The University of Illinois will be censured for firing Steven Salaita, who had left his previous job at Virginia Tech to work at Illinois. But, his comments about Gaza and Israel (like the one below)…
Topic: professors
Scott Walker Strikes Again
For a quarter of a century, Republican presidential candidates have uttered variations of George H. W. Bush’s high pitched pledge: “I want to be the education president.” It has gotten them exactly nowhere. So far,…
UPenn Students Silence Efforts to Address Biased Professors on Campus
Sounds like the words “freedom” and “free expression” are tossed around lightly, but students don’t know the true meaning of them when they go ahead and quash free speech. This time, students rejected addressing the…
Princeton Ethics Professor says ObamaCare should allow for Killing of Severely Disabled Infants
As The College Fix reported, professor Peter Singer made these inflammatory remarks in a radio interview: “Singer contended the health-care system under Obamacare should be more overt about rationing and that the country should acknowledge…
Law School Changed Tenure Policy to Fire Faculty, 2 Law Professors Allege
As the Chronicle for Higher Education reported: “Two tenured professors at the William Mitchell College of Law have sued the college, claiming it amended its tenure policy so it would be able to cut more…
No Panes in Glass Ceiling
A pair of researchers from Cornell decided to test the theory that there is a bias against women pursuing academic careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) and found that there is none. “Results…
Professors Want Students to Fight Against White Privilege, not to just Acknowledge It
Fight The Man! This is what it seems like professors are telling their students nowadays. But, this story is one of a panel discussion by professors at St. Louis University, where one professor urged students…
The Worst 100 Professors in America List
It’s a great list by the Powerline blog. The number one slot has to be tenured sociology professor Karen Halnon, who was caught on camera in a fit of rage and entitlement, even booted off of her airplane…
UC-Irvine Professors Sign Petition to Keep U.S. Flag Ban
Of course the professors signed onto the petition to bring back the flag ban in a student building.
Wisconsin Professors Upset at Gov. Scott Walker’s Budget Cuts
But, it could be beneficial as Walker believes it will make the University of Wisconsin system more efficient and cut down on wasteful spending.