The latest academic to argue that academia drives economic growth offers a long list of inventions spawned by universities but she might be missing a key ingredient.
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Academic Matrix of Domination
Dr. Walter Williams, a distinguished economics professor at George Mason University, noted recently that taxpayers have an imperfect understanding of the academic rot that exists at our nation’s colleges, adding that “what distinguishes one college from the other is the magnitude of that rot.”
School Boards In Bondage
America’s school boards want more money from American taxpayers but they don’t want to be told what to do with it.
Chartering Big Easy Schools
Scores in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina have jumped considerably at a time when the majority of the city’s public schools have become charter schools.
Columbia University’s Israeli Fall
A Mid East Studies professor who we have covered is in the news again, and once again the subject of investigations surrounding claims that his attitudes towards Israel could be labeled discriminatory.
Middle East Studies Breakthrough
We’ve actually found a Middle East studies professor who provides valuable information and insights.
Donors Beware
What colleges do to donors takes “biting the hand that feeds you” to a whole new level of tetanus.
Answering Tenure Arguments
Academia, in the person of the formidable John K. Wilson, has found our 100 arguments against tenure wanting, to put it mildly.
Academe Answers Anti-Tenure Arguments
Noted scholar John K. Wilson objected to our quarterly review of professors we have covered.
100 arguments against tenure, Part III
Here’s the rest of our arguments for tenure, so far this year.