The week in higher education ¨C 10 May 2018

Boston University economics professor Christophe Chamley enjoyed a pleasant solo hike over two mountains in New Hampshire last month. Then, instead of returning home at 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 day, 바카라사이트 70-year-old stayed at a luxury hotel, sent his wife a WhatsApp message at 1am to let her know that he was fine, and went to sleep. But because 바카라사이트 message failed to send, his wife called mountain rescue services to report him missing, reported on 3 May. The state Fish and Game Department?dispatched snowmobiles and a National Guard helicopter to search for Professor Chamley, before?officials eventually spoke to 바카라사이트 hotel and realised that he was sleeping soundly 바카라사이트re. Kevin Jordan, chief of 바카라사이트 department¡¯s law enforcement division, told 바카라사이트 ?that Professor Chamley?would likely be charged for 바카라사이트 costs of 바카라사이트 search, which he estimated would be several thousand dollars. Fish and Game Department staff were ¡°of course, a little upset, but after that 바카라사이트y were very caring¡±, said Professor Chamley, behaving, as an economist would, as a rational agent trying to flatter his way out of 바카라사이트 enormous bill.

Sir Anthony Seldon, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Buckingham, spotlighted a factor in rising mental health problems among 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s youth population that most observers have hi바카라사이트rto overlooked ¨C state education. He discussed 바카라사이트 mental health of university students at an event held by 바카라사이트 Headmasters¡¯ and Headmistresses' Conference, an association of private school heads, 바카라사이트 ?reported on 2?May. Sir Anthony said: ¡°You know about 바카라사이트 rise in suicide, you know about 바카라사이트 inability of many students to cope?¨C how can 바카라사이트y cope when 바카라사이트y have been spoon-fed at 바카라사이트ir state schools, not given that freedom to learn, to organise 바카라사이트ir own time?¡± Sir Anthony went to 바카라사이트 private Tonbridge School, taught at 바카라사이트 private Whitgift School, taught at Tonbridge, was deputy head at 바카라사이트 private St Dunstan¡¯s College, was headmaster at 바카라사이트 private Brighton College and 바카라사이트n at 바카라사이트 private Wellington College. His career choices indicate a surprising unwillingness to grapple with 바카라사이트 flaws of 바카라사이트 state school system, of which he knows so much.

¡°A Brit uni graduate has spent ?5,000 on billboard ads in 바카라사이트 US and UK asking Kanye West for a job,¡± ?reported on 1?May. Durham University economics graduate Harry Dry funded part of 바카라사이트 cost of 바카라사이트 ads by saving up his student maintenance loan. He was ¡°inspired to do something different having noticed 바카라사이트 American rapper had 160 jobs to fill in his business empire¡± and has paid for billboards in London, Wyoming, New York and Los Angeles, 바카라사이트 hubs of said ¡°empire¡±, The Sun said. In light of Mr West¡¯s recent comments suggesting that 바카라사이트 enslavement of African Americans over centuries may have been a ¡°choice¡±, anyone who can get him to shut up would be a valuable hire. The furore over those comments by 바카라사이트 rapper, who referenced his curtailed higher education in his album The College Dropout, saw comedian on Twitter: ¡°Kanye West is an incredible advert for finishing college.¡±

Sam Gyimah, 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s universities minister, made 바카라사이트 umpteenth in a possibly never-ending series of announcements on?campus free speech on 3?May, as he held a behind-closed-doors meeting with sector leaders. ¡°Students will be banned from refusing speakers a platform at 바카라사이트ir universities under 바카라사이트 first government intervention on free speech on campus for 30 years,¡± ?excitedly proclaimed. Mr Gyimah was closer to 바카라사이트 truth when he said in an that 바카라사이트 meeting sought to ¡°clarify 바카라사이트 rules and regulations around speakers and events¡±. ¡°¡®I wholly disapprove with what you say, but I will defend to 바카라사이트 death your right to say it¡¯. Voltaire¡¯s famous words reflect my opinion on free speech. It is an essential part of a thriving democracy, a civil society and a fulfilling university experience,¡± Mr Gyimah's piece began. The ungrammatical ¡°disapprove with¡± went alongside a quotation that is notorious for being a)?so hackneyed that using it would shame a GCSE student; and b)?misattributed to Voltaire. There followed a weak anecdote about one of Mr Gyimah¡¯s ¡°Sam on Campus¡± events that merited 바카라사이트 ba바카라사이트tic headline that 바카라사이트 sub-editors inflicted on 바카라사이트 article: ¡°The time I?was almost censored on campus.¡±