Higher Education and the Perfect Data Storm
May 09, 2012 by David Clemens |
To understand what's really going on at our colleges and universities, we need to look beyond data, writes David Clemens.
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Community College Presidents and Compensation
Apr 12, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
What do they make?
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Student Says Scrap Student Surveys
Mar 02, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
A student journalist states what should be obvious, but usually isn't.
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What Hath Crow Wrought?
Feb 15, 2012 by George Leef |
A skeptical look at Arizona State president Michael Crow.
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Two Styles of Academic Leadership
Feb 03, 2012 by Abraham H. Miller |
Academia is not an environment conducive to good leadership, as illustrated by two extreme leadership styles.
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Diversity Will Cure Our Ills!
Jan 24, 2012 by George Leef |
To professors who dont' embrace diversity fervently enough.
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The Coming Assault on Beadledom
Jan 19, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
The Ivory Tower is submerged in academic administrators.
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Sustainability News
Dec 14, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
Researchers determine that sustainability is now a science; Occupy Wall Street's sustainability committee plays house; Harvard looks to hire someone who can "cultivate an understanding of food"; and a debate asks whether the… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
“Diversity”: Weighing the Cost
Nov 29, 2011 by John Rosenberg |
In spite of budget cutbacks and fiscal crises the annual expenditures for diversity programming in academe continues to be on the rise. As John Rosenberg tallies the cost, can you find the benefit?
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Unanswered Questions: UW-Madison Students Protest CEO Report on Racial and Ethnic…
Oct 21, 2011 by Roger Clegg, W. Lee Hansen |
What really happened during the student protest against the findings of the Center for Equal Opportunity? NAS member W. Lee Hansen, Professor Emeritus of Economics at UW-Madison, documents what he observed on September 13 and offers… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
Mobbing For Preferences
Sep 29, 2011 by Peter Wood |
Peter Wood discusses students' live-action defense of racial preferences at UW Madison.
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Video: Ben Novak on Trusteeship and Shared Governance
Sep 13, 2011 by Andy Nash |
Former PSU trustee Dr. Ben Novak joins Andy Nash for an insightful look at the historical and current role of trustees in higher education.
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Attack of the Administrator Zombies!
Sep 07, 2011 by George Leef |
Professor Robert Weissberg reviews The Fall of the Faculty, adding agonizing details to the author’s tale of woe. Both find that our rampant administrative bloat not only wastes great amounts of money, but also has a deleterious… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
Do College Administrators Misappropriate “Diversity”?
Aug 26, 2011 by Peter Wood |
A Johns Hopkins professor lays the entire blame for the rise of political correctness on power-driven campus administrators. But haven't faculty members played their part?
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Ammons Retaliates Against Exonerated Law Professor
Aug 08, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
Widener University law school dean has professor Lawrence Connell suspended and banned from campus - after a hearing committee exonerated him from charges of sexual and racial discrimination.
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