The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) have issued a report on “National Security, the Assault on Science, and Academic Freedom” that might leave readers who have studied such matters scratching their heads.
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Requiem for Charlottesville
Now, nearly five months after the fact, we know a lot more about what transpired before the Charlottesville face-off between the alt-right and alt left, thanks to a public records request from The Chronicle of Higher Education that netted the publication thousands of internal emails from UVA.
Penn State Sociologist Bashes Beef
If this doesn’t make a double quarter pounder with cheese look more attractive I don’t know what will.
Georgetown’s Middle East Bridge to Nowhere
Amid years of reports that Georgetown’s Middle East Studies program was being compromised by apologists for violent extremists, if not outright terrorists, the school has, if anything, doubled down on its approach.
Why Johnny Can’t Write, 2017
If you wonder why college graduates can’t write, you might take a look at what their composition teachers cogitate over.
Could Sexual Harassment Revelations Rock Academia?
It appears that the Ivory Tower is not immune as observers place bets on who will be the next big shot to fall in what could be called The Pig Pool.
Was Bin Laden Misunderstood Too?
A California State University professor seems to think one of his mentors was.
Norfolk School Disses Parent’s Rights
A concerned parent in Norfolk who got no response from her daughter’s school decided to send a recorder to school to determine whether the nine-year-old girl was being bullied. Now the mom faces legal pushback for exercising her parental rights.
Professors Weigh In On Tax Bill
Well, that didn’t take long.
Charles Manson: An Academic Question
Less well known is the admiration he engendered in an academic icon–Bernardine Dohrn.
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McCaskill U
Yet another U. S. Senate candidate locked in a tight race was able to count on a state university for not only emotional but financial support but this time it was an incumbent who was able to maximize her incumbency.
Majority of Adjunct Faculty Older, Unhappy Untenured
The survey discovered that the majority of adjuncts are over the age of forty, and they mostly teach at one university or college.
USC Celebrated ‘Body Love Month,’ which includes Events on Makeup Classes for Transgenders
A USC-sponsored event covered the month of October, which was designated ‘Body Love Month,’ and included activities such as a makeup class for transgender or non-binary people.
Harvard Study Finds DACA Not College Path
Which is ironic because Harvard Law, as we’ve reported, is all in for the Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Group Finds College Acceptance Rates Down
An outfit called Business Student actually crunched the numbers for the top 50 schools and found their acceptance rates dropped from one-third to one-quarter of applications.
Forty Percent Of Students Okay With Disruption
Of guest speakers, that is, not of themselves or their curriculum or their surroundings.
Putin’s Information Wars
The information wars of Vladimir Putin are mainly a United States problem, Stephen Kotkin, a professor of history and international affairs at Princeton University said on November 1 at the Cato Institute.
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University Presidents Oppose Two Gender Solution
Several University Presidents Unhappy with Impending Department of Education Definition of Transgender Individuals
FSU Vandal Nabbed After Kicking DeSantis Sign
A student who attacked a College Republican event was taken away by police.
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Berkeley Party Divorces Itself From Student Senator
They cut her loose because she supports traditional marriage.