Faculty Lounge Conservatives give Better Commencement Speeches than Liberals, says Washington Post Spencer Irvine May 20, 2015 They’re right about that: More patriotic, positive and realistic speeches win the day.
Faculty Lounge Asian-Americans Claim Harvard Discriminates Against Them in Admissions Spencer Irvine May 19, 2015 Quotas, my friends, this is an example of having quotas based on race: “Edward Blum’s Students for Fair Admissions has…
Faculty Lounge Embattled Boston University Professor Under Fire for Harassing White Rape Victim Spencer Irvine Saida Grundy, a black professor at Boston University, has been criticized for her tweets critical of white people. Now, it…
Perspectives Is Higher Education a Leisure Pool? Malcolm A. Kline May 18, 2015 A group called College Rank has helpfully compiled a list of colleges with the best leisure pools in academe, some…
Faculty Lounge UCSD’s Naked Final Exam wasn’t Reported as Sexual Harassment Spencer Irvine May 17, 2015 The University of California-San Diego has three sexual harassment policies in place that would have been appropriate in this situation,…
Faculty Lounge Nursing Student Sues University after Failing Course Twice Spencer Irvine May 16, 2015 Really? You’re suing your university because you can’t pass a nursing course?! This is what happened at Misericordia University.
Faculty Lounge Colorado Students told to Report Hurtful Statements to Administration Spencer Irvine May 15, 2015 Aww, got your feelings hurt? The college administrators at University of Colorado-Boulder have you covered.
Faculty Lounge Student Sit-In Protesters Arrested after a 3-Week-Long Protest Spencer Irvine The University of Mary Washington administration building had student sit-in protesters for three weeks before the police were called in. It’s…
Faculty Lounge Late Night Jokes Pokes Fun at Graduating from College Spencer Irvine The latest from Seth Meyers and James Corden: Late Night With Seth Meyers A 94-year-old man is graduating from West…
Events, Guest Articles, News Texas College Administrator says Too Little Investment in College Nick Kowalski May 14, 2015 At the South by Southwest education conference in Austin, Texas recently, on a panel entitled “What’s Next for Access and…
Faculty Lounge Student Union Bans Microaggressions On Campus Spencer Irvine May 13, 2015 The graduate student union at the University of Washington doesn’t like microaggressions, so they’ve decided to ban it. Not a…
Faculty Lounge Students Want Graduation Speaker, a Catholic Archbishop, to be Disinvited from their Jesuit College Spencer Irvine May 12, 2015 I swear, every single day, more crazy and non-sensical events and news happen. Now Jesuit college students at La Moyne…
