From a press release from the Professional Staff Congress of the City University of New York: Bill Would Improve Quality of Public Higher Education New York—The State Assembly delivered to Governor Cuomo today legislation that overwhelmingly passed the Assembly and Senate to protect educational quality at New York’s two public university systems, the City University…
On October 1, a satirical column in the London Times Higher Education supplement included the following item: Branding Room Only Poppleton’s Deputy Head of Brand Management, Georgina Edsel, has described a recent article in Times Higher Education on marketing techniques as ‘backward looking.’ “She particularly objected to the manner in which its author, Philip…
Here is a summary of the key elements of the plan provided in an article written by Bonita Naylor for the Providence Journal: “Ideas for assuring that no one will be harassed for “race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, nationality, creed, gender identity or disability” include: —Adding financial support and services, including a new dean,…
The famous “dancing cop” of Providence, Rhode Island, Tony Lepore, has been fired for organizing a “Blue Lives Matter” protest critical of the Black Lives Matter. Steven Paro, Providence Police Commissioner, declared: “Mr. Lepore was not authorized to speak on behalf of the Providence Police Dept. and his actions were, in my judgment, a disservice…
Writing for the Far-Right website RedState, John Hawkins provides the following list of “15 Excerpts That Show How Radical, Weird And Out of Touch College Campuses Have Become”: 1) “College Students Say Remembering 9/11 Is Offensive to Muslims”: The everything-is-offensive brand of campus activism has struck a new low: Students at the University of Minnesota killed…
From Amazon.com on Thanksgiving—below a significantly smaller box containing the message “Happy Thanksgiving!”: From Barnes and Noble.com on “Small Business Saturday”: From Amazon.com on “Small Business Saturday”: I am waiting to see how the advertisers try to turn “Giving Tuesday” into an extension of “Black Friday” and/or “Cyber Monday.” And…
Given the increasing frequency with which these mass shootings have been occurring, it is all too easy to become insensitive to the life-altering impact of such events on those most directly involved—the victims and survivors and their families, friends, and co-workers. But until someone discovers a way to transform these cumulative shocks to the national…
All week, we have been watching media reports on the ramped-up security at airports, train stations, shopping malls, and public events—all intended to discourage ISIS-led or ISIS-inspired attacks and to reassure the public that there will be a rapid and decisive response if any such attacks should be attempted. Very thankfully, no such attacks have…
Yesterday, an article written by David Chen and published in the New York Times included the following statistics on construction-related deaths and injuries in New York City: “Seven workers have died on the job since July, including three in a nine-day stretch before Labor Day, according to records of the federal Occupational Safety and Health…
I am re-posting Robert Reich’s Thanksgiving message because I largely agree with it. In a period in which partisanship requires almost absolute conformity to the “party line,” even when there is actually still no consensus on where or what that line should be, the adverb “largely” seems to have become a largely abandoned modifier. Yet,…