Very Few Tears at Lloyd Jacobs’ Departure from the University of Toledo; The Former President Will Be Remembered for His Almost Singular Disdain for Shared Governance

In June 2010, Jack Stripling wrote a piece for Inside Higher Ed reporting on faculty responses to a survey about the performance of University of Toledo president Lloyd Jacobs. Here are the first few paragraphs of that piece, titled “Toledo Chief Raked over Coals”: “In a scathing review of his controversial presidency at the University…

Invitation to Norman Finkelstein to Speak at the University of Pittsburgh Withdrawn at the 11th Hour

An opinion piece, titled “Missed Opportunity; A Canceled Speaker Deserved to Be Heard at Pitt,” was recently published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [September 26, 2015: A, 6]. After indicating that Finkelstein had been invited to participate in the university of Pittsburgh’s inaugural National Security Symposium, the op-ed writer offers this pithy summary of the very dubious…

U.S. Higher Education News for September 26, 2015

  Beer, Julie Crothers. “Educators Worry Dual-Credit Degree Requirement Asks Too Much of Teachers.” Goshen News [IN] 26 Sep. 2015. . . . Dual credit courses offer students the opportunity to earn college credit for coursework through a postsecondary institution that they complete while enrolled in high school. Locally, secondary schools partner with Indiana University,…

U.S. Higher Education News for September 25, 2015, Part 1

  Anderson, A. Scott. “Let’s Move Utah into Education’s Top 10 States.” Deseret Morning News [Salt Lake City, UT] 25 Sep. 2015. Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) is one of the world’s largest integrated international container transportation, logistics and terminal companies. The firm has moved its U.S. headquarters from California to Utah. It is quite…

U.S. Higher Education News for September 25, 2015, Part 2

And here are some other items of possible interest from newspapers published outside of the U.S.:   Child, Katharine. “Free Varsity ‘a Waste.’” Times [South Africa] 25 Sep. 2015. LEADING economists believe that increasing enrolment in preschools in sub-Saharan Africa is a better use of resources than giving free education at high school and university.…

This Would Never Have Happened if William Howard Taft Were Still President!

This item was distributed by Progressive Review in its daily UnderNews newsletter:   September 28, 2015 Obamacare Discriminates Against Heavy People Economic Hardship-–A 2013 report by ConscienHealth, a consultancy, found that 16 percent of employers require wellness program participation, including medical screenings, for access to full health benefits. Of these, 67 percent set goals for…

FutureU

Last year, Michigan State University hosted a conference on “Neoliberalism in Public Higher Education.” I was supposed to present a paper at the conference, but because I became ill will some sort of virus, John McNay was kind enough to present the paper for me. The conference has created a sense of shared purpose among…

Behind “Professor Salaita’s Intramural Speech”

This is a guest post by Don Eron, who recently retired after twenty-five years as a non-tenure-track instructor at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is the primary author of the Colorado Conference’s “Report on the Termination of Ward Churchill,” which was published in volume 3 of the AAUP Journal of Academic Freedom. His writing on…