Warning that destruction could be on America’s doorstep because it oppresses “God’s chosen people,” Minister Louis Farrakhan, the controversial Nation of Islam leader, defended Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi today, calling the U.S. action in Libya hypocrisy. Speaking from the pulpit o[...]
Posts Tagged ‘American Diversity’
March 29th, 2011 - 1:03 pm § in America, Schools & Colleges
Recruiting in China Pays Off for U.S. Colleges
By JACQUES STEINBERG, excerpted from NY Times Dozens of American colleges and universities are seeing a surge in applications (and similar brochures) from students in China, where a booming economy means that more families can pursue the dream of an American higher education. read more. By Karin Fis[...]
Lysenko: The Rad Right Charges Academe with Lysenko-ism.
Ed. A couple of weeks ago, The AVE published a story from OSU claiming that the University was silencing students because of the scientific claims of their father, a climate change denialist. The image from the right is of an academic establishment mimicking the Roman Church’s persecution [...]
March 22nd, 2011 - 6:28 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
WGU’s model for “online education.” There IS a better way.
Ed. The discussion the last couple of days here has referred to “online education” as if that were some sort of magic. BroadWebcast a lecture, add some mulitple choice questions and … you are ONLINE! This sort of computer based learning is just a sad extension of the overlo0asded c[...]
March 20th, 2011 - 6:14 am § in Misc.
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Happy New Year, Persian Style! Haji FiRuz History: Hadji Firouz was a man in red clothes who went from street to street singing and be ating a tambourine on New Year’s eve (which is also the eve of spring). He was usually accompanied by one or two other persons. It is said that he [&hel[...]
March 15th, 2011 - 8:18 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
Basketball Score: Whites: 91 Blacks 59
This is not the score of some game. It is the college graduation rate of white vs black basketball players. Link.[...]
March 13th, 2011 - 12:29 pm § in America
Sunday Revelation: a Movie Review
by Jesus’ General The film, Sons of Perdition, documents the lives of a group of teens who’ve fled the fundamentalist Mormon polygamist community of Colorado City/Short Creek, or as the kids call it “The Crik.” They’re lost kids: uneducated, shunned by their families, a[...]
March 12th, 2011 - 2:26 am § in Uncategorized
Film Festivals
Seattle is the home of many film festivals … some of the most prominent are SIFF … Seattle International Film Festival. Children’s FimFest Three Day Dollar Bill Cinema Central Cinema Langston Hughes African American Film Festival [...]
March 11th, 2011 - 9:59 am § in America
While the tea spills, know-nothings are expelling essential foreigners from the USA.
A third of America’s entrepreneurs come from the “other world.” The US University system is a magnet for two reasons … our great universities and our entrepreneurial economy. Now we are weakening our universities, ignoring the international education market and joining Ar[...]
March 9th, 2011 - 1:23 am § in Schools & Colleges
Does Inclusiveness Lower Academic Standards?
Editorial By The Daily Orange Editorial Board, Syracuse University Published: Monday, February 21, 2011 Updated: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 02:02 CORRECTION: In this editorial, the change in the percentage of Pell Grant-eligible students is misstated. In 2009, 26.5 percent of students were Pell Gran[...]