Haidar Eid, an associate professor at al-Aqsa University in the Gaza Strip, who also has a blog with Al Jazeera, pre-recorded his remarks to the Modern Language Association (MLA) convention in Vancouver, Canada. Eid apologized…
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MLA Out of Touch with Reality
At the Modern Language Association (MLA) convention in Vancouver, Canada, the degree to which many professors are divorced from reality was brought into sharp focus. Few panels at the conference that draws thousands of English…
Teachers Support School Choice
More than half of American teachers support school choice, a Democratic pollster said at the National Press Club on January 22, 2015. “Fifty-five percent of teachers support the concept of school choice,” Debbie Beck said….
When MLA gets Religion Wrong
When professors do pay attention to religion, they usually get it wrong. “Conservatives would rather have [social welfare] provided by religious organizations, which is incompatible with other aspects of Catholic social teaching,” Robin Sowards, an…
Tim Scott: D.C. School Choice = Fewer Dropouts
Waiting lists are one sign of the desirability of school choice. Graduation rates are another, and they seem to rise in tandem. In Washington, D.C., the “waiting list for students in the DC area for…
Amherst College settles Lawsuit over Withheld Diploma and Alleged Rape
Maybe colleges shouldn’t handle on-campus rape allegations and let the local police take care of it. The lawsuit could have cost the college at least $2 million, but the terms weren’t made public.
Adjunct Professors Feel the Pinch at MLA
Despite its claims of proletarian empathy, it turns out that the Modern Language Association (MLA) does not cut many breaks to those struggling within its ranks. At the MLA’s annual meeting in Vancouver, Canada this…
College Students and Facebook Time means Worse GPA and Grades
Freshmen, sophomores and juniors got worse grades when they spent a lot of time on Facebook. The only exception: college seniors.
Cal-Berkeley to build a “Global” Campus just 10 Miles Away
Doesn’t sound very “global” to me, to build a satellite campus ten miles away from the main campus. Here’s the kicker: It’s just a vision and has no funding to build such a campus.
Christians are Giving More $$$ to Youth Camps, Conferences but Not Churches
Interesting how the donations are being funneled to “parachurch” groups and not the churches themselves.
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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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