One Catholic university has cancelled a speaker who is pro-choice on abortion.
Monthly Archives For October 2011
Cloning Eggsploitation @ Columbia
Scientists at Columbia University in New York have created cloned human embryos and then destroyed them for their embryonic stem cells.
Donors Beware
What colleges do to donors takes “biting the hand that feeds you” to a whole new level of tetanus.
Answering Tenure Arguments
Academia, in the person of the formidable John K. Wilson, has found our 100 arguments against tenure wanting, to put it mildly.
Academe Answers Anti-Tenure Arguments
Noted scholar John K. Wilson objected to our quarterly review of professors we have covered.
Omaha Public Schools Mismanaged
The rift within the Omaha School Board over decision making, along with a series of fiscal and administrative blunders and consistently low test scores have made it abundantly clear that the Omaha Public Schools system is not working as it should be.
Straws In The Wind
We usually write about bad news in academia, of which there is no shortage. Nevertheless, in keeping with the spirit of the era, we must make note of signs of hope and change.
Obamacare Invades Catholic Colleges
Those religious institutions which were told that the national health care law passed by Congress and signed by the president would not force them to comply with parts of the statute that conflict with their religion may have been misinformed.
Minority Report: Academic Scores Media Bias
A tenured professor at UCLA rates media bias.
Administrative Overload Supersized
At a time when most Americans are beyond belt-tightening in trying to trim expenses, some colleges and universities are still having a hard time shedding that administrative bloat.