The Cleveland Browns Just Won the World Series!
BY MARTIN KICH Congratulations to their players, their coaches, and their long-suffering fans. But where, exactly, do we go from here?
Quotation of the Day: Election Day Trifecta
BY MARTIN KICH Ann Coulter Tweet: “If only people with at least 4 grandparents born in America were voting, Trump would win in a 50-state landslide.” Beyond the very obvious echoing of the Nazi race laws (but I am sure that the echo is completely coincidental), this tweet ignores that fact that three of Trump’s…
OCAAUP 2016 Annual Meeting: Resolution 1–Increased State Funding
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Whereas the state funding for public higher education has been declining for the last 30 years, Whereas the State Share of Instruction (SSI) accounts for only about 13 percent of institutional budgets, Whereas Ohio ranks 12th in the nation for highest average student debt, Whereas it is no longer possible for…
Stat of the Day: Early Voting in Texas
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Here are the numbers for Texas’ 15 most populous counties: A fairly thorough analysis of these numbers is available through Daily Kos.
Trump University: Alleged Fraud, Racketeering, & the "Playbook"
BY TIFFANY KRAFT Guest Blogger Tiffany Kraft is an activist with Faculty Forward Network. It’s eye-popping to look at the facts and allegations involved in the open racketeering and fraud cases of Trump University, but it’s crucial to do so given that Donald Trump is running for the Oval Office. “It’s absolutely a con,” said…
Some Decline in Total Student Loan Debt
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH The following page is from a College Board Report on Student Debt: Of course, one of the factors in this decline has been the closure of several of the largest for-profit chains with dozens of campuses nationwide and the dramatic decline in enrollment at the major online for-profit institutions. So, although…
Appeals to Millennial Voters
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH SNL Spoof Ad for Hillary Clinton: Ad from Will Ferrell: Speech by Chloe Grace Moretz at Democratic National Convention: Ad from Trump’s children widely panned on Twitter:
AAUP Intervention in Northwestern Jacqueline Stevens's Case
BY PETER N. KIRSTEIN Jacqueline Stevens and her attorney Rima Kapitan had contacted Illinois Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure concerning violations of AAUP standards at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Academe blog covered elements of her case, and this is an update of the Association’s engagement in the matter. Professor Stevens was forced to undergo…
Donald Trump's War on Education
BY JOHN K. WILSON Donald Trump spent most of the 2016 campaign saying almost nothing about education. But recently, Trump has made comments revealing that if he wins the presidency, it could have dramatic and alarming effects on public schools and universities. In his latest pronouncements about universities and in his “Contract with the American…
Thunder in the Rockies
BY CAPRICE LAWLESS The work of our AAUP chapters in Colorado’s community college system has been in the headlines recently and will continue to be so. It shows how the small, sparky things we do (staffing hallway membership tables, distributing our crossword puzzles, bookmarks, fliers, cookbooks, etc.) can lead to lightning bolts of change. Briefly,…