“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[...]
Posts Tagged ‘UW’
April 7th, 2015 - 9:09 am § in The Ave Scene
Lowering Tuition at the UW
The WASTATE Republicans have passed a bill magically lowering UW fruition without offering a source of funding to pay for the decrease. The Dems have offered a more rational proposal and proposed a new capital gains tax to cover the cost. The Republican gambit seems to be “what comes after &[...]
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[...]
March 12th, 2015 - 10:25 am § in The Ave Scene
Is the UW Part of Seattle?
Mayor Murry was a UW employee before being elected. His position in community outreach became a campaign issue because some accused him of serving as a UW lobbyist while also being a State Senator. Unfortunately, while Murry s now our Mayor, it seems like we have little else to do with our[...]
March 8th, 2015 - 6:41 pm § in The Ave Scene
More on The Cougar School of Medicine and PORK.
Over at the AAUP listserv, Professor Sharona Gordon asked a good question : . Who is it at WSU that wants a new medical school? Don’t they have shared governance? Is it the faculty and the administration? Do the students have a say? Is it just the board of regents? Can someone explain their logic?[...]
March 5th, 2015 - 5:40 pm § in America, The Ave Scene
So, Do The Cougars Want $14,000,000 a Year to Seed Fund Raising?
The key to this OP-ED in the Seattle Times is Mr. Gardner’s assertion that public money can stimulate private donations. Is this realistic for a Cougar School of Medicine? Special To Seattle Times As a vice president at Washington State University with a background in business and academia, [...]
March 1st, 2015 - 1:39 pm § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
State Legislature Moves Cougar School of Medicine Forward!~
There are ONLY two reasons to support the WSU idea ..PORK and POLITICS. Despite that, Reuven Carlyle reports that the “House Appropriations Comm voted Friday to allow WSU to begin process of opening a medical school. I voted ‘no’ and here’s why: While I totally support their [...]
February 24th, 2015 - 4:15 am § in Misc.
The Term “People of Color” is Racist
I have always objected to the term “people of color” at the UW because it creates a dichotomy based on the false notion of “race.” This problem is very well illustrated by the reports last Spring in the media about a discrimination suit by a “white” professor a[...]