Academic humor is usually an oxymoronic term but every now and then you find an exception to the rule. Here’s one from Georgetown professor George Viksnins.
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STEMming Education Spending
Even when the goal seems worthwhile, federal spending on education is counterproductive.
Moral Support for Arts
Some of the biggest names in Hollywood are banding together to fight perceived funding cuts in arts education in public schools.
Academia’s Judgment to Rush
When a University of Rochester professor actually attempted to put the controversy between talk-show host Rush Limbaugh and Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke into perspective, he was publicly smacked down by his university president.
On Way to Funeral
“Is Western Civilization on the road to its own funeral because of the birth dearth?”—Veteran journalist Wes Vernon in a column for the Fitzgerald-Griffen Foundation
Back to Downhill Slide
“Welcome back from spring break students. Can’t believe we’re on the downhill slide to graduation!”—tweet from the UVA School of Education.
Academia v. Catholicism
As expected, the academic establishment is pushing back at the Catholic bishops for protesting the Obama Administration’s regulation that would require religious institutions to provide sterilization, abortifacients and contraceptives free of charge.
Surprising Agreement: Santorum & Academics
Although Republicans even excoriated him for saying so, when former U. S. Senator Rick Santorum, R-PA, claimed that college is not for everyone, he was echoing sentiments expressed even by veteran academics.
Welcome Academic Perspective
A college professor offered the type of big-picture analysis we used to expect from academics but rarely get anymore.
Federal subsidies=high tuition
“By the way, government subsidies have impacted upon rising tuition costs,” Vice President Joe Biden admitted last month at Florida State University.