Questions and Answers: U.S. Life for Muslim Students How many international students are in the United States? How many students from my country? Open Doors, a survey published annually by the nonprofit Institute for International Education, reported that approximately 564,766 international students were enrolled in U.S. institutions of higher education in 2005-2006. You…
Crumley, James. The Last Good Kiss. New York: Random House, 1978. Like the novelist Robert Stone, James Crumley has synthesized the conventions of the hardboiled tradition with elements of counterculture fiction. In his mystery-detective novels, he has alternated between two Montana detectives, C. W. Sughrue and Milo Milodragovitch, though the two detectives join forces…
This past fall, I somehow failed to post this notice on the most recent working paper published by the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education (CFHE). The CFHE website is located at http://futureofhighered.org/ _________________________ Executive Summary Although 50 years of research has shown that faculty/student interaction is crucial to student success, recent trends and…
Two days ago, I wrote a post titled “You Get What You Pay For Even When You’re Thinking Outside the Box: An Addendum to Brian Mitchell’s Post on an ‘Innovative’ Pricing Strategy from Maine” [https://academeblog.org/2016/01/06/you-get-what-you-pay-for-even-when-youre-thinking-outside-the-box-an-addendum-to-brian-mitchells-post-on-an-innovative-pricing-strategy-from-maine/]. The post closed: “With more specific reference to what is occurring in Maine, a state cannot hope to sustain a…
In Oregon, self-designated militiamen have been occupying a federal nature center that had been closed for the winter. This act of civil disobedience is being led by two of Cliven Bundy’s sons, who are singularly inept and inarticulate. The Bundys are not from Oregon. They are acting on behalf of two ranchers who don’t know…
In an article written for the New York Times, Dan Bilefsky has reported that “Donald J. Trump has threatened to abandon plans to invest more than $1 billion in Scotland if Britain bars him from entering the country over his comments that Muslim foreigners should not be allowed into the United States.” (Permit me a digression. I cannot help…
“The Blame for the Charlie Hebdo Murders,” by George Packer (January 7th) “Unmournable Bodies,” by Teju Cole (January 9th) “I Switched to a Standing Desk, So Now You Should, Too,” by Tom O’Donnell (February 25th) “Did John Roberts Tip His Hand?” by Jeffrey Toobin (March 4th) “Scientists: Earth Endangered by New Strain of Fact-Resistant…
Writing for the Indianapolis Star, Seth Slabaugh reports: “Ball State University didn’t hire a television production company or advertising agency to create four new TV commercials that will start airing next month in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne and South Bend. “The ads were produced by students and directed by faculty and administrators. “’This is one of…
