The want ads of the last Chronicle of Higher Education in August feature 15 pages of faculty jobs, 9 pages of administrative positions and another 3 of “executive positions.” Aren’t we getting a bit bureaucratic?
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Unsustainable Silent Spring
The fiftieth anniversary of the seminal book Silent Spring was bound to inspire at least one tribute from academia.
Raging on Rand
Here’s how you get read out of academia for unorthodoxy.
Usual Suspects Miss Point
Ninety Georgetown faculty members and administrators have gone public with a letter attacking Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan’s budget proposal but the bill of particulars in the missive does not match up to the content of his plan.
Ersatz Promise Keepers
“Educational establishments have been making promises to students they cannot keep.” –Aaron Barlow, New York City College of Technology (CUNY).
Political Science
“In college, the views academics impress upon their students are all too frequently based on partisan progressive politics, radical professorial notions or hypotheses masquerading as well-established theories — for example, anthropogenic global warming.”— meteorologist Anthony J. Sadar.
The Ultimate Empty Chairs
The reaction to movie icon Clint Eastwood’s “debate” with an unoccupied stool representing President Obama at the Republican convention has, predictably, extended to the faculty lounge.
Childhood Memories
“College graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood bedrooms, staring up at fading Obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life.”—U. S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc.
Students’ Slight Turn Right
Even on the economic issues that underpin the Occupiers’ angst, it is difficult not to notice that while businesses remain boarded up from coast to coast, government agencies do not.
AIA’s Debate – Does the left-right dyad dissallow proper education in universities
On June 14, 2012, Mal Kline, the executive director of Accuracy in Academia, debated John K. Wilson of the American Association of University Professors at the Heritage Foundation. Wilson, who edits the academe blog for…
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Pro-Palestinian Kent State Student Group Applauded Chicago March Booting Gay Jewish Activists
Kent State’s pro-Palestinian student group, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), applauded gay march organizers for kicking out gay Jewish activists last weekend.
Louisiana Governor Vetoed Campus Free Speech Bill, Called It ‘Overly Burdensome’
Louisiana’s governor, John Bel Edwards, said that signing a free speech bill for college campuses would be “overly burdensome.”
The SPLC: Another favorite academic primary source falls apart
The Southern Poverty Law Center is a favorite source of the media and academia but how Southern, poor and legal is it?
Professor Suspended for Calling White People ‘Inhuman’
A college professor was put on leave when his anti-white social media comments went viral, and not in a good way.
Lewis University: We Want a Coordinator for Social Justice ‘Pilgrimage’
A social justice ‘pilgrimage’ coordinator is open at Lewis University.
Title IX Sex Education
Mark Zunac, who teaches English at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, took the mandatory “sexual assault training” at his university and found it a great big time suck.
Schools Stuck in 1970s
Because, John Stossel argues persuasively, unions are keeping them there.
Are College Sports a Big Time Bust?
On the Academe blog maintained by the American Association of University Professors, Brian Mitchell indicates that big-time college sports can be a big-time bust.
Real Libertarians Don’t Indoctrinate
Left-wing activists who try to provide examples of right-wing indoctrination in classrooms usually come up empty. There’s a reason for that.
University of Tennessee Moves to Staff LGBT Pride Center after One Year Moratorium
University of Tennessee looks to restaff their Pride Center after funding was restored, which was removed for a year due to controversies such as ‘Sex Week.’
Book Review
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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The Origins of Political Correctness
Emerson College: ‘Homosexual’ is Offensive to Gays so Stop Using It
Self-Identifying Marxist Professors Outnumber Conservatives as College Professors
Ayn Rand Reconsidered
Black Lives Matter Lists “White Supremacy, Patriarchy, Capitalism” Among Reasons for Orlando Attack
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