There Is No Excuse for How Universities Treat Adjuncts
Students are paying higher tuition than ever. Why can’t more of that revenue go to the people teaching them?
Hasnain says:
"So while college tuition surged from 2003 to 2013 by 94 percent at public institutions and 74 percent at private, nonprofit schools, and student debt has climbed to over $1.2 trillion, much of that money has been going to ensure higher pay for a burgeoning legion of bureaucrats."
"One adjunct teacher, JJ, posting a comment online, calculated his/her pay as an adjunct as $65 per student per semester, adding up to the princely sum of $2,000, noting that “each student paid $45,000 in tuition and took about 4 classes a semester.… I think their parents would be rather upset to learn that only $65 of the $45,000 went to pay one professor for an entire semester.”"
Posted on 2016-01-27T07:12:50+0000
First case of Zika virus detected in Arkansas
The Arkansas Department of Health has just confirmed a resident has tested positive for Zika Virus.
Barack Obama: Why we must rethink solitary confinement
Its overuse leads to tragic results.
Problems Found at Theranos Lab
U.S. health inspectors have found serious deficiencies at Theranos’s laboratory in Northern California, and failing to fix them could put the lab at risk of suspension from the Medicare program.
You're Not Allowed to Criticize Startups, You Stupid Hater
Peach is not impeachable. (pun intended)
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Posted on 2016-01-26T04:37:52+0000
The Incredible Thing We Do During Conversations
When we take turns speaking, we chime in after a culturally universal short gap.
The Tennis Racket: Secret Files Expose Evidence Of Match Fixing
Betting worth billions. Elite players. Violent threats. Covert messages with Sicilian gamblers. And suspicious matches at Wimbledon. Leaked files expose match-fixing evidence that tennis authoritie...
Hasnain says:
Wow, this is pretty scary.
"Winners of singles and doubles titles at Grand Slam tournaments are among the core group of 16 players who have repeatedly been reported for losing games when highly suspicious bets have been placed against them."
"lf you were to invent a sport that was tailor-made for match fixing the sport that you would invent would be called tennis"
Posted on 2016-01-26T04:27:26+0000
9 things every React.js beginner should know - Cam Jackson
9 things every React.js beginner should know24th January 2016I've been using React.js for about 6 months now. In the grand scheme of things that's not very long at all, but in the ever-churning world of JavaScript frameworks, that just about qualifies you as a bearded elder! I've helped out a few pe…
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Posted on 2016-01-25T16:33:18+0000
The Villain of CRISPR
There is something mesmerizing about an evil genius at the height of their craft, and Eric Lander is an evil genius at the height of his craft.
Hasnain says:
The main thing I'm taking away from the whole CRISPR story is that science is now just copying politics while trying to claim the moral high ground
"But if I had my way, there would be no winner in either of these fights. The way prizes like the Nobel give disproportionate credit to a handful of individuals is an injustice to the way science really works. We should celebrate the long series of discoveries and inventions that brought CRISPR to the forefront of science, and all the people who participated in them, rather than trying to decide which three were the most important. And I do not believe either Berkeley or MIT should have patents on CRISPR, since I believe it is a disservice to science and the public for academic scientists to ever claim intellectual property in their work"
Posted on 2016-01-25T16:31:39+0000
threadbase
We washed, dried, measured and weighed 800 of the most popular men's t-shirts available online. The shirts included a wide variety of price points ($5-$50), sizes (XXS up to 6XL) and fits ("slim", "tall", "relaxed", etc.). After compiling the data, we worked with beta testers in NYC to develop an al…
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Posted on 2016-01-24T20:27:21+0000