It sounds like a good idea, considering that students can barely afford college now: U.S. Representative Tom Reed says he’s open to modifying a controversial proposal to channel spending from large college and university endowments…
Topic: higher education
Seattle University Students Occupy Dean’s Office
So much occupying, so little time to do actual coursework and productive things in life.
Santa Ana College Announces 1 Tuition-Free Year
Here’s the caveat: Students graduating from the Santa Ana Unified School District in California will receive free tuition in their first year at Santa Ana College. The program will start this fall, and full-time students…
Sweet Briar College Struggling to Meet Enrollment Goals and Stay Afloat
The college was going to close, but then it isn’t. Yet, the college did not reach their enrollment goals and could close in the long-term, in addition to their newly-installed president announcing he will retire…
George Mason University Faculty Not Fans of Donation to Rename Law School after Antonin Scalia
Specifically, the faculty senate said that the agreement between the university and the Charles Koch Foundation means that donors would have undue influence over professors, in addition to their opposition to renaming the law school…
Universities Against Regulation… Of Themselves
Academics found something they don’t want the government to regulate when they looked in the mirror. “Last year, for example, the Task Force on Federal Regulation of Higher Education—formed in 2013 at the behest of…
Academics Resist Nationalization… Of Their Endowments
Normally, professors and college administrators see no end to their ever-expanding list of things that are “too important to be left to the free market.” Apparently, even they have their limits. When two professors from…
Maryland Universities are Trying to Help Students Create Start-Ups
Why, you’d ask? Because the universities want to help create start-ups that will stay in the area close to the university and help boost the local economy (not to mention the university’s bottom line).
Scott Walker’s Wisconsin
Editor’s Note: Wisconsin profs still bemoan Governor Walker’s existence. One take from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) on Scott Walker’s budget cuts and remodeling of the University of Wisconsin system. Photo by Michael Vadon…
Louisville Bars Asian and White Candidates from Applying for Physics Position
The job posting has been removed since the outcry, but really, University of Louisville? “The post … on HigherEdJobs mostly resembled a typical ad, encouraging applicants ‘with a Ph.D. in physics or a related area,…
Book Review
Book Review: Is ‘The Dying Citizen’ a Prediction of America’s Future?
America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
Recent Posts
The Origins of Political Correctness
Emerson College: ‘Homosexual’ is Offensive to Gays so Stop Using It
Self-Identifying Marxist Professors Outnumber Conservatives as College Professors
Ayn Rand Reconsidered
Black Lives Matter Lists “White Supremacy, Patriarchy, Capitalism” Among Reasons for Orlando Attack
Follow AIA on Social Media
