Faculty Lounge Asians are being Hurt by Affirmative Action Spencer Irvine February 26, 2015 Asian parents and their children are not happy how affirmative action laws are discriminating against them, possibly preventing them from…
Faculty Lounge Barnard College may reduce Language, Science Requirements and add Diversity Spencer Irvine February 24, 2015 This isn’t a joke. The Columbia University-affiliated (and all-female) Barnard College could reduce their language and science requirements and replace…
Faculty Lounge Another Liberal Myth: More Black Men are in Jail than are in College Spencer Irvine Just like the rape and sexual assault myth, and the gender pay gap myth, liberals are seeing their rhetoric fall…
Perspectives Scott Walker’s Mainstream Higher Ed Reform Malcolm A. Kline When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker unveiled his higher education reforms for the state university system, the reaction from that quarter…
Faculty Lounge, News Cal-Berkeley to build a “Global” Campus just 10 Miles Away Spencer Irvine January 26, 2015 Doesn’t sound very “global” to me, to build a satellite campus ten miles away from the main campus. Here’s the…
Faculty Lounge, News Physics Professors tackle the NFL “Deflate-Gate” Scandal Spencer Irvine January 25, 2015 Don’t they have something better to do than test deflated and inflated footballs? Apparently not.
Faculty Lounge, News Community College pays its president $750,000 in Buyout Spencer Irvine A community college named DuPage has THAT much money to throw around? But, this community college president lost the confidence of…
Faculty Lounge, News Academics Ignore Saudi King’s Human Rights Abuses, Praise Education Dollars Spencer Irvine The deceased Saudi King Abdullah sent tens of thousands of students to study overseas from his home country, which isn’t…
Faculty Lounge, News Quick Hits: Community College Grad Rates Spencer Irvine January 23, 2015 Via Columbia University’s Community College Research Center: “According to a recent study by the National Student Clearinghouse, 15 percent of…
Faculty Lounge, News 41% of North Carolina Community College Students Graduate in 6 Years Spencer Irvine This is not a lie, but a real statistic. That is barely 4 in 10 community college students earning a…
Faculty Lounge, News Obama’s “Free” Community College Plan Prolongs High School Spencer Irvine A really good take from The Federalist: “Grade inflation and enrollment inflation caused by converting community college to an entitlement…
News What Makes For-Profit Colleges Different? Ethan Gaitz June 10, 2014 Convention has mandated that once a student completes his/her high school studies, one must enroll at a four-year college or…
