With the recent revelation that the Department of Defense cannot locate more than 50,000 containers, concerns about the government’s ability to equip soldiers on the battlefield prompted Senators Daniel Akaka (D-HI) and George Voinovich (R-OH) to call the fourth senate hearing on DoD supply-chain management since 2005.
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Dr. Drew & You
Medical expert “Dr. Drew” Pinsky is renowned across America as a leader in addressing issues affecting today’s youth.
Global Warming, Not
An increasing number of policy analysts are finding that, despite what you hear from media and academic elites, global warming may be neither universal nor particularly warm.
Comic Book Culture
In a day and age in which college standards have dropped so low that it is possible to graduate from a name university without having read a book, a course on “Comics and Culture” might seem apropos but that irony is lost on the creators of the Juniata College course.
An Inconvenient University
Believe it or not, environmental regulations, whether of the top-down government variety or the self-directed sort, have not been all that easy for environmentally conscious colleges and universities either.
Animal Law
Who knew how prescient the 1978 frat house film comedy Animal House would be? Now we have an animal law school.
Summer of Love Saps
Tenured professors remember the Summer of Love as if they could ever forget or would let their hapless students have a memory lapse about their favorite year.
Avoiding Academia=Greatness
There is probably a reason that the higher education establishment does not seek a second opinion on its efforts. Educators are very likely not to like what they are liable to hear.
Politically Correct Crime Warnings
Q: What do you get when you sanitize crime reports to make them politically correct?
A: More crime.
Academic Conferences Extracurricularly
Apparently, there are better things to do at the Modern Language Association’s annual conventions than go to seminars on “Seducing the Revolutionary Atlantic World.”
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Physics Professor Chains Himself to Entrance to Natural Gas Facility
The Campus Reform reported: A professor of physics at University of Rhode Island was arrested Thursday morning and forcibly removed from Spectra Energy’s Burrillville Compressor Station after he was found chained to the entrance
Colleges Micromanaging Free Speech
Back in the day, when bosses and CEOs got a little too attentive to detail, we would wryly note that they were “micromanaging.” Today, students actually want university administrators to micromanage free speech, putting the…
Are Lawyers Getting Dumber? Looks like it
Uh, this is not encouraging. Bloomberg Business has the latest on it.
University of Minnesota Recommends Diversity Training for Admissions
Not the administration, but the students are pushing for this! Campus Reform with the latest: Students at the University of Minnesota (UM) are pressuring the administration to institute special training for admissions faculty aimed at…
Male Students May Think Twice before Applying to Washington and Lee University
Want to know why? Hans von Spakovsky said: The fundamental lack of due process and oppressive tactics used by university administrators at Washington & Lee University (W&L) should lead any family to keep their sons…
Yale Professor sees College Title as Offensive
One Yale professor did the following, per the College Fix: Yale Religious Studies Professor Stephen Davis has made it known that he does not want his students to refer to him as “master.” The title…
Jeb Bush, John Kasich Distance Themselves from Common Core Support
Looks like they are backtracking way too fast for comfort on their past support of Common Core, huh?
California High School Students who Failed State Exit Exam are Accepted to Universities
Wait, what?! The College Fix said: Thousands of students in California are “in limbo” after being notified that they cannot take the California High School Exit Exam to get the needed high school diploma and…
Trustees Reject Golden Parachute for Resigning Chancellor
Campus Reform noted: Despite resigning amidst a scandal concerning her use of a private email account to conduct official business, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s chancellor nearly came away with a $400,000 bonus. Phyllis Wise…
Duquesne University wants Adjuncts to Support It in Its Fight against NLRB
As the College Fix reported: A Catholic university’s three-year fight against the National Labor Relations Board has spooked some of its faculty, who believe a footnote in a school filing is a direct threat to…