Last word on the AI business school
Nought 101 has been on sabbatical, as you may have noticed. Today we bring it back for a cameo appearance to shoulder the missing last section of the story on Appreciative Inquiry, a section that...
View ArticleUVM’s selectivity: a postscript
As today’s story suggests, UVM isn’t particularly selective in admissions — but hopes to become more so. If you’re wondering how UVM compares to various locals, here are some numbers for 2012 (note:...
View ArticleBesides fossil fuels, what else?
The latest divestment campaign at UVM, like its predecessors, invokes UVM’s mission/vision and Common Ground values and contends they conflict with ownership of targeted companies, in this case,...
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Presidential digs: The Big E’s
The Monday meeting of the UVM trustees’ Executive Committee featured, as usual, a few remarks from the president. Tom Sullivan said he’d ordered a review of the campus emergency reporting system’s...
View ArticleVermonters who appear in court without lawyers
The president of Vermont Law School, Marc Mihaly, dropped by the Free Press long enough the other day to say a few provocative things. One was this: “Vermonters can’t afford lawyers.” OK, maybe that’s...
View ArticleUVM, VLS: alone, together?
Vermont Law School sees itself as the environmental law school. The University of Vermont sees itself as the environmental research university. They’re both trying to capitalize on something called...
View ArticleUVM’s provost guessing game
The provost search at UVM has taken a curious turn. President Sullivan invited applications for an interim provost to replace Jane Knodell, and four finalists emerged, all posted on his website. Then...
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Street-wise, storm-water-pond foolish
Here’s a novel idea in an era of cash-strapped cities and jobs-focused colleges: Let the local college buy up some of the local streets! It’s happening in Providence. Exhibit A: a stretch of Huxley...
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Ira & Gilbert: UVM’s eminences noires
Deep in the disquisition on Special Collections the other day was a reference to the Ira Allen statute on the University Green, a gift from Ira’s biggest, richest fan — James Wilbur. Exactly how Ira...
View ArticleYet another Gates backstory: the non-interview
The University of Vermont has been quite nice to Henry Louis Gates Jr. It gave him an honorary degree in 2007, and he hastened to remind his audience of that on Tuesday, when he spoke in Ira Allen...
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