Faculty Lounge Northern Illinois’ Diversity Officer Earns More than Governors Spencer Irvine August 8, 2015 The College Fix reported: The recently tapped chief diversity officer at Northern Illinois University will make $205,000 a year –…
Faculty Lounge Illinois to be Censured for Ousting Anti-Israel Professor Steven Salaita Spencer Irvine May 8, 2015 The University of Illinois will be censured for firing Steven Salaita, who had left his previous job at Virginia Tech…
Perspectives Delaying Common Core the Chicago Way Malcolm A. Kline April 21, 2015 Opposition to Common Core continues to spread well across party lines, no matter how much the educational establishment tires to…
Faculty Lounge Colleges Can’t Hide Info Behind Student Privacy Laws, Illinois Says Spencer Irvine April 2, 2015 The state of Illinois Attorney General says that their state universities cannot keep hiding behind student privacy laws to keep…
Faculty Lounge Israel Divestment Student Vote Passed in Close Vote Spencer Irvine Even the university’s chapter of the Red Cross voted in favor of divesting from Israel, but the national organization said…
Faculty Lounge Charlie Hebdo Speaker allowed at University of Chicago, after Threats and Protests Spencer Irvine March 2, 2015 Kudos to the University of Chicago to not cave to protests and threats against holding the event, where a cartoonist…
Faculty Lounge Fracking College Degree to be Offered at Illinois Community College Spencer Irvine February 1, 2015 Talk about an actual practical college degree, for starters.
Faculty Lounge Salaita goes after Illinois Donors in post-firing controversy Spencer Irvine Steven Salaita, who did not get tenure at the University of Illinois for anti-Semitic remarks, is now suing the university’s…
