The BBC NEWS | Education | Higher education 'market' warning article is a couple of months old but I'm bookmarking it now for later in-depth reading:

Britain has been warned of the dangers of following America in the "marketisation" of higher education.

The warning came from Robert Reich, a professor of social and economic policy at Brandeis University and a labour secretary in President Clinton's administration.

He was describing what he called "the destruction of public higher education in America, and how the UK can avoid the same fate"...

Seth says "I Want an Outliner for Code Writing" so I wonder if this snippet from Eclipse 3.0 M9 News will be of interest:

..."The Java editor now supports folding of code regions. Hovering over a folded Java element lets you peek at the hidden code:...

Currently, import statements, comments, types and method bodies can be folded. These, and whether folding should be enabled on new editors can be configured on the Folding tab on the Java > Editor preference page:...

Other plug-ins may contribute additional folding structures and their preferences using the org.eclipse.jdt.ui.foldingStructureProvider extension point."...

It doesn't appear that the editor is an outliner in the true sense of the word but perhaps it's a good starting point given that extension hook.

I'm just off to download M9 - toodle-loo!

MacWindows Report: Active Directory and Macs

Technology News Article | Reuters.com | Police Go Back to Class to Catch Internet Crooks

"Police are heading back to the classroom as a new breed of criminals turns to the Internet to prey on unsuspecting victims. Across Europe and beyond, cyber investigators are being trained in computer forensics -- a crime-fighting technique that is part science, part sleuthing."...

via David Carter-Tod [DCT] -> David Wiley -> JIME Special Issue: Educational Semantic Web

via hbwt - The Fishbowl: The Mac is a Harsh Mistress ;-)