University professors need not be performance-oriented once they have gained tenure.
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Colleges Avoid Budget Cuts
Contrary to what is frequently reported, when colleges actually do face budget cutbacks in the amount of state and federal aid that they receive, professors can usually avert them.
Inside The Ivory Cocoon
David Rubinstein, a retired University of Illinois at Chicago sociology professor wrote an article which originally appeared in The Weekly Standard that sarcastically thanked Illinois taxpayers for their contribution to his well-funded “cushy life.”
CAP Learns from the Past
William Slotnik authored the Center for American Progress (CAP) report, titled “Levers for Change: Pathways for State-to-District Assistance in Underperforming School Districts,” that details how states and districts should interact to save struggling public schools and avoid the problems of past interventions.
Shrinking Academic Bloat
According to Derek Bok, a former president of Harvard, “universities share one characteristic with compulsive and exiled royalty; there is never enough money to satisfy their desires.”
International Law/Epic Fail
When academics actually get a chance to implement international law, justice doesn’t take a back seat: It gets kicked out of the car.
A World Without Tenure
A new book shows us examples of colleges and universities where tenure does not exist and students and faculty alike survive and even thrive.
Maria Aint Maria, Ditto Aunt Lucia
“Maria’s” a Big Pharma and predator shill.
TM Vetoed in Illinois
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. — School officials at an Illinois high school have agreed to stop organizing and leading students in transcendental meditation exercises, which are rooted in the Buddhist religious practice, during class time and as part of the honors English curriculum.
Public School Police State?
Nine-Year-Old Girl Seized and Questioned by Government Agents While at School