Occasionally the Modern Language Association (MLA) actually does look at language, and makes a valuable contribution to the sum of human knowledge. At the MLA conference this year, Kate Day, a law professor emeritus at…
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Sexual Violence in the Military
In a presentation to a Modern Language Association (MLA) panel on sexual violence, Ariana Vigil, a women’s studies professor at North Carolina-Chapel Hill, linked a military deserter and his perspective on the military to the…
Bootstrapping Broads: Talking Feminism
Harriet Beecher Stowe, European gardens and gender bias were discussed in a recent Modern Language Association (MLA) panel at their annual convention held this year in Austin, Texas. The panel, entitled, “Bootstrapping Broads: On the…
Ecologically Correct: It’s Academic!
It’s interesting that although liberals are the ones who most like to talk about protecting the environment, conservatives are the ones most likely to do yard work. “There is a conflict between the politics of…
Academic Animal Studies/Farm
George Orwell might have been amused. Academia is well on its way to quite literally becoming Animal Farm. Indeed, the very first day of the latest Modern Language Association (MLA) convention featured a panel on…
Rock, Paper, Scissors
It’s interesting that some of the same people who go ballistic at the suggestion that corporations are people are quite willing to ascribe human attributes to inhuman things. “I’m out to prove that rocks are…
Academic Largely Ignores Benefits of Intact Families
That intact families are more economically solvent than fractured ones has long been observed outside of academe. Arguably, as with many other policy questions, on this one as well, academics tend to be the last…
Rutgers Faculty Opposes “Academic Inquiry”
Academics generally resist most attempts to invade their sanctum. Nevertheless, although they may share an elastic definition of “scholarship,” they do make legitimate points about arbitrary efforts to solve the often real crises in higher…
Questioning Academic Authority on Guns
Maybe it’s time we revived that phrase “question authority.” “The president’s ironclad confidence in the conclusiveness of the science, and therefore the desirability of ‘common-sense gun safety laws,’ is echoed widely with every new mass shooting, from…
Still Halloween at Yale
Academics are still using the Halloween costume controversy at Yale as a teachable moment. One wonders what they will learn. “A white Ivy League lecturer has resigned following an uproar over an email she sent…
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Reed College Student Activists Want Even More Changes in Humanities 101 Course
Student activists at Reed College, after gaining concessions from the college administration on a humanities 101 course curriculum, are now demanding more changes.
BDS Advocates at GWU Get Belligerent
Proposals to force colleges and universities to boycott, divest from and sanction (BDS) Israel keep failing in the most left-wing of enclaves, such as the Modern Language Association (MLA). Nevertheless proponents of the measure keep putting forth BDS propositions with increasing stridency.
Unmasking Whiteness Conference Sold Out!
You’ll have to learn about guilt and shame somewhere else.
University Teacher Training Still Obsolete
Economist Walter Williams has called education schools the ghettos of universities and, like some neighborhoods that might be described that way, they resist improvement even when their deterioration is obvious to everyone outside their borders.
No More Homecoming ‘King’ or ‘Queen’ at Penn State
Penn State University, in the name of ‘gender inclusivity,’ will no longer use ‘homecoming king’ or ‘homecoming queen’ as a part of their festivities.
Kansas State University Posts Job Listing for Women’s Studies Chair, will Pay $140,000 a Year
To chair the Kansas State University Women’s Studies, you can get paid $140,000 a year, per a recent job listing.
Barbara Bush-bashing feminist at Fresno State gets Reprieve
The faculty feminist at Fresno State who took the occasion of the death of the beloved former first lady to trash her in tweets—Randa Jarrar–will, as she predicted, keep her job.
Law School Prof: Conservatives Exploit Free Speech
But he never entertains the possibility that the education that not only colleges but high schools and universities offer has deteriorated to such an extent that only conservatives know what the First Amendment does.
Massachusetts-Amherst Hosted ‘Spring Abortion Doula Training’ Workshop
Apparently, women who have abortions need emotional support, which spurred UMass-Amherst to host an event for training doulas to emotionally support women who had abortions.
Deportation Resistance Workshop Event Hosted at Ohio State University
Ohio State University hosted a deportation defense training workshop, which was organized by the Central Ohio Worker Center and Young Democratic Socialists of America to “resist ICE.”
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Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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