Science Education & Policy

Kids & College: The New Sense Of Entitlement

Kids have to go to school when they are young. As a result, many of them take it for granted.  Once college education became a 'right' and the public relations campaign made it seem like college was the only route to success, the sense of entitl ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - May 30 2012 - 12:01pm

Finalists Of The 2012 Reaxys PhD Prize Announced

The Reaxys(R) PhD Prize rewards original and innovative research in organic, organometallic and inorganic chemistry. Today, Reaxys announced the 45 finalists for the 2012 Reaxys PhD Prize. This international prize is open to all students studying for (or ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - May 30 2012 - 9:59am

Taking Headhunters To The Woodshed

I started a new job this spring. After a long search in a tough market, I landed my dream job as a senior professor and administrator at a top research university – a university that did not retain a headhunter for its search. Talks at other schools had p ...

Article - Fred Phillips - Jun 6 2012 - 10:05am

17th Century Thoughts

Browsing, as I do from time to time, recent German news in thelocal.de, I came across Schoolboy cracks age-old maths problem ...

Article - Robert H Olley - Jun 7 2012 - 11:37am

Anti-Science Hippies Make Progress Toward Labelling GMOs (Except Organic Ones)

I just wrote an article talking about how limiting choice is framed as 'leading the way' when it comes to a pet belief- and anti-science Californians who insist any genetically optimized food is dangerous are making my point while making some inr ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 2 2013 - 9:13am

Relax: Young Earth Creationists Can't Even Convince Other Christians They Are Right

So a young earth creationist museum put some dinosaurs in its advertising.  Ho-hum. While the atheist panic machine lumbers into action once again- after all, kids like dinosaurs, what if they go and learn not to steal and stuff while they are there?- ther ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jun 14 2012 - 5:30am

Changing Concept of University: 1946 to 2012

University of Rajasthan, which was the only university founded in the State of Rajputana in 1946 and is now known as Rajasthan, was meant for the entire Rajasthan population of around 20 million. Its constitution was framed in 1946 based on Gurukul philoso ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jun 16 2012 - 9:44am

$1 Per Student Per Class- The Future Of Education?

There's a lot of recent talk about open access in academia- taxpayers fund the bulk of academia in modern times so there isn't much benefit to a billion-dollar corporation charging a subscription fee for science research produced there. But the u ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Jun 18 2012 - 2:24pm

Proposal: Two-Tiered Education Of 'Super League' Universities And Everyone Else

20 years ago in America, members of Congress, armed with studies showing that a college degree meant more lifetime earnings on average than a high school diploma, decided the way to boost income for everyone was to make sure everyone got a college degree. ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 21 2012 - 11:06pm

International Students: The UK Is Losing Out On The 'Best And Brightest'

It seems European countries are discovering the issue Science 2.0 has discussed about America for many years. Granting student visas and then denying them work ones after their degrees under the guise of job protectionism means educating the best people a ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 23 2012 - 5:30am