David Brewster Good article on the tradeoffs universities make when they aspire to become “prestige” institutions. The formula, at Clemson at least: shrink enrollment by being more selective, raise class sizes, raise tuition, game the US News rankings, tell adjuncts to get PhDs. Public[...]
Posts Tagged ‘American Diversity’
BREWSTER: Road to Prestinge: SHRINK the College
September 12th, 2016 - 5:08 am § in Misc.
Kshama Sawant vs. Hillary Clinton
Sawant is the Donald Trump of the left. Like Trump her ego overbalances any rational ideas. She demonizes Mrs. Clinton with all the subtlety of Rush Limbaugh. I also am upset by Kshama Sawant’s racism. Is Sawant a person of color? She is high caste, a Hindu from the Brahman caste .[...]
August 2nd, 2016 - 1:41 am § in Donald Trump, Misc.
Warren Buffett Challenges Trump to a Tax Duel
OMAHA, Neb. — The “Oracle of Omaha” went directly after Trump, dismissing the Republican real estate magnate’s excuse for not releasing his tax returns. “I would like to make him an offer I hope he can’t refuse,” Buffett told Clinton’s supporters at a rally. “I’ve got news for h[...]
July 31st, 2016 - 10:19 am § in Misc.
Hillary and Donald Respond to The Father of an American Muslimn Soldier Killed in Afghanistan
Trump to Father of Fallen Soldier: ‘I’ve Made a Lot of Sacrifices’ In his first response to a searing charge that he’d “sacrificed nothing” for the U.S., Trump said he’d created “thousands and thousands of jobs.”[...]
In the STEM era, do they really still teach Latin?
David Brewster One part of university humanities that is not declining, including at UW, is classics. The likely reason is all the attention classics profs pay to high school teachers, producing a trickle-up pattern for the humanities. Most other humanities departments look down their noses at high [...]
July 19th, 2016 - 8:47 am § in Uncategorized
Chicago: Suicide or Lynching?
FREEOWL A man that looked like he had everything to live for found hanging from a tree in Chicago. The Cook County Medical reported that a man was found hanging from a tree on Lake Shore Drive. It is believe that thousands of motorist, bikers, and joggers had passed by the hanging man during t[...]
July 8th, 2016 - 7:00 am § in Misc.
140th Anniversary of The End of Reconstruction
BLACK THEN: HAMBURG MASSACRE OF 1876: ALL-BLACK COMMUNITY RACE RIOT AGAINST WHITE TOWNSPEOPLE 1 POSTED BY JAE JONES – APRIL 7, 2016 – LATEST POSTS, RECONSTRUCTION The Hamburg Massacre of 1876 was a race riot between community’s Black militia and white residents from the surrounding rur[...]
Adversity is Nothing #3
Seri Matiari is a tournament held in Malaysia, that up until this year, featured teams that play in NBL Asia. The majority of those teams in last year’s tournament were local Malaysian teams, and one team from the Philippines. This year in an attempt to increase the legitimacy of the NBL Asia leag[...]