Phil Rosenthal of the Chicago Tribune notes the strange decision by NBC to put its NBC News logo and the NBC peacock, “in all its multicolored glory,” on the videos and photos that it released of Virginia Tech mass murderer Cho Seung Hui.
Perspectives
VT Elegy
For many of us, the bloody horrors at Virginia Tech served as a sudden and painful reminder that we live in a fallen world where man is capable of unthinkable evil.
The Higher Education Hobgoblin
There is a cottage industry in the U.S. (located mostly in Washington, DC, but with satellite plants scattered around the country) that produces hand-wringing policy reports saying that America faces a crisis unless it finds a way to put more students into and through college.
The New Holocaust Deniers
British schoolteachers have become the latest Holocaust deniers by dropping the subject from history lessons to avoid offending Muslim students according to a newly released government backed study.
Burlington High School Bigotry
Late last month officials at Burlington Township High School in New Jersey used a hostage drill to denigrate the Christian faith and bash practicing Christians.
College Standards Left Behind
The old saying, “be careful what you wish for,” is especially apt when it comes to public policy, whose consequences seldom reflect intentions. Unfortunately, the U. S. Department of Education may be about to prove this adage true once again.
Cloning 101
There’s no telling how far universities will go far with their research.
The Academic & Union Complex
So what do the labor unions and their representatives say when presented with questions and conflicting facts?
Social Work Blacklist
The
National Association of Scholars today renewed its call that the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services abandon its use of the Council for Social Work Education
(CSWE) – an accreditor of university social work programs – as a gatekeeper for
hiring social workers in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
Subjectivity UC Style
In the University of California (U.C.) system, college applicants are tired of having their religious studies marginalized.