Steven Salaita, who did not get tenure at the University of Illinois for anti-Semitic remarks, is now suing the university’s donors for encouraging the university not to hire him.
Topic: academia
Academic Freedom under Fire at Marquette
To its undying credit, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has questioned whether the academic freedom of a Catholic professor at a Jesuit university was violated. “Dr. John McAdams, associate professor of political science…
Dartmouth looks at Banning Hard Liquor on Campus
This is probably a reaction to the fictitious one-in-five college rape and on-campus assaults statistic, but the fraternities at Dartmouth will fight back.
Scott Walker tells Wisconsin Professors to work harder to get Funding
He proposed a $300 million cut in the University of Wisconsin budget over the next two years, and suggested that professors teach more classes and work harder.
Colleges Get Billions in Federal Aid regardless of Graduation Rates
Not an earth-shattering revelation, but frustrating. How is there no accountability?!
Al Jazeera Makes an Appearance at the MLA
Haidar Eid, an associate professor at al-Aqsa University in the Gaza Strip, who also has a blog with Al Jazeera, pre-recorded his remarks to the Modern Language Association (MLA) convention in Vancouver, Canada. Eid apologized…
VCU ditches SAT scores for Applicants
Virginia Commonwealth University, located in Richmond, Virginia, will ditch using SAT scores for applicants with a GPA at 3.3 or higher. Apparently, they’re not the first to do so, as 800 other colleges have done…
MLA Out of Touch with Reality
At the Modern Language Association (MLA) convention in Vancouver, Canada, the degree to which many professors are divorced from reality was brought into sharp focus. Few panels at the conference that draws thousands of English…
University of Maine won’t directly invest in Coal Companies anymore
The university’s board of trustees voted on this proposal, following Stanford’s lead.
CUNY abolishes use of “Mr.” and “Ms.” in the Name of Equality
They’re trying to create a gender-neutral and gender-friendly environment. Uh, okay then.