POSTED BY MARTIN KICH John Wilson, one of the co-editors of this blog, has written a newly published book on Donald Trump. It looks as if it will be every bit as lively and engaging as his previous books. Here is the information on the book provided on the website of the publisher, OR Books:…
BY JOERG TIEDE Women professors were among the charter members at the AAUP’s founding, although their numbers in the early history of the Association are hard to reconstruct. In 1917 Vassar College professor Lucy Salmon was elected as the first woman member of council, and in 1925 Wellesley College professor Mary Calkins was the first woman…
BY CAPRICE LAWLESS NOTE: When you send your request to your legislature, include links to larger documents (see below). By including hypertext links, later readers of the request (other lawmakers, Facebook readers, e-mail recipients, coalition members, reporters and blog readers) can then quickly verify your facts (if they are inclined to do so) without inclusion…
BY AARON BARLOW There’s a short piece on Inside Higher Ed today that says the Long Island University at Brooklyn administration will lock out faculty members starting at midnight “unless the faculty union immediately ratifies a contract and that it has lined up new faculty members to teach.” This is all sorts of crazy. One…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH Writing for University Business, Ray Bendici provides an “Inside Look [at] College Stadiums.” The implications of the focal statistic in the second paragraph are worth considering. And the name of the expert quoted throughout the article seems one of those ironic pairings of name and occupation: “Colleges now enhance game-day experiences…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH This is from CNN’s Politics Nightcap newsletter of August 29, written by Eric Bradner: “Indiana’s Business Tax Breaks under Pence Scrutinized “Under Gov. Mike Pence, the Republican vice presidential nominee, Indiana companies are getting tax breaks even though they’re outsourcing jobs, the Indianapolis Star‘s Tony Cook reports. “How does this work? It’s complicated, but…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH “’I know why I get bad treatment in the New York Times. It’s because it’s owned by Mexico. I don’t know if you know, a rich guy in Mexico actually has power at the New York Times. I wonder why they don’t like us. You know, I just wonder.’” “Trump was…
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH CEO salaries in the health-insurance industry:
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH When deer hunters in Matador, Texas, looked under their deer blind, they found 26 rattlesnakes: Source: http://www.wideopencountry.com/texas-hunters-find-rattlesnake-surprise-blind/.
POSTED BY HANK REICHMAN “We need a chancellor who will not be engaged in the doublespeak of proclaiming UC Berkeley’s preeminence as a public university while simultaneously insisting on marketizing every aspect of its existence. We need a chancellor who does not believe that the negative impact on educational access and the quality of our…