The Democratic challenger, locked in a neck-and-neck race, as of this writing, with conservative icon, U. S. Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is running a well-oiled, financially at least, campaign largely driven by contributions from employees of the University of Texas.
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Saudi Arabian Ties To Top American Universities
With the killing of Jamal Kashoggi, a contributor to The Washington Post, in Saudi Arabia, media outlets started churning out stories on President Trump’s past business deals with the Saudis, but have yet to examine the Arab nation’s very current economic exchanges with American colleges and universities.
Columbia and Harvard Find They Lack Diversity
The two Ivy League schools whose progeny like to lecture the rest of us about diversity have a hard time achieving it themselves but might be overlooking an obvious solution they are not predisposed to….
Political Scientists Fail President Trump
The political science professors who run an annual poll rating all the American presidents just released their yearly survey and rated the current president dead last. The part of the study that has garnered the…
University of Oklahoma Brings Back Western Civilization
A trio of professors at the University of Oklahoma is team teaching a course designed by none other than the classic British poet W. H. Auden.
The Problem With JOBS
When the government tries to create jobs, it somehow only winds up creating new regulations.
Yale Group Joins Lawsuit Against President
The Yale Law School Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic is helping to represent PEN America in a lawsuit against the president in which they allege that he is illegally attempting to muzzle the media.
UnKoch My Campus Goes Crazy, but could be a Dud
On Thursday, October 25, the anti-Koch liberal and progressive activists plan to protest and criticize Charles Koch and his network of organizations.
Jihad a Trigger Word At UW-Madison
A student at the University of Wisconsin at Madison tried to make a terrorism class more challenging: He demanded that the word “jihad” be eliminated from it.
How Accurate Is Online Education?
Big names might garner hits and visits but not necessarily provide accuracy.