Faculty Lounge St. Louis University Students Upset at Ferguson Prosecutor’s Speech Spencer Irvine February 11, 2015 The liberal narrative of Michael Brown’s shooting and the ensuing riots continues, as students at St. Louis University did not…
Faculty Lounge California Students want to Divest from the U.S., but should have Federal Student Loans Revoked Spencer Irvine It’s a good point, considering that if these University of California system students want to actually divest from the U.S.,…
Faculty Lounge Making Sexual Violence Training Mandatory at George Washington U Spencer Irvine Only one person showed up to sexual violence training workshop at George Washington University, so now the university is thinking…
Perspectives Obama’s Apology Tour Defense Malcolm A. Kline An academic tries to make the case that our peripatetic president’s business trips abroad do not constitute an “apology tour,”…
Faculty Lounge California College Students call for Divestment from Israel Spencer Irvine Yet another vote of University of California students for the boycotting of Israel and for divestment from Israel. No surprise…
Faculty Lounge Obama doesn’t get what Community Colleges are For Spencer Irvine February 10, 2015 President Obama visited a community college and pushed for his free community college plan, but he overlooked how graduation rates…
Perspectives George W. Bush Reappraised? Sort of Malcolm A. Kline We think we’ve found the closest thing you will ever see to a scholarly defense of George W. Bush. “Let…
Faculty Lounge Scott Walker’s Budget Cuts are headed to Legislature, making U of Wisconsin Nervous Spencer Irvine Walker proposed $300 million in budget cuts for the University of Wisconsin system, which is not a lot considering their…
Faculty Lounge Bobby Jindal unveils Plan to Repeal Common Core Spencer Irvine He’s taken up the anti-Common Core mantle, and good for him.
Perspectives Marquette Fires Traditional, Well-Liked Professor Malcolm A. Kline February 7, 2015 Proving once again that tenure offers little protection to more conservative scholars, Marquette’s president recently fired a tenured professor who…
Faculty Lounge Harvard: New Ban on Sex between Professors, Undergrad Students Spencer Irvine February 6, 2015 Apparently, the school prohibited sex between professors and the undergraduate students they supervised. Now, the ban is far-reaching. That makes…
Faculty Lounge Free Speech Codes at George Mason U aren’t Good Spencer Irvine George Mason University, out in suburban northern Virginia, isn’t the only university to have speech code issues on campus. Check out…
