U.S. Higher Education News for September 24, 2015, Part 2

  And here are some other items of possible interest from newspapers published outside of the U.S.:   “City Centres Are the Science Parks of the 21st Century.” Yorkshire Post 24 Sep. 2015. Britain’s city centres should be seen as the science parks of the 21st century, Leeds City Council’s chief officer for economy and…

Wingnuts on Campus, Wright State Edition

The following item appeared in the September 24 edition of the Dayton Daily News. “FAIRBORN – Wright State University officials did not charge a Cincinnati man who drew a crowd on the campus last week by tearing pages from a book that he said was the Quran, Islam’s holy book. “In a YouTube video of…

The Faculty as Punching Bag.

I’ve been working on a book about the effect of the Internet on the terms of employment and working conditions of faculty at all levels.  As a result, I’ve read an extraordinary amount of “disruption” literature lately.  You know, Christensen, Carey, et. al.  – all those people who are just chomping at the bit to…

U.S. Higher Education News for September 23, 2015, Part 1

  Berry, Bill. “GOP Doesn’t Get That Higher Ed Is a Sound investment.” Capital Times [Madison, WI] 23 Sep. 2015: 42. UW-Fox Valley was a beehive of activity when business took this columnist to the campus in Menasha last spring. One of 13 freshman-sophomore campuses in the UW System, UW-Fox Valley plays a crucial role…

U.S. Higher Education News for September 23, 2015, Part 2

  And here are some items of possible interest from newspapers published outside of the U.S.:   Deeks, Andrew. “With Universities You Get Back What You Invest; Cuts in Funding Will Impact Our Ability to Produce Bright and Adaptable Graduates,” Irish Times 23 Sep. 2015: 14. Over the past seven years exchequer funding to universities…

The Secret History of the Campus-Carry Movement, and More

The following paragraphs open an investigative article by Adam Weinstein titled “The Secret History of the Campus Carry Movement”: “June 13, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott visited an indoor shooting range in the Austin suburb of Pflugerville. Abbott wasn’t there to chew up targets. Rather, with a wall of long guns as his backdrop, the governor signed…