The U.S. Department of Education Should Be Held Accountable for Failure to Regulate Predatory For-Profit Colleges
From Diane Ravitch:
The Difference between Charlie Hebdo and the American Freedom Defense Initiative
In response to the “cartoon contest” in Garland, Texas, that provoked an attack by two “Muslim extremists,” the news media has not been able to avoid making parallels to the much more devastating attack on the editorial offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Most of those commentators have felt uneasy enough with the comparison that…
The Attacks on Charlie Hebdo’s PEN Award
On May 5 at the PEN Literary Gala, the magazine Charlie Hebdo will be awarded the PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage Award. At least 204 PEN members have signed a letter objecting to the honor, complaining that Charlie Hebdo offended Muslims and therefore is unworthy of any award. The anti-Charlie Hebdo…
Corporatization Run Amok—Beyond Academia but with Equivalents within Academia
In higher education, the imposition of “civility codes” and the institutional appropriation of the intellectual property rights formerly assigned to faculty have both started to emerge as major issues. What most faculty may not be aware of, however, is that many corporations have already imposed versions of both of these things not just on their…
Public Higher Education at a Crossroads
When state revenues dip, those groups funded in areas where state officials have the most discretion often suffer more than other state-funded groups. It’s expected. At the top of the list for many state officials is public higher education. Governors and their education staffs often use the occasion to demand efficiencies, warn against corresponding tuition…
Michelle Obama’s 2014 Commencement Address at Dillard University
We are entering another season of commencement addresses. Given the unrest in many African-American communities over this past year, as well as the financial challenges being face by many HBCUs, Michelle Obama’s 2014 commencement address at Dillard University seems as timely now as it did then—perhaps all the more so. _________________________ UNO Lakefront Arena New…
A New Far-Right Theory: Liberal Immigration Policies Have Been the Primary Cause of Falling Incomes for Most Americans
This is an excerpt from an article distributed by the Far-Right news service Newsmax: “Wages for the overwhelming majority of Americans have fallen below 1970s levels as the percentage of the population that is foreign-born has surged. “A memo from the Congressional Research Service (CRS), released in response to a request for data from the…
Sometimes the Economic Equations Are Simple: Addendum 1: More Graphs on the Current vs. Historical Scale of Corporate Profits
Leading Higher-Ed Consulting Firms
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Same-Sex Marriage, Urban Discontent, and American Values: A Postscript from the Lunatic Fringe
In a post to this blog from several days ago, I linked same-sex marriage and the civil unrest in Baltimore. I knew that it was a stretch, but I was attempting to say that our society and our media are all too willing to look at the surfaces of issues and not at the underlying…