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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"Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being
governed by those who are dumber."
- Worthy of - but misattributed http://bit.ly/13hZKMD to - Plato
(427-347 BC)
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>.