College Fix reported: About 23,000 CSU faculty, mostly “instructional employees,” are voting over the next week whether to go on strike if their demands for a 5 percent pay increase this year aren’t met, union…
Topic: academia
Food Service Workers at Pennsylvania University want to Unionize, Leads to Spike in Meal Plans for Students
College Fix with more on the unionization effort: Kutztown University has five unions covering faculty and professional staff, and Aramark food service workers want to make it six. A successful union drive could mean another…
Land Grab? Wesleyan’s Coed Rules may have been a Play to Seize Real Estate
Wesleyan University President Michael Roth’s subpoenaed e-mails indicate that this was really about a land grab by the university.
Government Inadvertently Promotes Chastity
My old boss, M. Stanton Evans, loved to tell a joke centered around the late Senator Jesse Helms, R-NC, a conservative icon: “Jesse Helms announced that he is now in favor of sex education in…
Pro-Life Display Vandalized at Wisconsin-River Falls
Tolerance is a one-way street that only favors abortion activists, apparently.
Illegal Immigrant Students in California Protest University System’s Lack of Commitment to Them
Wait, what? College Fix has more on this: Approximately 30 undocumented students from various University of California campuses protested outside of the President Janet Napolitano’s office in Oakland yesterday “to express their frustration about what…
David Brooks Falling Apart
The AAUP’s Academe Blog tackles one of David Brooks’ latest pieces. It’s worth a read.
50 Yards to Freedom
The biggest thing that happened on the Bremerton High School football field Friday night had nothing to do with the game. Instead, all eyes were on Coach Joe Kennedy — the target of another unconstitutional…
Bowdoin College Professors Cancel Classes to Help Boost Attendance at Climate Change, Racism Event
College Fix with the latest: Many Bowdoin College professors recently canceled classes to help host a campuswide teach-in focused on the intersection between climate change, racism and social justice. Students at the private liberal arts campus…
Thomas Jefferson Statue-Supporting Students Accused of White Privilege
Tolerance is a one-way street, only for liberals. Supporters of a Thomas Jefferson statue were mocked on social media (oh, that’s brave! So courageous! *sarcasm*).