On Monday, April 25, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation providing $600 million for the state’s public universities and community colleges, funding that may help to keep the campuses open through the summer while the budget battle between the Republican governor and Democratic legislature continues. Rauner released a statement suggesting that the bill “doesn’t solve…
Hank Reichman has been reporting on the many issues surrounding Linda Katehi and the other chancellors in the University of California system. What follows is a short item by Mariel Hemingway, writing for the University Herald; the piece is largely a synthesis of the reports from other news sources: “Linda Katehi has been embroiled in…
BY MARTIN KICH Our AAUP chapter at Adelphi University has a long history. The faculty unionized in 1973 and negotiated their first contract in 1974. They have successfully negotiated contracts ever since. That is not to suggest that some of the negotiations have not been contentious, but the faculty at Adelphi does have a history of taking…
BY MARTIN KICH Here are the results of a Google search. You can, of course, click on any of the links, but just surveying the headings will give you a fairly good sense that Larry Wilmore did push the envelope on creating discomfort: Larry Wilmore Savages Media, Ignites Reporter Controversy During White House Correspondents Dinner…
Canada—Capilano University In May 2014, George Rammell, a professor of art at Capilano University, discovered that a sculpture had been removed from his campus studio. The sculpture was of “school president Kris Bulcroft with her poodle Margaux wrapped in an American flag” (Hager). Rammell learned that the sculpture had been removed by campus security…
BY MARTIN KICH Here are the schools with the most NFL draft picks between 1996 and 2015: USC: 69 LSU: 63 Oklahoma: 57 Georgia: 56 Florida State: 54 (tie) Alabama: 53 (tie) Ohio State: 53 Miami: 46 Florida: 45 Wisconsin: 42 (tie) Clemson: 41 (tie) Texas: 41 (tie) California: 40 (tie) Notre Dame: 40 (tie)…
BY MARTIN KICH Here is the list, by school, for 2016: 5: Ohio State: Joey Bosa (No. 3 overall), Ezekiel Elliott (4), Eli Apple (10), Taylor Decker (16),Darron Lee (20) 3: Ole Miss: Laremy Tunsil (13), Laquon Treadwell (23), Robert Nkemdiche (29) 2: Florida: Vernon Hargreaves III (11), Keanu Neal (17) 2: Notre Dame: Ronnie Stanley (6), Will Fuller (21) Alabama: Ryan Kelly (18) Baylor: Corey Coleman (15) California: Jared Goff (1) Clemson: Shaq Lawson (19) Florida State: Jalen Ramsey (5) Georgia: Leonard Floyd (9) Houston – William Jackson III (24) Louisville: Sheldon…