The flagship university for the state of North Carolina can’t shake their sham courses for athletes. Now a second lawsuit is filed, and that’s not good news for the state or the university’s administration.
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Free Speech Confusion at the MLA
The academically free have different ideas of what free speech means than the rest of us do. At the Modern Language Association’s 2015 convention in Vancouver, Canada, Rosaura Sanchez [pictured above at a protest], a…
Physics Professors tackle the NFL “Deflate-Gate” Scandal
Don’t they have something better to do than test deflated and inflated footballs? Apparently not.
Community College pays its president $750,000 in Buyout
A community college named DuPage has THAT much money to throw around? But, this community college president lost the confidence of the community after e-mails were released to the public.
Academics Ignore Saudi King’s Human Rights Abuses, Praise Education Dollars
The deceased Saudi King Abdullah sent tens of thousands of students to study overseas from his home country, which isn’t a bad thing. But, to overlook his human rights abuses? Not good at all.
Harvard Law Professors defend Alan Dershowitz against Sex Abuse Allegations
We’ll see how the legal process turns out, but too often professors are insulated and protected by academia when it comes to harassment and the like. However, this is a part of a larger scandal,…
More Latinos in Community Colleges than Others, Report finds
Other findings were that 18% of Latino students were learning English as a second language and made strides in earning an associate’s degree via community colleges.
Remedial Radical Professors
At the Modern Language Association’s 2015 convention in Vancouver, Canada, Susan O’Malley, currently an English professor at the City University of New York (CUNY), lamented that remedial education could not be stopped in New York….
Condoleezza Rice takes over Jeb Bush’s Educational Foundation
The former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is taking over Jeb Bush’s education outfit now that Jeb is running in the 2016 race for president. What isn’t said is that Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in…
Pennsylvania School District tells Mother she can’t Homeschool her 17-year-old daughter
The Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) pointed out that there is no state law for restrictions on age of homeschooled children.