Video of the talk by Steven Salaita at the University of Washington. Professor Salaita speaks about free speech, his own dismissal by the University of Illinois, and the rights of the Palestinians. For comment and background, READMORE ON TA.[...]
Posts Tagged ‘AAUP’
April 8th, 2015 - 7:39 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
You Tube Video of Steve Salaita’s Talk at UW Kane Hall
April 8th, 2015 - 1:07 am § in Misc.
How Much of UW Tuition Goes to Admin?
“the total number of full-time faculty members … grew from 11,614 to 12,019 between 1975 and 2008, the total number of administrators grew from 3,800 to 12,183 — a 221 percent increase” While recently we have read a lot about the efforts of the state legislature to cap and redu[...]
April 3rd, 2015 - 9:00 am § in Misc.
Of Passover, Anti Zionism, and Free Speech
Paul Burstein Exactly 47 years ago today, Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his last speech, at the Mason Temple in Memphis Tennessee. He described a vision–a vision of struggles for freedom throughout history, beginning with the Exodus from Egypt and the trek “through the wilderness on tow[...]
April 2nd, 2015 - 11:57 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
A Response to a UW Prof: In Support of Free Speech
Michael Goldberg Commenting on a furor avout Steve Salaita speaking next Monday on UW campus The overarching lesson for me about the Salaita case was how little interested those on either side seemed to be about attempting to move towards a vision of two democratic states peacefully co-existing, a v[...]
April 2nd, 2015 - 4:49 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
Free Speech at the UW: A UW Professor Speaks out AGAINST FREE SPEECH
“I was appalled to learn that the UW-Chapter of the AAUP is sponsoring the visit of Steven Salaita to campus.” TALK: Monday, April 6, 2015 6:00 – 8:30pm Gowen 301 UW Seattle Campus MAP Free and open to the public Michael Rosenthal , Professor, Department of Philosophy Dear Prof[...]
March 27th, 2015 - 8:03 am § in Misc.
UW Prof Shocked, Shocked the UW PR Guy Claims UW Can Not Pay $15 Minimum Wage
Rod Palmquist, AAUP Listserv: Speaking as a former union rep that has participated in years of higher ed bargaining at UW, WSU, Western, Central and Evergreen, I’m very surprised that an administrator as knowledgeable as Norm would make such a misleading statement: “You can’t go and change[...]
Losing the UW, Losing a President
Higher-ed spending in Texas lured UW’s president With a stable endowment from oil revenues and a new governor who talks of lifting the state’s public universities into the top tier, Texas proved a powerful draw for University of Washington President Michael Young. By Katherine LongSeattle[...]
December 11th, 2014 - 10:04 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Is A University Education Basic?
UW Prof: It is interesting to speculate about whether higher education could be considered a subset of Washington state government’s “paramount duty… (WASTATE’s constitution requires) the state “to make ample provision for the education of all children residing within [...]
October 26th, 2014 - 11:32 am § in America, The Ave Scene
Privacy and free speech at the UW.
This post is based on a letter I recently wrote as editor of THE-Ave.US to a UW Prof who was upset that a post on TA had referred to a conversation the Prof had posted on the AAUP listserv. My letter, written as gmail, raises two important points. First, unlike most other large universities[...]
October 25th, 2014 - 3:34 am § in America
REPOST: DON’T SEND YOUR CHILD TO HARVARD!
In response to a request I have deleted the original text of this post from July 22, 2014. The edited post follows below. Let me explain. William Deresiewicz, former Yale Professor, author and contributor at The Nation and The New Republic, wrote a very thoughtful piece with the title used above[...]