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I'd like to thank the arsehats who stabbed my bike tires. Y'know, for being there when I needed an excuse not to cycle..
5:15 PM Nov 13th
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I think I'm generally in favour of ABB - my main concern is to do with metrics - eg how do you measure research productivity?
11:46 AM Oct 30th
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Sounds like UW is heading in the direction of ABB. Also seems like the admins have a reasonable grasp on some of the problems.
11:45 AM Oct 30th
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Provost Bean: "A different budgeting model is no substitute for intelligence". Activity based budgeting seems very attractive though
11:08 AM Oct 30th
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Pros & cons of activity based budgeting, which decentralizes university budgeting. Better incentives & transparency, less unity
10:51 AM Oct 30th
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Interesting: current budget constraint likely long term therefore likely to need more structural adaptation than short term patchwork
10:42 AM Oct 30th
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Figure I haven't posted a photo yet - second panel higher ed summit
10:36 AM Oct 30th
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Things are about to get excitng, because the next panel is about university budgeting!
10:28 AM Oct 30th
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Wow. Taxes are really regressive here - lowest income 20% pays almost 2x what middle 20% pays. Similar with small vs large companies.
9:54 AM Oct 30th
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Ugh. In 28yrs tuition has gone up almost 200%, while median income is up 6% in constant dollars
9:44 AM Oct 30th
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One way to think of it - importing / exporting degrees - degree holders as an educational commodity
9:35 AM Oct 30th
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SRep Scott White, quoting someone else, "Education is the great equalizer" - couldn't agree more.
9:32 AM Oct 30th
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Two panelists so far have advocated different policies for different universities in state. Good or bad?
9:27 AM Oct 30th
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Sen Derek Kilmer "China has more honours kids than we have kids". Dragons rising and all that..
9:23 AM Oct 30th
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Local people need jobs, local companies need to look out of state for hiring. Makes the problem pretty obvious..
9:22 AM Oct 30th
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higher ed really just doesn't sell itself very well - just above other in state funding priority polls. This needs to improve!!
9:01 AM Oct 30th
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Now onto first panel discussing funding models for higher ed. Lots of graphs and contradictory views from legislators
8:58 AM Oct 30th
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WA tax structure gives very unstable income stream. Made worse voter initiatives that stop leg. from making changes without 2/3 maj
8:41 AM Oct 30th
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Calling for more active lobbying from 4yr + grad college; apparently we're badly underrepresented - lobby day 09-10 needs to be big..
8:27 AM Oct 30th
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Keynote from SSen Lisa Brown on WA state budget and higher ed, plus details of tricks used to get past last session's cuts..
8:19 AM Oct 30th
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- Name Trond Nilsen
- Location Christchurch, New Zealand or S
- Web http://www.meme-h...
- Bio Non-specific geek, eternal student
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