At least one positive education statistic did go up during the Obama years.
Topic: AAUP
Look For Union Label on Paycheck
The process by which public employee unions have been able to accumulate political capital by dunning union dues from non-union members has been in reversal and the beneficiaries of that old policy don’t like it one bit.
Blame Trump Syndrome (BTS) @ the AAUP
BTS is the tendency to blame the president for self-inflicted wounds.
States Reaffirm First Amendment on Campus
And intellectuals in and out of academia don’t like it.
AAUP Assaults Science, National Security & Academic Freedom
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) have issued a report on “National Security, the Assault on Science, and Academic Freedom” that might leave readers who have studied such matters scratching their heads.
Princeton Student Imprisoned in Iran
We frequently learn the hard way that for all of our conflicts over academic freedom, there is more of it in the United States than there is anywhere else.
AAUP: Perceptions v. Reality
Over at the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), Brian C. Mitchell asks whether colleges have lost the battle for public perception. His answer, in an academic fashion, is yes. His reasons are academic too:…
Twitter Breaks Up Women’s Studies Department at Montclair State
Twitter is exposing academics in ways never before possible, not through the tweets of such as we but through their own pronouncements as they succumb to the apparently irresistible urge to be “public intellectuals.”
Professors Weigh In On Tax Bill
Well, that didn’t take long.
Let’s Be a Little More Careful, Please
Aaron Barlow at the Academe Blog talks about how academics often dismiss the heartland of America as “hillbillies” and trash, which they should not do.