The Charles G. Koch Foundation has been making six-, seven- and eight-figure gifts to such public institutions as Florida State, Clemson University, George Mason University, Utah State University and West Virginia University. The Koch brothers’ involvement in the Tea Party has raised que[...]
Posts Tagged ‘free speech’
June 27th, 2011 - 9:00 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
Who Owns My Gravitas?
The public sees the University of Washington as the home for an elite faculty. They, the public, expect us to hold forth in our areas of expertise. In effect we are paid to use the UW brand to promote our ideas. The tricky questions is how doe s0one define expertise? That question has came u[...]
June 25th, 2011 - 2:19 pm § in America, Schools & Colleges
Texas Group Challenges Texas Governor’s Plans for Higher Education
from the Chronicle of Higher Ed: June 16, 2011, In a move aimed at Gov. Rick Perry of Texas and his controversial initiatives to remake higher education in the Lone Star State, a high-powered group of more than 200 former regents, chancellors, and presidents, along with Democratic and Republican p[...]
May 10th, 2011 - 9:48 pm § in Uncategorized
FSU Allows Donor To Screen Faculty Candidates
My jaw dropped when I saw this item in the St. Petersburg, Florida, Times (via the vigilant folks at Buzzflash.com). http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/billionaires-role-in-hiring-decisions-at-florida-state-university-raises/1168680 Florida State University has accepted a $1.5 million gift from b[...]
WGU vs. Phoenix .. getting your BGED in Biology.
The Seattle Times reports that online schools are replacing the community colleges as place to get the bachelor’s equivalent degree. A new version of the GED is now emerging .. I call it the BGED .. Bachelor’s Graduation Equivalent Degree. Like their online high school equivalents, som[...]
April 11th, 2011 - 12:00 pm § in Misc.
The WGU Model I: The UW now must choose between becoming a private university in the State of Washington or downgrading itself and depriving Washington of a top ranked research university.
Last Friday, the Washington State Senate voted to lower the standards of our colleges and universities to a standard that is shocking. These votes were not based on the need to control the bidgets. They actually add to the costs of higher education in the State. As a result of these votes, I wou[...]
April 7th, 2011 - 10:04 am § in Schools & Colleges
Falwell’s University goes Online, Receives $445 Million in Federal Student Aid
“Ramping up on-line courses will likely mean higher revenues for Liberty, because such courses can bring in hefty federal financial aid and student tuition payments at low institutional cost.” from Campus Progress: Liberty University, based in Lynchburg, Va., is famous for the fact that [...]
April 2nd, 2011 - 6:50 am § in Schools & Colleges
Free Speech Attacks from The Radical Right
Ed. While the progressive world has been distracted by the absurdist attacks on President Obama’s birth certificate, there is a far more serious and relentless attack on academic free speech itself. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Judy Ancel, a professor of labor studies at the University of Missou[...]
March 28th, 2011 - 1:32 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Letter seeks to reassure alumni that tenured faculty members are not under attack.
from the statesman.com more on The AVE about the University of Texas, including the effort to lower standards in a medical school. and proposals to arm the faculty. University of Texas System regents, stung by criticism a day earlier from the alumni association at UT-Austin, pledged support Friday f[...]
March 25th, 2011 - 2:12 pm § in America, Schools & Colleges
RIGHT OF FACULTY TO SPEAK OUT: Playing Zorro
GOP DEMANDS EMAILS OF UWisc. HISTORY PROFESSOR Ed. Remember Batman? How about Zorro? Batman and Zorro could fight crime only while their Bruce Wayne or Don Diego de la Vega identities were kept secret. Here on campus we are all “Zorro”: no matter how idealistic our goals might [...]