Salaita Speaks!
It’s 6:50 in the evening on Wednesday, October 8, 2014. The 7:00 event start time at Columbia College Chicago draws near. The lecture hall is filling up rapidly. The star attraction has not arrived. Professor Iymen Chehade, indeed a star in his own right, and I are waiting for Steven Salaita. A skilled, poised and charismatic student…
U. Illinois chancellor earns mega-correction for duplicate publication
unCommon News (October, 2014)
If you are unable to view the images in this newsletter, click here. unCommon News (October, 2014) A crowd-powered newsletter for a writing-centered community Dear Friends, Welcome new readers! Bienvenido Spain! Välkommen Sweden! Willkommen Germany! During September, an average of 5,629 people visited Writing Commons each day. Our global readership continues to increase, particularly in Spain, Sweden, and Germany. Please visit The Aaron…
2015 Digital Writing Tools for Global Citizens Conference
2015 Digital Writing Tools for Global Citizens Program for January 16, 2015 Time Presenter Short Bio Presentation Title 8:00-8:15 Introduction 8:15-9:00 Chris Anson Director, Campus Writing and Speaking Program, North Carolina State University Digital Tools, Global Audiences, & the Future of Writing StudiesGroup Discussion 9:00-9:15 Break 9:15-10:00 Valerie Ross Director, Critical Writing Program, University of…
The Secret Sauce of College Admissions
Moody’s issued a report last week pointing to a basic discrepancy in how we view college admissions that underscores the collapse of the college tuition-dependent finance model. In its report, Moody’s noted that applications to private colleges rose 70 percent from 2004 to last year but the annual total of new high school graduates rose…
Latest: Salaita Chicago Speaking Tour
The Chicago Tribune has updated the Steven Salaita whirlwind speaking tour in Chicago. Kindly see here. I noticed that a scheduled appearance at the University of Illinois at Chicago was canceled according to the paper. This is a link to another article in the Chicago Tribune that announces the tour and discusses the Salaita tenure travesty…
Fox News to Hire Fat and Ugly Women, O'Reilly Undergoing Hormone Treatments
In an announcement that shocked even the last reader of Victoria’s Secret catalogs alive, Brian Kilmeade, Fox News announced that it is going to do a booty-reset, which entails the hiring of on-air personnel, particularly female ones, that are fat and ugly. “We are undergoing a paradigm shift,” a masked and invisible spokes-entity for Fox…
Roll Back the Free-Market/Privatization Education Boondoggle!
Let’s be blunt: There has never been anything behind “let the market do it” privatization schemes for education beyond a desire to tap into the stream of tax dollars going into education. If the people pushing for-profit colleges and charter schools really believed in the myths of the free market that they promote, they would not…
Keynote Address at the University of Saskatchewan Faculty Association Academic Freedom Event: Part 1
Rudy Fichtenbaum, President American Association of University Professors First I want to thank the University of Saskatchewan Faculty Association for inviting me to attend your Academic Freedom Event. I do not consider myself to be an expert on academic freedom. Thus, I am all the more so truly honored that you have asked me…