Texas A & M has backed away from its relationship with the Confucius Institute when the chancellor responded to concerns from a pair of state legislators–one Democrat and one Republican–that the Institutes more likely follow the model of academic freedom in China, from whence they came, than America.
Topic: AAUP
Make CU Great Again
One of the many ironies or paradoxes of life in academia is that freedom of speech never is more complex than when it is discussed by people who speak for a living.
AAUP Dishes On Duncan
It is worthy of note when someone from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) criticizes a Democratic U. S. Secretary of Education, even if the latter’s tenure has expired.
Erosion of Democracy 101
That’s the name of a course, even a curriculum, that is sweeping the country.
Ivory Tower or Golden One?
Ka-ching!
Are Colleges Finally Experiencing Supply & Demand?
And will it lead to an understanding of the economics the rest of us live with?
Professors Call for Gun Violence Research
At taxpayer expense, of course. Apparently it never occurs to them to pursue a public good on their own dime.
Are Liberal Arts Majors Working?
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) is trying to prove that liberal arts majors are gainfully employed but they’re not doing so all that clearly.
Undocumented Students Thwart Immigration Law at Rutgers
Not by resisting arrest but by chasing ICE out of a career fair where agency representatives were going to recruit the next generation of agents to enforce immigration law.
Graduate Students Make Strategic Retreat
Can it be that the Resistance, at least on the academic side, is realizing that President Trump may serve at least one full term?