Perspectives Health Care Rationing, from a Professor’s Perspective Malcolm A. Kline October 29, 2015 It’s really dangerous, for patients anyway, when policy wonks decide what type of health care is necessary. “In popular understanding,…
Faculty Lounge Ignoring Climate Change = Sin, says Religious Studies Professor Spencer Irvine October 28, 2015 Someone is a bit over-the-top regarding the intersection of religion and climate change/global warming.
Faculty Lounge “Politically Correct” is Now a Microaggression, Wisconsin University says Spencer Irvine The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee says that “political correctness” is an example of causing microaggressions.
Faculty Lounge Ole Miss Student Senator Faces Backlash after Voicing Support for State Flag Spencer Irvine Political correctness strikes again, this time, over the Mississippi state flag.
Perspectives Reading Racial Tea Leaves at University of Maryland Malcolm A. Kline In this era of racial unrest, academic efforts to achieve understanding are welcome. Unfortunately, opportunities to misinterpret abound in academe….
Faculty Lounge USC may ask for $100 Million Scholarship Fund for Minority Students Spencer Irvine October 27, 2015 But will this actually help stimulate reform in higher education, where the outrageously-high tuition discourages the poor and minorities from…
Faculty Lounge Black Lives Matter Co-Founder says Capitalism Oppresses Black People Spencer Irvine Uh, so socialism is the answer to America’s racial woes?
Faculty Lounge Humanities Tries to Defend Itself against Mounting Criticism Spencer Irvine Are humanities courses going the way of the dodo? Are they going to become extinct?!
Perspectives Universities Searching for Hoaxes Spencer Irvine Universities have come a long way from the days of yore when they proclaimed that part of their mission was…
Faculty Lounge Dept of Education Releases Guidelines of How to be Sensitive with Illegal Immigrants Spencer Irvine October 26, 2015 With a title like “Supporting Undocumented Youth,” it does sound like sensitivity training-meets-illegal immigration.
Faculty Lounge Surge in Homeschooling Means Diversity of School Choice Options Spencer Irvine As the Heartland Institute reported: According to the latest data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the number of U.S….
Faculty Lounge North Carolina’s Approval of For-Profit Colleges is Anticompetitive Spencer Irvine Why is the state of North Carolina picking winners and losers in education? The free market should dictate, not some…