He says he’ll either starve to death or the University of Missouri will fire their president. Uh, good luck with that.
Monthly Archives For November 2015
Professors Oppose Unionization Efforts at University of Washington
242 professors at the University of Washington, or 4% of the faculty, have signed a petition to NOT unionize at the university.
Harvard Law Professor and Democratic 2016 Long Shot Candidate Lessig Drops Out
But, his fundraising numbers were a bit surprising as he raised more donations than some GOP candidates.
Academics Want Your IRAs
When academics are ready to fix a problem, hold onto your wallets. “America’s middle class faces a growing retirement crisis,” Christian Weller and Teresa Ghilarducci write in an issue brief for the Center for American…
Cal-Berkeley Refuses to Test Anti-Rape Wearable Alarm
The College Fix has more on this: Robocopp is marketing its first product, the “Grenade” wearable alarm, to local college students as a personal-safety device that can guard them against sexual assault as well as…
Academia’s Rejection of Diversity
There is an imbalance within academia, especially when it comes to politics: Scholarly studies have piled up showing that race and gender diversity in the workplace can increase creative thinking and improve performance. Meanwhile, excessive…
Chicago Showers Locker Room Policy with Criticism
In one Chicago school, girls are getting a lesson in anatomy their parents never bargained for. In the latest chapter of madness at the Department of Education, the federal government is ordering Township High School…
Dept of Ed Orders Chicago High School to Allow Transgender Student to Use Girls’ Locker Room
This is getting out of hand, isn’t it? The U.S. Department of Education has ordered suburban Chicago’s Township High School District 211 to permit a transgender woman (born male) “full use” of the girls’ locker room ……
Charges of Racial Profiling of Texas Professor Debunked after Dashcam Footage Released
The video speaks for itself, doesn’t it? A Texas journalism professor’s explosive charge that police hassled her for “walking while black,” a claim lodged in a guest column in the state’s biggest newspaper, doesn’t square…
What are We Getting from Ballooning Student Loans? Not Much
Megan McArdle’s great take on the crazy environment that is America’s $1 trillion student loan bubble.