Adding to the Already Egregious

BY CAROLYN BETENSKY Could we have a winner in the administrative malfeasance contest, COVID-19 division?  I think we may!  Of course, it’s too early to say.  The entries keep rolling in.  But this one is a contender. National University is requiring faculty to attend graduation at the San Diego Padres’ Petco Park in downtown San…

Meningitis B at Princeton and the University of California at Santa Barbara: Postscript

In an earlier post, “Meningitis B at Princeton and at the University of California at Santa Barbara” (https://academeblog.org/2013/12/10/meningitis-b-at-princeton-at-the-university-of-california-at-santa-barbara/), I reported on the outbreaks of the disease among students at the two campuses and on the decision by the Centers for Disease Control to allow a vaccine not yet approved for use in the U.S. to…