One Catholic college made the U. S. News & World Report lists of “most popular” among applicants and “most loved” by alumni and it is none of the ones the media like to cover—those institutions that could be called Catholic in Name Only (CINO).
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Underemployed Faculty @UTA
A study by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity shows that the State of Texas could save millions of dollars if instructors in the University of Texas system taught more students in larger classes.
Intrusion Without Parental Consent
With the assistance of The Rutherford Institute, the mother of two students in the public schools has filed a complaint with the United States Department of Education over a Massachusetts school district’s practice of requiring students to complete surveys asking overtly intimate and sexually suggestive questions without their parents’ knowledge or written consent.
Ivory Tower Economics
Academic economists find that they can make whatever prognostications they like since they don’t have to live with the results.
Just Send Money
“We like legislation with broad expectations in which the curriculum is left to faculty to develop.” –
Paula Compton, Associate Vice Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents at the Center for American Progress. Ohio has “50 faculty panels which write learning outcomes the university is trying to achieve.”
Reality & The Hoya
Take Peter Edelman of the Georgetown Law Center who the D. C. bar describes as a “legend.”
Freedom in the States
States that respect individual autonomy are more successful than those which do not, according to Drs. William Ruger and Jason Sorens, affiliated with the libertarian Mercatus Center think tank at George Mason University.
Size 44 Weird
Many presidents have, on occasion, done weird things—only one president of the 44 is Weird.
What happens in academia…
A troubled cabinet appointee finds two places he can go for solace—The Washington Post and George Washington University.
WH Advisor’s Academic Retreat
Austan Goolsbee, the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers and one of Barack Obama’s longest serving policy advisers, resigned suddenly on Monday just one day after struggling to defend the White House’s economic plan on ABC’s “This Week with Christiane Amanpour.”
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UCLA has a Council to Advise University President on Trump’s Executive Order
UCLA formed an immigration advisory council to advise their university president regarding President Donald Trump’s executive order on refugee vetting and immigration.
Language Guide at UC-Davis: White Privilege is Racist
Apparently, the only racists are white people, according to a language guide issued at the University of California-Davis: According to a glossary drafted by the school’s “LGBTQIA Resource Center,” racism is “the systematic subordination of marginalized racial…
University of Arizona Guide: Safe Spaces should have the ‘Oops’/’Ouch’ Method
A faculty guide at the University of Arizona suggested that the use of the words ‘oops’ and ‘ouch’ could help create a safe space. Why? To avoid offending people: One way to spur positive interactions…
The ‘Resource Curse’ Theory is Wrong
In a recent policy analysis by the libertarian think tank Cato Institute, Peter Kaznacheev claimed that the oft-used academic theory of a “resource curse” is erroneous and mistaken. Kaznacheev is the director at the Centre…
Faculty Council at one of Obama’s Alma Maters Takes Stand against President Trump
Occidental College, one of former President Barack Obama’s alma maters, saw its faculty council take a stand against President Donald Trump: In a recent statement published by the Occidental College Faculty Council, in conjunction with the Dean’s…
The Real Lessons of Middlebury College
The American Spectator had a special report on the Middlebury College debate disruption by students and non-students, pointing out that the war on free speech and ideas has been ongoing for years within academia and on college…
Calling Millennials Lazy could be Offensive, Professor said
A professor at the University of Arkansas is concerned that by saying Millennials are the laziest generation yet (etc.), it could offend someone.
Two Universities Reject Symbolic ‘Sanctuary Campus’ Designation
Indiana University and New York University rejected student efforts to designate their campuses as a “sanctuary campus” from federal immigration law enforcement agencies. Indiana’s university said that the designation has no legal basis and that…
Is a Conservative Professor at UCLA being Targeted by His Department?
The ongoing saga at UCLA continues, where conservative professor Keith Fink saw his free speech course have its enrollment capped at a lower number than before (down to 180 from 200 students) and limits on how…
Physics Conference Suggested Attendees Wear ‘Gender Pronoun’ Stickers
To avoid the problem of “misgendering” at a conference, the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) suggested the use of gender pronouns on name tags. You can’t make this up.
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
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