CEO Explains What’s the Matter with Kansas—as His Company Leaves
The following is an open letter written by Jeff Blackwood, CEO of Pathfinder Health Innovations: I’ve made the decision. As of July, I have decided that Pathfinder Health Innovations will be moving our corporate office from Kansas to Missouri. There are a lot of things that factor into this decision. For one, the company…
Major Court Decision on Net Neutrality
The following paragraphs are from “The Net Neutrality Court Decision in Plain English,” written by Brian Fung for the Washington Post: “Some debates are so important to the healthy function of the Internet that they’re worth learning about in depth, and in the process grasping their implications for free speech, online commerce, educational opportunity and all the reasons that make the Internet…
A Very Special Kind of Stupid
The following is from Sarah Palin’s Facebook page: OBAMA IS A SPECIAL KIND OF STUPID Enough is enough, Mr. President. There’s no “due respect” due you after pulling this stunt. Exploiting a sick, evil, ideological-driven attack on Americans to further your twisted anti-Second Amendment mission is disgusting. Today you’re demanding an “explanation” from law…
COCAL Updates
COCAL is the Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor, a nearly 20 year old network of contingent activists and their organizations that does a conference (now tri-national – USA, CAN (including QBC) , and MEX) every other year, usually in August. It also sponsors a listserv, called ADJ-L, and has an International Advisory Committee and a…
The Truth about For-Profit Colleges and Trump U
This article was written by Kevin Kinser, University at Albany, State University of New York, and originally published in The Conversation, an online magazine that allows articles to be reprinted in full, as long as the author and magazine are properly credited. The article provides insightful background on the evolution of for-profit colleges and universities over the…
Privatization of Campus Services in Broader Context
My most recent post reports on the efforts at Eastern Michigan University to forestall the privatization of the institution’s dining services. In a post to the Miami University of Ohio chapter’s Facebook page, Cathy Wagner has provided not just a parallel example of this sort of privatization at that institution but a broader perspective on…
More on the High Cost of Intercollegiate Athletics
Nicholas Piotrowicz, a sportwriter for the Toledo Blade, has provided an analysis of the high cost of competing at the bottom end of Division 1 intercollegiate athletics and, in particular, the FBS division of college football. The article is titled “MAC Schools’ Cost of Athletics Up 75% over last 10 Years,” and it opens…
Support EMU Dining-Service Workers against Privatization
Direct the Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents to put off the privatization of dining services for at least one year, as we do not believe that students should put up with mold, human hair and under-cooked meat, and we do not believe students should be left out of the process. Direct the EMU administration…
Questions about One BoT Appointment Reflect Broader Issues
The editor of the Toledo Blade just published an editorial titled “A Bauble for a Buddy,” questioning both the appropriateness and the efficacy of John Kasich’s appointment of Richard Ross, a former state school superintendent, to the Bowling Green State University board of trustees. The appointment needs to be approved by the State Senate,…