BY JANE S. GABIN Everyone agrees: college will never be the same. Even before the pandemic, rapid change had become the pattern. Remember when college applications were handwritten? It wasn’t so long ago. Over the past three decades, colleges have become more like businesses and the process of applying for admission to them has become,…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH This was a very nice surprise for our graduates and a very nice moment in the very uneven recent history of our university. I’m here to say congratulations. Congratulations to you chosen ones. I am calling you the chosen ones because you have been chosen in many ways. First, by the…
BY MARTIN KICH This is the lead item in a news item from the Far-Right media site World Net Daily: If you cannot read the line right before “Read More,” it says: “Finally someone with all-American blood has the guts to stand up against government orders.” Decades ago, when I spent more time on barstools,…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH In an article published on Saturday evening by the Washington Post, Dan Baltz has much more thoroughly presented basically the same case that I was attempting to make in my post from last Friday. Here are some selected passages from the beginning of Baltz’s article: The government’s halting response to the coronavirus pandemic…
BY MARTIN KICH “The NCAA, the presidents of the universities, the Power 5 conference commissioners, the athletic directors need to be meeting right now and we need to start coming up with answers. In my opinion, if we have to bring our players back, test them. They’re all in good shape. They’re all 18, 19,…
BY MARTIN KICH In my previous post, I tried to point toward some light in the midst of all of the darkness by highlighting some evidence of the continuing economic value of having a college degree. I would like this post to be considered within the context provided by that data. I am less concerned…
BY MARTIN KICH There is no good news in this pandemic—only bad and worse news. An article written by J. Edward Moreno and Justine Coleman for The Hill opens: College graduates are poised to enter one of the most difficult job markets in U.S. history. Nearly 4 million people are expected to graduate with a…
BY MARTIN KICH When Donald Trump began to form his Cabinet, it became clear almost immediately that one of the main criteria for leading a department would be a history of publicly expressed antipathy toward that department. Thus, Rick Perry became the Energy Secretary. Ben Carson was named the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.…
POSTED BY HANK REICHMAN The following letter from staff, faculty, and student groups, delivered to University of California President Janet Napolitano, the UC Board of Regents, the campus Chancellors, and the Medical Center CEOs, enumerates concerns and suggestions for dealing with the financial consequences of COVID-19. May 13, 2020 Dear University of California President Napolitano…
POSTED BY THE AAUP Clinical faculty at the AAUP-BHSNJ chapter need your support to win a fair contract after two years of bargaining. These members’ work on the frontlines of the COVID crisis, including work on developing a COVID-19 saliva test, is a real-life example of higher education for the common good. While Rutgers University’s…