Noah Bakr, Commissioner of the Montgomery (MD) County Commission on Women who just completed doctorate work in Near Eastern and Islamic studies at Princeton University defines Sharia literally as “a path to the watering hole” but the liquid is not all that clear.
Monthly Archives For June 2011
Top 20 Academic Buzzwords
College frequently “means navigating an exhausting gauntlet of pretense and jargon.”
A World Without Tenure
A new book shows us examples of colleges and universities where tenure does not exist and students and faculty alike survive and even thrive.
History Leaping Forward
At least one academic is acknowledging the genocide of China’s communist dictator Mao Tse Tung but not the scale of the chairman’s atrocities.
Back To The Future?
In the laissez-faire world of higher education comes a startling new way to address some of today’s most common problems among college students.
Reuters Touts Job Gains for Grads
Reuters’ “Optimism” Not Clearly Justified
Court Protects LOLs
A federal appeals court has ruled that a school district violated the First Amendment rights of a student when it punished Justin Layshock for speech posted on a social networking website, holding that this off-campus speech was beyond the power of the school to control.
Father’s Day Social Science
Dr. Kyle Pruett of Yale Medical School demonstrated in his book Fatherneed that fathers contribute to parenting in ways that mothers do not.
A Lesson in Da’wah
Most Americans have practically no familiarity with the term da’wah and how it relates to the overall Islamic narrative but also correlates with the radical agenda.
D. C. Vouchers Make Grade
Students who were offered scholarships in Washington, D. C.’s voucher program had a higher graduation rate than students who applied but were rejected, the U. S. Department of Education discovered.
Faculty Lounge
CSU-Fresno Professor On Leave after Tweeting Joy at former First Lady Barbara Bush’s Passing
College Professor Doused NRA Lobbyist’s House with Fake Blood
LGBT Activist goes to Harvard, Interprets Bible as Approving of Monogamous, Gay Relationships
Student Government Puts CRs on I.C.E., I.C.E. Baby
CUNY Law School Dean: Eight-Minute Disruptive Protests during Guest Speech is ‘Reasonable Exercise’ of Free Speech
Black Lives Matter Exposed
Book Review
Fact-Checking History’s First Draft
Journalism, the old cliché goes, is the first draft of history. Unfortunately, it rarely gets through rewrites before it hits the classroom. Yesterday’s headlines often look a bit silly when viewed through a microfiche, and…
Coming to a university near you
Before you find him on offer as a university speaker or course, you may want to read the meticulously documented story of Cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal by former Accuracy in Academia executive director Dan Flynn.
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