“Despite numerous claims from Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson that he had received a ‘full scholarship’ to attend the U.S. Military Academy at West Point — including a mention in his best-selling memoir ‘Gifted Hands’ — Carson never even applied[...]
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November 6th, 2015 - 10:55 am § in Uncategorized
Carson admits he wasn’t offered a West Point scholarship
October 13th, 2014 - 9:29 am § in Misc.
UW Huskies: Phyllis Wise Gets Caught For Bad Scholarship
The former UW Provost and now Chancellor of the University of Illinois, after over deriding a UW faculty council as “incompetent” to review the work of a UW prof, is found guilty of scientific misconduct. October 10, 2014 by Andy Thomason Phyllis M. Wise, chancellor of the University o[...]
October 10th, 2014 - 9:44 am § in Misc.
The UW and Scholarship Priorities
University Of Chicago Draws Up Plan To End Use Of Student Loans |Another private university has trumped the “public” schools of the US by offering a full boat to academically elite students … just as the pubic colleges offer a full boat to athletes. From the AP: “The [...]
May 14th, 2014 - 11:46 am § in Misc.
AAUP: Why don’t Seattle’s Wealthy Provide Scholarships?
Robert, this idea leaves me with a taste of Dickens’ England. It seems to me that there is a much better chance that Seattle’s uber wealthy could be encouraged to create a scholarship for Washington’s best students just as their colleague Phil Knight in Oregon supports the best O[...]
April 23rd, 2014 - 3:56 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
AAUP: Universal Scholarships?
Last week, over n the AAUP listserv. Robert Wood referred to an NPR article describing a program in Michigan where philanthropists in Kalamazoo fund universal college tuition. Rob asked, “Imagine if we were able to set one of these funds up statewide in Washington? How much would it cost? [...]
November 15th, 2013 - 12:40 am § in Misc.
New Scholarship at Harvard
Nasir Jones Hiphop Fellowship established by Hiphop Archive and Du Bois Institute The 22-year career of multi-platinum Def Jam Recordings artist Nas is at the heart of a joint announcement by the Hiphop Archive and the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University, to establish the Nasir Jones Hiph[...]
March 17th, 2011 - 12:55 pm § in Misc.
$500 Available Scholarships: applicants should be caucasian, male, demonstrate a commitment to education, and substantiate financial need.
$500 Available for Qualifying Minorities! Our goal: To financially assist young Americans seeking higher education who lack opportunities in similar organizations that are based upon race or gender. In a country that proclaims equality for all, we provide monetary aid to those that have found the sc[...]
November 8th, 2024 - 6:01 pm § in Law and Courts, Schools & Colleges
How 12 college students just ruined their lives
They lured a gay man to a rooming house by going on Tindr and pretending to solicit sex; when he arrived they grabbed him, forced him into a chair, then punched, kicked, and spit on him. They threw him to the floor every time he tried to leave. Twelve students are charged with “first degree [&[...]
May 9th, 2024 - 6:05 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Schools & Colleges
Do people with strong opinions belong in academia?
Scholarship rests on impartial inquiry. Its credibility derives from neutrality. A scholar should be neither for nor against his subject; his role is to understand and explain it. But faculty are human, and have opinions. So the problem is deciding when their personal feelings and opinions get in th[...]
GOP senator calls student debt relief “a handout to the wealthy”
Attention struggling student borrowers, according to a GOP senator who wants to be president, you’re a rich deadbeat. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), who plans to seek the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, called student loan relief a “handout to the wealthy.” (See story here.) When he was[...]