Surfing #HigherEdMedia: IHE's Daily & CHE's #AcademeToday

… on @WH #HigherEd Summit & other important articles, too many #paywall/ed for most #adjuncts…unfortunately Peter Schmidt's article on adjunct organizing is one of them. Since the article is about municipal endorsements, you can probably find articles in local Boston area, and L.A. press. The good news is that Rich Moser's (already featured on Facebook at A new faculty majority and other pages is not. 

IHE makes this easier by publishing their daily newsletter online as well as a weekly and a monthly—subscribe by email or rss. No pay walls -- and here's a White House Summit story (POTUS meets with 100 college presidents—what's wrong with this picture besides everything?) to sub for the one pay-walled at the Chronicle.  
No paywall is definite plus, although management may whinge if you complain about ads and even email someone about setting you straight. Giving that kind of soft censorship a Bronx cheer is yet another bonus of going indie. In case you missed being independent sub-text here, I encourage all contingent faculty and other precarious knowledge workers to take responsibility for your own professional/ higher ed/groves of academe news gathering. Google's News and Blogs searches and alerts are handy tools for this too. 

Being well informed is part of your basic Adjunct Action (Mind) Toolkit. Your personal customized version will always be better than someone else's hand me downs. Act Local; Think Global, so don't forget links to local sources

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Academe Today Wednesday, January 15, 2014 Sign up for this newsletter A Bully Pulpit on College Access Summit Gathers College Leaders Who Pledged to Expand Access By Kelly Field The White House is keeping a tight lid on the agenda for Thursday's meeting and who is invited to attend. What They'll Be Talking About: The Skinny on Some White House Proposals By Andy Thomason The administration sent out a list of 20 proposed commitments to form the basis for discussion at this week's summit. Here's a rundown. Behind Summit, Access, Affordability, and Completion Pose Conflicting Goals By Beckie Supiano Getting into college has evolved as a policy goal, as priorities like finishing degrees and soaring costs have come to the fore. Also in Today's News Distance Education Doubts About MOOCs Continue to Rise By Steve Kolowich An annual survey's findings reveal growing skepticism among academic leaders about the long-term prospects for massive open online courses. Faculty Municipal Endorsements Emerge as New Tactic for Adjunct Organizers By Peter Schmidt The city councils of Cambridge, Mass., and Los Angeles have recently approved resolutions expressing support for adjuncts' efforts to form unions. Wired Campus Blackboard Buys Student-Centric Web Platform MyEdu The learning-management-system company describes the purchase as "extremely strategic." Government 2 Senators Seek Overhaul of Program for Military Members Leaving for College By Mark Keierleber Inaccurate and inadequate information is said to plague a program intended to help members of the U.S. armed forces make the transition to higher education. In Brief Report Proposes Federal Matching Grants for State Higher Education NCAA Announces $100,000 in Research Grants Georgetown Backs Academic Freedom of Adjunct Who Alluded to Assassinating Obama Calif. Community Colleges Approve New Standards for Fee Waivers U. of Oxford Leaks List of Its Worst-Performing Students Former Illinois Band Director Gets Probation for Instrument Theft Views The Conversation Degradation Michael Allen Gillespie of Duke University explores how to reclaim honesty in academe and end grade inflation. The Chronicle Review Pedagogy's Pains By Timothy Stock Learning is sometimes unpleasant. If teaching is too, maybe that's OK. Commentary Overuse and Abuse of Adjuncts Threaten Academic Values By Richard Moser The two-tiered labor system sends the message that teaching and learning are unworthy activities. Lingua Franca Moths to the Flame of Meaning Geoff Pullum finds that undergraduates facing exam questions about grammar often flutter helplessly into discussing meaning instead. Vitae: News, Jobs, and Tools for Your Career The Unpaid Internship Is Indefensible By Peter D'Amato By posting job "opportunities" that don't offer compensation, graduate schools aren't doing their own students any favors. The MLA Conference and the Curious Case of the $6.25 Granola Bar By Stacey Patton Hungry at the exhibit hall last week? You could've bought something from the snack table or, for roughly the same amount of money, booked a dinner for six at Alinea. But let's be clear: This isn't the MLA's fault. Search the Entire Vitae Jobs Database Job Opportunities Faculty and Staff Positions, Georgia State University Georgia Search the entire Vitae Jobs Database Announcements Join the Ranks of More Than 300 Great Colleges What do Baylor University, the University of Southern California, and Miami Dade College all have in common? Those colleges and universities were all recognized as 2013 Great Colleges to Work For®. They share a common vision for fostering a first-rate work culture, which starts with evaluating the effectiveness of their employee programs. Learn how you too can earn national recognition as an outstanding workplace. Register free at Chronicle.com/GreatColleges2014. NEXT: The Future of Higher Education This special report looks at colleges that are doing things differently—questioning the traditional degree, reinventing the academic calendar, "flipping" the classroom or physically reconfiguring it, seeking new ways to evaluate what students know, and helping them navigate life after college. Order this special issue today to hear from a diverse group of scholars and thinkers about whether innovation can indeed stick. Click here to get a copy. 1255 Twenty-Third St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037  Like us on Facebook  Follow us on Twitter  Add us on Google+ Copyright © 2014 The Chronicle of Higher Education