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[Phys-L] Assessment of Climate Change: A Challenge for the University



Some subscribers to Phys-L might be interested in a recent post "Assessment of Climate Change: A Challenge for the University" [Hake (2013)]. The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT: ASSESS subscribers (a) Larry King at <http://bit.ly/195skV6> & <http://bit.ly/11aNwHy>, and (b) Mike Fulford at <http://bit.ly/17IgiTZ> questioned the *relevancy to assessment in higher education* of my posts "Senator Sheldon Whitehouse - Time to Wake Up: GOP Opposition to Climate Science" at <http://yhoo.it/100EVIY> and "Why Democrats in Congress Fail To Support Climate Change Legislation #3" at <http://yhoo.it/100EVIY>.

*Irrelevant to assessment in higher education*? King and Fulford may have missed my post "Would a Carbon Tax Save Life on Planet Earth?" at <http://yhoo.it/16ECfUn>. If there's no life on Planet Earth then *there's neither higher education nor assessment on Planet Earth*.

Karl Pister, Emeritus Chancellor of UC - Santa Cruz, wrote at <http://bit.ly/11ymbuk>: ". . . we need to encourage innovative ways of looking at problems, moving away from the increasing specialization of academia to develop new interdisciplinary fields that can address *complex real-world problems* from new perspectives."

Surely the assessment of the alleged threat to life on Planet Earth by anthropogenic global warming is *A Challenge To The University* rather than the *Irrelevancy* seen by King and Fulford.
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To access the complete 8 kB post please click on http://yhoo.it/11KwHD9.

Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
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REFERENCES [URL's shortened by <http://bit.ly/> and accessed on 13 June 2013.]
Hake, R.R. 2013. "Assessment of Climate Change: A Challenge for the University," online on the OPEN! Net-Gold archives at <http://yhoo.it/11KwHD9>. Post of 13 Jun 2013 10:47:32-0700 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being distributed to various discussion lists and are on my blog "Hake'sEdStuff" at <http://bit.ly/19w4Hb8>.