士就可知 --- 我辦公室的大學的校友,捐五億的已有數人,但是愛心無法用數量衡量。

    我不是教徒。不過,喜歡這一期的 The Economist 寫的Andrew Huxley
    文中說他祖父創的一字眼最堪應用…..
    所以大家諒解我引一段我們或許熟悉的話,給有心人三省吾身:

    King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
    Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;
    在天主和我們的父前,記念你們因信德所作的工作,因愛德所受的勞苦,因盼望我們的主耶穌基督所有的堅忍。(《思高本》)


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    我上周與一位過去在工工系兼課多年的陳老師 (80) 會館”--- 他提醒我們 前人的校園規劃很容易受到善意的破壞……
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    我今天介紹臺大校友雙月刊”:  http://www.alum.ntu.edu.tw/wordpress/
    我認為值得我們思考





     東海大學校友總會通訊
    討論-【東海大學校長遴選、校地規畫 籌建【東海綜合活動大樓

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    收到 東海人季刊
    不知道要如何通知她們 我門只需一份如果能EMAIL 更好
    時代變化很大  現在台灣大學幾份學生刊物都比它好得多(編排/印刷)
     還不用"向校長輸誠  歌功頌德一番"

    --大學鮮乳中最貴的 一罐約97元 祝搶錢成功



     
    我對於這次會議記錄的讀法:大家總是把焦點放在「感覺良好」上頭。什麼「校譽止跌了」「我們又有機會選一位英明的新校長了, 又有無限希望」「募款超標了」「我們要蓋個賺錢的活動中心」…… 這些,我這四十年來聽多了。大家自我安慰目前聲譽遙遙領先東海的逢甲,多由校友經營。請不要這樣阿Q好嗎?請盤點一下學校的許多網頁之資訊多貧乏而老舊,有的還「死在2005年」
    昨天的一電視新聞是:"臺灣的大學鮮乳的售價,以東海的最貴。”當然有人或以為,標籤上有「路思義教堂」的鮮奶,就要心甘情願的購買者多掏腰包來贊助。不過我以為,這背後說不定有「東海作為奸商」或「經營不善」的嫌疑






     2012年5月2日 – 地點:5/9早上10點半,東海大學中正堂廣場內文: 我們在尋找一種讓大家夭獸飽的方法~~~~ 2012東海大學食科週強打活動-泡麵飲料創意料理比賽,
    泡麵也可以吃得很豪華!東海大學昨天舉辦「創意泡麵比賽」,參賽的學生發揮創意,將西方的料理方式融入泡麵中,變化出色、香、味俱全的美食,讓 ...


    2012.5.16
     中國文學論集續編
    徐復觀, 薛順雄編,
     這本書的彩色頁是作者的哲嗣等將徐復觀的書捐給東海大學圖書館的合照
    也許經過30年照片中的捐贈者反對在文學院社以其父之名的"講座"


     我讀了這則募款消息的方式   想起東海大學的"聯合董事長"  在約40年前給的方式是"相對基金":
    Dear WQXR Listener,

    WQXR’s spring fundraiser is underway!  We have a rare opportunity – your only chance to triple your gift during this pledge drive.
    The Alec Baldwin Foundation, a generous WQXR supporter, wants to motivate you to give to WQXR right now.

     我與玉燕到臺灣大學看部電影








    Milos Forman's Goya's Ghosts
    兩位老師的解說各有優點  尤其是花老師的導演之研究 (當然我也自己的見解)  想起的是東海當時劉文潭老師的藝術欣賞課程
    以及唐香燕說的他們班上有人可以進臺大中文系卻選了東海
    畢業後發現臺大中文系開的課很多樣



     
    周前看此文標題 沒什麼興趣
    今天才知道 它要蓋在東海大學校內 與路思義教堂"對稱":
    豪宅一哥向貝聿銘致敬-5/16~29天下雜誌

    (請參考台積電捐台大的化學館叫"積學館 " 稍微有點文化氣息.....)
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    報稅末班車  順道看
    「茁與拙-周渝茶世界中的自然與人文」
    「茁」與都是很好的漢字

    2012年7月22日 星期日

    處處是通識教育

    書店的廣告, 一本本的書陳列在書架上, 還貼上便利貼.




    2012.7.23 晨臺灣大學文學院

    通識教育季刊 國立清華大學通識教育中心 創刊號1994年3月起6冊
    黃崑巖"擴展醫學生的視野: 通識教育的另一手法" 第2卷第一期1995年3月頁75-81 "武田書坊"最有道理
    黃武雄"臺大通識怎麼做?" 第1卷第2期 1994年6月頁81-92  多少與後來的社區大學發展相關

    東吳大學中國文學系系刊  第一期1975
     內有系主任徐可熛先生的題刊名和兩頁手書"弁言" (發刊辭)當時他在榮總.....徐公起(徐可熛)

    碩士論文
    兩拍研究           張宏庸1975 (臺大)
    王船山研究        陳忠成 1975 (臺大)
    魏晉清談主題研究 林麗真1978 (臺大)
    楚辭九章集釋    王家歆1979 (東海)
    斜川集考辨         周全1976 (東吳)



    東吳文史學報第一號   1976

    The American Journal of Semiotic,  Vol.23, 1-4 (2007) Semiotics in the Chinese Umwelt

    Journal of Chinese Philosophy, Wiley-Blackwell, Vol. 35, No. 2, June 2008 (Theme: Studies of the Yijing and Its Commentaries)






    書目季刊

    最新卷期: 45卷3期(2011/12)


    Penn State Removes Joe Paterno Statue/ Some of the News Fit to Print


    Penn State Removes Joe Paterno Statue

    The NCAA is set to announce “unprecedented” sanctions against the university and its football team. 

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    The statue of Joe Paterno became a gathering place for mourners when the fomer coach died on January 22Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images
    After much debate, the famed 900-pound, 7-foot statue of legendary Penn State football coach Joe Paterno was removed Sunday morning with little warning. The move came on the same day as the NCAA announced it would be issuing sanctions against the university and its football program following the July 12 report that found the late coach and three other former university officials concealed allegations of sex abuse against retired assistant coach Jerry Sandunsky. A group of workers wrapped up the statue and used a forklift to lift it into Beaver Stadium as around 100 students chanted, “We are Penn State,” reports the Associated Press.
    The statue was removed exactly six months after Paterno died of lung cancer on January 22, which was also a Sunday, points out Penn State’s Daily Collegian.
    The public learned of the decision to take down the statue before news of the upcoming NCAA sanctions. PSU president Rodney Erickson released a statement at 7 a.m. saying the statue would be taken down and put into storage. Other buildings on campus, including the library and a student center, that bear the Paterno name won’t be changed, Erickson emphasized. The NCAA quickly issued a news release saying that it would announce “corrective and punitive measures” against Penn State on Monday morning, reports the New York Daily News.
    CBS News hears word that the NCAA sanctions will involve “unprecedented” penalties against both the university and its football team. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” the source said. Yet ESPN hears from one source that the university won’t receive what has come to be known as the “death penalty,” which would have involved the suspension of the football program for at least one year. Still, Penn State shouldn’t celebrate just yet, as the ESPN source claims the punishment, likely to include loss of scholarships and multiple bowls, is so harsh that the “death penalty” might have been preferable.
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    Workers removed the statue of Joe Paterno early Sunday morning.

    Penn State Removes Statue of Joe Paterno

     By JENNIFER PRESTON 9 minutes ago
    Penn State’s president said the decision to remove the coach’s statue was made after a report said he failed to pursue child abuse charges against Jerry Sandusky.

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    Some of the News Fit to Print
    ABOUT HIGHER ED
    EARLY COLLEGE CAN HELP DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS
    Students from underserved populations can benefit from dual enrollment, in which high school students take college courses for credit, according to new research from the Community College Research Center. While early college programs are common among more privileged students, the study looked at its impact on student success and retention among lower-income students in California. Dual enrollment students were more likely to graduate from high school, enroll in four-year colleges and stay enrolled, the study found. The article is in Inside Higher Ed.
    TACKLING THE CREDIT CRISIS
    Higher education made a mainstream splash this week with the announcement that 12 more prestigious universities would provide hundreds of free Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Unfortunately,  none of these schools plan to offer the courses for credit. And since degrees are made up of credits, learning without them doesn’t amount to much. Just ask a group of students who systematically pay for—and lose—college credits: transfer students. The post is from the New America Foundation’s blog.
    U.S. RECESSION’S OTHER VICTIM: PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES
    For generations, most college-bound Americans paid reasonable fees to attend publicly financed state universities. But the bedrock of that system is fracturing as cash-strapped states slash funding to these schools just as attendance has soared. Places like Ohio State, Penn State and the University of Michigan now receive less than 7 percent of their budgets from state appropriations. As a result, public universities -- which historically have graduated the majority of U.S. college students -- are eliminating programs, raising tuition and accepting more out-of-state students, who typically pay significantly higher rates. The article is from Reuters.
    REPAIRING THE CONNECTION
    On the Degrees blog of the FHI 360 website, Rochelle Nichols-Solomon and Maud Abeel write that ensuring students finish college is widely agreed to be critical, yet fewer than half of all postsecondary students are on track to earn a credential, and others don't start at all. The biggest stumbling block is academic preparation -- a disconnect between what students learn in high school and what they're expected to know for college. The information is from the PEN NewsBlast.
    ABOUT K-12
    TENNESSEE EDUCATION HITS BUMP IN TEACHER EVALUATION
    Tennessee’s new way of evaluating classrooms “systematically failed” to identify bad teachers and provide them more training, according to a state report published this week. The Tennessee Department of Education found that instructors who got failing grades when measured by their students’ test scores tended to get much higher marks from principals who watched them in classrooms. State officials expected to see similar scores from both methods. The article is from The Tennessean.
    SERVING TEACHERS SO THEY CAN SERVE STUDENTS
    A new report from TeachPlus gives recommendations toward improving retention of teachers in public charter schools. The first is that Charter Management Organizations (CMOs) and school leaders must build a culture of feedback for continuous improvement -- one that includes both administrator feedback to teachers, and teacher feedback to the school. Teacher evaluation and feedback must communicate clear, concrete goals and be based on multiple observations. Second, leaders must protect teacher planning time as a time to focus on craft, finding creative solutions for the additional responsibilities that fall on teachers' shoulders: lunch duty, study hall, etc. The information is from the PEN NewsBlast.
    STUDENTS IN K12 INC.’S ONLINE CLASSES LAG ACADEMICALLY
    K12 Inc., the Hernd
    ABOUT HIGHER ED
    THE END OF TRADITIONAL HIGHER ED?
    Could high-quality MOOCs eventually do to traditional colleges and universities what Craigslist has done to classified advertising in newspapers and what Wikipedia has done to encyclopedias? In other words, could Coursera and its ilk replace a $250,000 college degree and decimate the world of brick-and-mortar colleges and universities? Coursera doesn’t even have any plans to give degrees yet, or any revenue model. But along with Coursera, there are several other big, prestigious players who have launched successful, high-quality online courses, including edX, a joint venture of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Udacity, founded by Sebastian Thrun of Stanford. What might all this mean 10 or 20 years from now? The commentary is in Forbes Magazine.
    THREE STRIKES IN CALIFORNIA
    City College of San Francisco isn’t the only California community college facing a full-on accreditation crisis. College of the Redwoods and Cuesta College also must fix a list of problems identified by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges to keep their accreditation and avoid the nightmare scenario of being shut down. The two smaller colleges are further along in the process, and will learn their fate next January, about six months before CCSF does. Closure probably isn’t feasible at any of the colleges, although its mere mention as a possibility has made many students and faculty members nervous, for good reason. The article is in Inside Higher Ed.
    ABOUT K-12
    OHIO WADING CAUTIOUSLY INTO TEACHER-EVALUATION WATERS
    In 2011 the State Board of Education, prompted by a requirement in House Bill 153, developed a new framework for teacher evaluations, to be implemented by all districts starting with the 2013-14 school year. But the standards-based teacher evaluations are coming early to Ohio. The Marietta Times reported that some school districts in the Buckeye State will be piloting the new system during 2012-13. The post is from the Fordham Institute’s Flypaper blog.
    SEIZING THE MOMENT FOR MATHEMATICS
    Michigan State professor William Schmidt writes in Education Week: For years now it has been clear that the U.S. mathematics curriculum is a mile wide and an inch deep, and that the fragmented quality of mathematics instruction is related to our low ranking on international assessments. Nearly a generation after the first Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, the nation's governors and chief state school officers, in concert with other stakeholders, have fashioned the Common Core State Standards for mathematics that may finally give American students the high-quality standards they deserve.
    THE NEW COMPLACENCY ABOUT SCHOOLS IS ILL FORMED
    Joel Klein writes in Time Magazine: It’s hard to overstate how dangerous … complacency is. Not to mention how ill-informed. Popping the champagne corks over slight upticks in NAEP scores, for example, ignores what every serious educator knows: scores of “basic” on that test evidence only limited familiarity with a subject — as opposed to “proficiency,” which was demonstrated by only  35 percent of our eighth graders in math and 34 percent in reading.
    The broader reality is even more sobering.
    STIMULUS FUNDS SAVED ED JOBS, BUT STATES STILL SLOW TO IMPLEMENT REFORMS
    The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act showed promise to assist education, but some of its results have yet to be realized. While education stimulus funds largely saved or created jobs in public education, ongoing state budget deficits have slowed the implementation of reforms tied to federal stimulus money, according to a report by the Center on Education Policy.  The article is in The Huffington Post.
    SIX MORE STATES AND D.C. GET NCLB WAIVERS
    Six states—Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, Mississippi, Oregon, and South Carolina—and the District of Columbia are the latest to be approved for No Child Left Behind waivers, the Department of Education announced. That brings the total of approved applications to 33. Vermont has dropped out of the process, but Idaho, Illinois, and Nevada still have applications pending. The article is in Education Week.
     
    on, VA-based company that is the country’s largest provider of full-time online education, lags behind charter schools and traditional public schools on a broad array of academic measures, according to a new study. Students enrolled at K12, which provides public virtual education in 29 states and the District of Columbia, lag behind their counterparts on federal and state measures of math and reading proficiency, according to a study released Wednesday by the National Education Policy Center. The article is in The Washington Post.



    ABOUT K-12
    OBAMA CREATES ELITE TEACHER CORPS FOR STEM
    Today, the Obama Administration announced the President’s plan for the creation of a new, national Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Master Teacher Corps comprised of some of the nation’s finest educators in STEM subjects. The STEM Master Teacher Corps will begin with 50 exceptional STEM teachers established in 50 sites and will be expanded over 4 years to reach 10,000 Master Teachers. The article is in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
    STEM GENDER GAP PRONOUNCED IN U.S.
    When the gender gap in STEM education is discussed, it usually centers on the lower proportion of women pursuing college majors and careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. But some recent data suggest STEM achievement disparities persist at the K-12 level, based on results from the Advanced Placement program as well as national and global exams. The article is in Education Week.
    STANDARDIZED TESTS OF TOMORROW BEHIND SCHEDULE
    When asked about the problems associated with standardized testing -- cheating, overtesting, blunt measures of student achievement -- U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan often points to a duo of "next-generation assessments" funded by federal money. But a new survey, which consulting group Whiteboard Advisors plans to publish this week, suggests that "education insiders" aren't so sure that the one of the new tests will resolve all of the issues with standardized testing. Fifty-eight percent of those surveyed reported that they believe the Smarter, Balanced Assessment Coalition, one of the two state-based consortia developing the tests, is on the wrong track. The article is in the Huffington Post.
    ABOUT HIGHER ED
    ASSEMBLY LINE
    Potential “disruptions” to higher education typically portend a diminished role for the academy in workforce training, as students ditch college for, well, something else. But one of the most promising alternative credentialing movements – the manufacturing industry’s system of stackable certificates – has actually led to a deeper, more symbiotic relationship between employers and colleges. The article is in Inside Higher Ed.
    A PROFILE OF IMMIGRANT AND SECOND-GENERATION AMERICAN STUDENTS
    A new Statistics in Brief from the U.S. National Center for Education Statistics describes the characteristics and undergraduate experiences of 2007–08 undergraduates who immigrated to the U.S. or who had at least one immigrant parent (second-generation Americans). The analysis compares these two groups with all undergraduates (excluding foreign students) and with third- or higher-generation American undergraduates whose parents were born in the U.S. The findings are based on data from the 2007–08 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study, a nationally representative sample of more than 100,000 students enrolled in U.S. postsecondary institutions.



    2012年7月19日 星期四

    好個書法博士製造學校



    【聯合晚報╱記者嚴文廷╱台北報導】
    研究書法、寫書法也能拿博士。教育部核准明道大學成立全台第一個書法博士班,明年春天將招收第一屆學生,而且學生不一定要寫論文,只要通過教授審核,在文化中心至國立美術館等級的場所公開展覽作品,就能拿到博士學位。
    去年明道大學首次向教育部申請成立書法博士班遭退回,今年禮聘國家文藝獎得主、知名書法家杜忠誥擔任講座教授,再由知名書法家陳維德規畫課程,教育部終於點頭同意。明道大學校長陳世雄表示,這是全台灣第一個以書法為主的博士班,希望培育書法人才,保存中華文化。
    書法博士班預計明年招收第一屆學生,第一年有3個名額,第二年後增加為5名;博士班考試除了筆試與面試,更考慮讓考生當場揮毫,由面試教授測驗學生的書法造詣。
    明道大學國學所所長羅文玲指出,該校93年成立國學所,學生大多是國中小老師或書法工作者,因為熱愛書法而攻讀碩士學位,甚至還60歲的學生正攻讀碩士。
    羅文玲表示,國學所畢業方式也分兩種,一種循傳統方式寫論文,另一種則是舉辦大型書法展,但書法展的條件很高,碩士班必須拿出30件教授認可的作品,到文化中心等級的場地公開展覽;博士班標準更高,作品必須45至50件,展覽場地也從文化中心提高至國立美術場館。
    至於課程,羅文玲指出,學生不只要會寫書法,還要有深厚的國學基礎,國學課程不能少,另外書法已經屬於藝術等級,藝術課程也是重點之一,陳維德、杜忠誥兩位國家文藝獎得主會親自授課。

    2012年7月18日 星期三

    美國教育新聞 "Master Teachers Corps" 等等

    Obama Wants $1 Billion For "Master Teachers Corps"

    The new education initiative aims to incentivize quality teaching in fields where U.S. is lagging.

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    Initially, the corps would include 50 top teachers in each field, though the administration hopes over the next four years it will grow to be 10,000 strong
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    The White House on Wednesday unveiled a proposal to create a national elite teachers corps that would celebrate the achievements of the nation’s top educators in science, technology, engineering, and math, Bloomberg reports.
    The 50 top teachers in each field selected for the Master Teacher Corps would receive a stipend of $20,000 added on to their salaries and must commit for multiple years. The Obama administration plans to expand the corps to 10,000 over the next four years, with the ultimate goal that the elite group of teachers will pass their knowledge and skills onto their colleagues to help bolster the quality of teaching nationwide.
    On the campaign trail, President Obama has pledged to protect and expand funding for education programs, particularly in science and math, and charges that Mitt Romney’s tax and spending plan would mean inevitable cuts in the field, the Associated Press notes.
    Already, the administration has earmarked $100,000 for the program out of an existing fund to incentivize quality teaching, and plans to include $1 billion for funding the initiative in the 2013 annual budget request to Congress.
    Education Secretary Arne Duncan hopes that the initiative will receive bipartisan support, saying it has "nothing to do with politics"—but House Republicans may not be so easily convinced. Republican Rep. John Kline, Chairman of the House Education and the Workplace Committee, pointed out to the AP that there are already more than 80 quality teacher programs supported by the federal government.


    Some of the News Fit to Print
    ABOUT HIGHER ED
    STUDENT FOCUS GROUPS REVEAL BARRIERS TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE SUCCESS
    Getting through community college is a struggle for millions of students. Balancing work and school is harder than many expected. Many arrive on campus surprised to learn they aren't academically prepared. And, without a clear goal or needed guidance, more often than not, students don’t make it to the finish line. To get at the heart of the college-completion challenge, researchers recently spoke directly with students—those currently enrolled in a community college, some who had completed a degree or certificate, and others who had dropped out. The resulting report, Student Voices on the Higher Education Pathway, is part of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s  Postsecondary Success Initiative, Completion by Design, in partnership with New York City-based Public Agenda and West Ed, a research and development agency. The post is from Education’s Week College Bound blog.
    THE ROLE THAT GRIT AND PERSISTENCE PLAY IN EDUCATION
    On July 1st, NBC's Andrea Mitchell discussed the role that character, grit, persistence and other non-cognitive skills can play in education with Dominic Randolph, Russell Shaw, and Paul Tough at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, CO.
    ABOUT K-12
    THINKERS OR TEST TAKERS?
    The people of a large and mighty nation wonder why their schools can't do more to imitate those of another large, powerful nation across the Pacific Ocean. But this time it's not the United States seeking to emulate the schools of an Asian country — it's China seeking to emulate ours, at least to some extent. The article is in the L.A. Times.
    MORE THAN HALF THE STATES HAVE NCLB WAIVERS
    Reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act remains stalled in Congress, but the Obama administration continues to push ahead with big changes to the accountability system at its core, with more than half the states now having been approved for waivers from major mandates of the law. The article is in Education Week.


    ABOUT HIGHER ED
    UNIVERSITIES RESHAPING EDUCATION ON THE WEB
    Because of technological advances — among them, the greatly improved quality of online delivery platforms, the ability to personalize material and the capacity to analyze huge numbers of student experiences to see which approach works best — MOOCs are likely to be a game-changer, opening higher education to hundreds of millions of people. The article is in The New York Times.
    BETTER BY DEGREES: UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF COLLEGE COMPLETION
    Our current college attainment numbers are a long way from President Obama's vision of leading the world in college degrees by 2020, with a goal of reaching 60 percent college attainment. Despite the Department of Education's optimistic headline ("New State-by-State College Attainment Numbers Show Progress Toward 2020 Goal") annual half-percent increases certainly won't get us from here to there in the next eight years. The article is in The Atlantic.
    THE CHANGE THAT NEEDS TO COME TO HIGHER ED
    At some point soon, there has to be a game-changing development in the way higher education is delivered and priced. The market — students and parents — will demand it. The editorial is in the Denver Post.
    COLLEGE BEYOND GRADES
    Getting good grades in college is not as important as developing a creative, integrated and lifelong learning style, writes Ken Bain, a university administrator and professor, in What the Best College Students Do, which will be published next month by Harvard University Press. The article is in Inside Higher Ed.
    ABOUT K-12
    ONLINE TESTS AND THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: WILL POOR KIDS BE LEFT BEHIND?
    Within three years, most states will start doing standardized testing online. The Hechinger Report has been examining potential benefits and problems that may arise when schools shift to testing on computers. One of the biggest concerns—even among advocates for online exams—is that the new tests could further disadvantage poor children who already struggle to keep up with their more affluent peers in school.