Is living in an English-speaking country a curse? « @GdnHigherEd

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Write for our #AcademicsAnonymous series    English is now the only serious global scientific language, says Peter Scott. The global spread of English has boosted the success of UK science, and has also helped to recruit international students to UK universities. But living in an English-speaking country is also a curse, Scott argues.

#highered news roundup

…from all over, mainstream, alternate and highered media. In addition to rss feeds, I subscribe to daily news alerts from the Chronicle, Inside HigherEd, the New York Times and The Guardian Higher Education Network as well as assorted business and alternate press that carry higher education news on occasion. Yesterday the Grey Lady ran a bumper crop, including a the usual MOOCapalooza entry 

This morning's higher ed media (they take the weekend off) had a good haul too, so I'm following up the admitted frivolity of Adjunct Wheels with serious news. 

• October 26, Weekly Highlights from the Guardian Higher Education Network (authentic assessment, social mobility, Open Access, libraries)

• Daily News Updates from Inside HigherEd: money, Flatworld closes its open, Pearson, Quick Takes, BlogU and more

• Academe Today (Chronicle, no web view that I could see, email only, subscribe here): good adjunct piece behind pay wall (love the irony, not ~ but it's already being widely and informally shared)

• Utne Reader's Best of the Alternate Press, always interesting ~ nothing higher ed today.

• Forbes Weekly Digest: Oct 29 - Nov 05, 2012, by topics and people followed, no web view, email only ~ manage here: Udacity Amara partner to offer courses in many languages; global private tutoring market; hurricane (Sandy) effect on education (IT, lessons for students).

November 4, 2012 HigherEd Alerts