Education Is Compromised When Politicians Get Into the Act
North Carolina’s F.A.C.T. (The Fairness and Accountability in the Classroom for Teachers and Students) is an example. It is about …
NEWS REPORTS: New Report Identifies College Spending as Prime Reason for Inflated College Costs
"The relentless increase in institutional spending contributes little to student success but contributes significantly to student debt."
August 23, 2021/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/
Netflix’s “The Chair” — Stick With It Until the End
Being an academic is not just something one does. It is very much who one is.
August 22, 2021/
Film review, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: ‘Abolitionist’ Scholarship/Practice Applied to Higher Education
"We negotiate two paths at once--reckoning with universities’ complicity while creating an alternative."
August 21, 2021/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Should Harvard, Yale Denounce Alumnus DeSantis?
Yes, says Yale alum, Daniel Alter.
August 20, 2021/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Rebecca Gordon’s Take on the Neoliberalization of Higher Ed
Gordon 'counts the ways' in her essay, published in Informed Consent.
August 19, 2021/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Politics and Education
Do elected officials really think they can bury and erase this country’s racist histories with policies and lies?
August 18, 2021/
Education, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Felber Case at Ole’ Miss Stimulates This Response: “We Have Met the Enemy and It is Us”
"If we won't stand up for academic freedom, no one will."
August 17, 2021/
Higher Ed, Perspectives/
PERSPECTIVES: On UCLA’s Mike Rose, “Once You Encountered It (his work), It is Impossible to Shake Its Influence”
"Here, take it (one of Rose's books). Read it. You'll find great value in it."
August 16, 2021/
Higher Ed, Perspectives/
PERSPECTIVES: “A Campus Culture Committed to Discourse, Argument, and Lack of Deference”
"If you can’t speak freely, you’ll quickly lose the ability to think clearly."
August 15, 2021/
Higher Ed, Perspectives/
PERSPECTIVES: When “The Politics of the Thing” Reigns Supreme
PSU's response protocols to COVID-19 are designed to "achieve health and safety...with as little polarization as possible."
August 14, 2021/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: U Nebraska Regents to Vote Friday on Resolution to Ban Critical Race Theory
U Nebraska Regents in the national spotlight.
August 13, 2021/
News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Colleges/Universities at High Risk Without Vaccine/Mask Mandate
"Amid a surge in coronavirus cases fueled by the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant, faculty and staff are …
August 12, 2021/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Davidson College to Offer Course on Impact of Police on Black, Brown, and Indigenous People
"The course will critically examine issues of race, criminalization, incarceration, police militarization, predictive policing, surveillance, and domestic security.”
PERSPECTIVES: Over 40% of America’s College Faculty are Part-Time Contingent Faculty … They are Earning Near Poverty-Level Salaries
Faculty members so classified outnumber tenured and tenure-track faculty combined (total=37%).
August 10, 2021/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/