Perspectives Did Governor Scott Walker Graduate? Malcolm A. Kline February 19, 2015 Reports that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker did not graduate from college have provoked a stream of broadsides, most of them…
Faculty Lounge College Republicans Called Obscenities for Defending Scott Walker Spencer Irvine February 18, 2015 Stay classy, liberals, stay classy. Or not. But, throwing names around and using obscenities does not reinforce your position. Still,…
Faculty Lounge Scott Walker’s Higher Ed Budget Cuts are a Good Thing Spencer Irvine February 12, 2015 Here’s an op-ed written by a University of Wisconsin scholar about why the budget cuts aren’t as bad as the…
Faculty Lounge Scott Walker’s Budget Cuts are headed to Legislature, making U of Wisconsin Nervous Spencer Irvine February 10, 2015 Walker proposed $300 million in budget cuts for the University of Wisconsin system, which is not a lot considering their…
Perspectives Scott Walker’s Smart Higher Ed Proposal Malcolm A. Kline February 6, 2015 The governor of Wisconsin has provoked the ire of the higher education establishment in the state by suggesting that professors…
Faculty Lounge Wisconsin Professors Upset at Gov. Scott Walker’s Budget Cuts Spencer Irvine February 5, 2015 But, it could be beneficial as Walker believes it will make the University of Wisconsin system more efficient and cut…
Faculty Lounge Scott Walker to Wisconsin Professors: Work More than 14 Hours a Week Spencer Irvine And he’s not kidding about that, as he’s slicing $300 million from the University of Wisconsin budget to close a…
Faculty Lounge Scott Walker’s New Budget cuts $300 Million from Higher Ed Spencer Irvine February 4, 2015 13% of the University of Wisconsin’s funds are being slashed by Governor Scott Walker, who is responding to estimates that…
Perspectives Left Losing Wisconsin’s Teacher’s Unions Malcolm A. Kline It’s getting harder and harder to find left-wing activists, even in public school unions in progressive Wisconsin. “In 2011, in…
Faculty Lounge Scott Walker tells Wisconsin Professors to work harder to get Funding Spencer Irvine January 30, 2015 He proposed a $300 million cut in the University of Wisconsin budget over the next two years, and suggested that…
News, Perspectives What GOP 2016 Candidates Have to Say about Common Core Malcolm A. Kline January 8, 2015 With a little less than two years to go until the 2016 presidential contest, GOP contenders are staking out positions…