Officials at Barber-Scotia College sent out letters to roughly 30 students who planned to graduate to inform them that the school awarded them too many “life experiences” credits and that they would have to take some courses in order to receive a diploma.
Monthly Archives For June 2004
The NEA’s Big Apple
In The Worm in the Apple, Peter Brimelow sets out to expose teacher unions as corrupt, selfish institutions that relentlessly pick at the public’s bank account, only to distribute ever-increasing government funds (formerly tax dollars) inefficiently at best, self-servingly at worst.
Free AIA Luncheon on Capitol Hill
Three veterans of the campus culture wars will discuss their experiences in a July 8 event sponsored by Accuracy in Academia.
Another Professor for Peace
In Resurrecting Empire, the director of Columbia University’s Middle East Institute weighs in on the situation in Iraq.
Drinking at Duke, for Credit
That’s right. At Duke University, students can get credit for a course entitled “Campus Culture and Drinking,” according to the American Council of Trustees and Alumni.
Old Left Revisited
You know that political correctness has gotten out of hand when even leftist stalwart Marcus Raskin conveys his distaste for some of the excesses of PC language.
Academic Disabilities
Some professors not only have erroneous knowledge of their own subjects but also feel obligated to preach about that which they do not know.
The Adams Chronicles
At the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, a conservative professor has PC administrators ruing the day they granted him tenure.
The Academic XXXstablishment
Making its break from reality official, the American Association of University Professors named as its new chief a college administrator who is famous for sponsoring conferences on sex at a state university.
College Criminals
In the span of a month, two killings have shocked the college community at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington, leading to questions regarding the UNC system’s admission policies as well as campus security.