Well, at least at the college level, it looks like we won’t have tenure to kick around anymore.
Monthly Archives For October 2018
Online Petition Wants to Rename Building that Bears Clarence Thomas’s Name
A graduate of a Savannah, Georgia college began a petition to change the name of a building on its campus, which is named after Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
Ole Miss Professor Posts on Social Media that GOP Senators ‘Don’t Deserve Your Civility’
GOP senators, according to one Ole Miss assistant professor, “don’t deserve your civility” in public.
Lisa Daftari Speech On Again At Rutgers
Lisa Daftari could make a career out of speaking at Rutgers, if she got paid for each cancellation and postponement.
Art Class Presentation Compares Netanyahu To Hitler
Within weeks of a professor at the University of Michigan denying a student a recommendation for study in Israel, an art class at that same university featured a slide show comparing the Israeli Prime Minister to Adolf Hitler.
More Voters Support School Choice
Maybe that’s why we haven’t heard much about the latest poll results.
Senator Susan Collins Honorary Degree Protested
More than 1,300 current and former students at St. Lawrence University signed a letter protesting an honorary degree that university gave Senator Susan Collins.
Higher Education Reporting Bias?
An article in The Washington Monthly promises Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Higher Education Policy but doesn’t quite deliver.
College Professor in Georgia Initially Offered Extra Credit for Democratic Party Event
A Clayton State University professor offered extra credit for students who attended an on-campus event for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams and Democratic Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, but after public pressure, she had to extend it to Republican events, too.
Pomona College Offers One-Credit Course on Queering the Bible
Apparently, Pomona College found it appropriate to offer a one-credit class on how to “queer” (i.e. interpret it in accordance to gender theory) the Bible.