Anderson, A. Scott. “Let’s Move Utah into Education’s Top 10 States.” Deseret Morning News [Salt Lake City, UT] 25 Sep. 2015. Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) is one of the world’s largest integrated international container transportation, logistics and terminal companies. The firm has moved its U.S. headquarters from California to Utah. It is quite…
And here are some other items of possible interest from newspapers published outside of the U.S.: Child, Katharine. “Free Varsity ‘a Waste.’” Times [South Africa] 25 Sep. 2015. LEADING economists believe that increasing enrolment in preschools in sub-Saharan Africa is a better use of resources than giving free education at high school and university.…
Ohio State Rep. Tom Brinkman has announced that he is planning on introducing a bill that will ban “closed shops” and forbid unions from charging “fair-share fees” to non-union workers at private-sector workplaces. He has indicated that the bill will not apply to public-sector unions, which would have been similarly restricted by Senate Bill…
This item was distributed by Progressive Review in its daily UnderNews newsletter: September 28, 2015 Obamacare Discriminates Against Heavy People Economic Hardship-–A 2013 report by ConscienHealth, a consultancy, found that 16 percent of employers require wellness program participation, including medical screenings, for access to full health benefits. Of these, 67 percent set goals for…
Last year, Michigan State University hosted a conference on “Neoliberalism in Public Higher Education.” I was supposed to present a paper at the conference, but because I became ill will some sort of virus, John McNay was kind enough to present the paper for me. The conference has created a sense of shared purpose among…
This is a guest post by Don Eron, who recently retired after twenty-five years as a non-tenure-track instructor at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is the primary author of the Colorado Conference’s “Report on the Termination of Ward Churchill,” which was published in volume 3 of the AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom. His writing on…
It is time for a direct and specific disavowal of a key component of the sacred text of the AAUP: the 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure. Most genuflect before its presence as either the Magna Carta of higher ed, the common law of the profession, the great classic document of academic freedom…
This is a guest post by Kamala Visweswaran. She is a professor of ethnic studies at the University of California–San Diego. She is the editor of Everyday Occupations: Experiencing Militarism in South Asia and the Middle East (University of Pennsylvannia Press, 2013). My current Academe article, “Palestinian Universities and Everyday Life Under Occupation,” is not an article that describes causes, but rather the consequences of…
There is often a debate on American college campuses about the role of the university as a catalyst in the economic development of its region. Some argue persuasively that the university is an educational institution and should not be expected to divert its resources to build the local economy. Others also make the case that…
Let’s start with an article from the London Times on the impact of the economic slowdown in China on graduate enrollments in U.S. universities. “China Crisis a ‘Serious’ Risk for US Grad Schools.” Times Educational Supplement 24 Sep. 2015. The decline in Chinese students attending US graduate schools is expected to cause major…