POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Presidents should be required to have a minimum of self-awareness. I don’t think that this expectation should require a constitutional amendment or even a great deal of perception on the part of voters. Critics of President Trump focus on his ineptitude as a diplomat, his apparent ignorance of and even disinterest…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH These are the opening paragraphs of an article written by Alexandra Hutzler for Newsweek: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s security detail, one of the most extensive in the Trump administration, will cost U.S. taxpayers nearly $20 million through the fall of 2019. DeVos began receiving nonstop security from the U.S. Marshals Service…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Travis Doom is the President of the Faculty Senate at Wright State University 2018-10-19 BoT–Travis Doom’s Faculy Senate Report [PDF] Please sign and share a petition of support for our chapter’s efforts to get a fair contract: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stand-with-wright-statefaculty. The Faculty Senate is relatively inactive in the summer. Most Faculty are on…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Writing for Vox, Sean Illing interviews Joshua Hunt, a reporter for the New York Times and author of University of Nike. These are the opening paragraphs to the article, which provide the background to the book and the interview: In 2014, the New York Times sent an investigative reporter to the…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Secretary DeVos: Proposed Title IX Rule Provides Clarity for Schools, Support for Survivors, and Due Process Rights for All Department of Education Welcomes Public Comment on Draft Rule Continuing its efforts to ensure equal access to education free from discrimination, today the U.S. Department of Education released its proposal on improving…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH The following is from Politico’s Morning Education daily newsletter: RUTGERS REVERSES RULING ON CONTROVERSIAL FACEBOOK POSTS : After being accused of caving to an “internet mob,” Rutgers University has reversed a ruling that history professor James Livingston was guilty of violating its anti-harassment policy when he wrote posts on Facebook complaining about…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH The following two stories illustrate the complexity of free-speech issues on campus. For although it would be tempting to frame each case as a conflict between the free expression of religious values and the insistence on political correctness, the real issue, it seems to me, is whether it is appropriate for…
BY ANNE SISSON RUNYAN As Committee W (the AAUP’s Committee on the Women in the Academic Profession) marks its hundredth year since its founding, it is worth reflecting on its role in the age of intersectionality. The rise of feminist intersectional scholarship and activism discussed in my piece on “What is Intersectionality and Why Does…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH The photos of the devastating destruction caused by the fires that swept through Paradise, California, are shocking—particularly those of vehicles abandoned to the flames or, worse, caught up in the flames with people inside. I have found two of those images especially affecting—one of a school bus left at an angle…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Sirisha Naidu is the Grievance Officer for the Wright State chapter and has been oordinating our outreach to other labor unions, political figures, and allied community groups as part of our contract campaign and strike preparation. 2018-10-19 BoT–Sirisha Naidu’s Remarks [PDF] Video Link: https://youtu.be/TPbTr_JIOEU. Good Morning, I am Sirisha Naidu, Faculty in…