Author Interview: Cathy N. Davidson on 36 Views of Mount Fuji Cathy N. Davidson, the American scholar and author of more than twenty books, honors us by giving an interview on her book 36 Views of Mount Fuji and her discovery of herself on the soil of Japan. Her other books are Revolution and The … Printsasia.com, Nov. 11
No Child Left Behind: The Economic Motive of National Education Policy By Cathy Davidson I’ve often thought about how our national educational policy of No Child Left Behind, passed in 2002, reinforces and connects to the increasing income disparity in the United States. Some of the economic implications of NCLB are obvious, such as the … DML Central, Nov. 9
The Honorable Cathy Davidson will be in Washington, D.C. to perform duties as a member of the National Council on the Humanities next week. While there, she will also appear on D.C.’s local NPR program, The Kojo Nnamdi Show from 1-2pm on Tuesday, November 15. Tune in to 88.5! Also, don’t miss a public and … Hon. Davidson Goes to Washington
Cathy Davidson will discuss “The State of the Humanities” with University of Illinois President Michael Hogan at the Chicago Humanities Festival. Saturday, November 5 11am-noon UIC Forum – Main Hall AB 725 West Roosevelt Road Open to the public; tickets ($5-$10 and free to students) on sale at the Chicago Humanities Website. While in Chicago, … Attention Chicago! Appearances at the Humanities Festival and Hechinger/MacArthur Conference
I had a great time at Authors@Mozilla this lunch time (Oct 31) and tomorrow, Tues Nov 1, I head to Authors@Google and then to San Francisco to tape Tech Nation on NPR’s KQED with Dr. Moira Gunn. Exciting!
We can’t just drop some new electronic device into education and think our job is done. Quite the contrary, new technology is merely a catalyst for a serious rethinking of higher education for the Information Age.
Californians, Cathy Davidson is coming your way! Tuesday, October 25: Listen to Capital Public Radio on October 25, 10-11am for a LIVE interview. Cathy will be speaking with Jeffrey Callison, host of “Insight.” Tuesday, October 25: Cathy delivers a Keynote Address at UC Davis’ Chancellor’s Colloquium in the ARC Ballroom. Open to the public at … California or Bust
At a time when higher education is under constant assault from legislators looking for places to cut public funding and from taxpayers who aren’t sure that they are getting their money’s worth from higher education, The Conversation makes abundantly clear–to that very public and to policy makers–the wealth of ideas that universities contribute to the good of society. Anyone can learn from these engaging stories, including other teachers (at any level) and college students, high school kids, home schoolers, informal learners, Peer-to-Peer learners, lifelong learners, those who cannot afford college but deserve and desire access to the world of learning college (literally) affords.
What does a scene of people passing basketballs to each other say about our conscious perceptions? We talk with Chicago-born author Cathy Davidson on Chicago Tonightat 7:00 pm about her new book that suggests radically re-thinking the way we learn and work. View this interview.
I am not being judgmental about the use of anti-depressants. They can be life savers, especially when accompanied by counselling therapy by a professional. But the 400% increase is not simply by accident. Laws forbidding tv commercials for prescription drugs changed during the Reagan Administration, making the U.S. one of only two countries in the world that allow direct-to-consumer RX advertising. And since then, prescription drug use has soared. And there is a booming business in making adds that conceal in plain sight the FDA-required side effects of these potent medicines.