Harvard bans sexual relationships between professors and undergrads “(Harvard College) wasn’t some kind of crazy hippie commune where professors and undergraduate students were having sex with each other three weeks ago.” (quotes are from Washington Post interview with Professor Alison Jones) [...]
Posts Tagged ‘UW’
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[...]
February 10th, 2015 - 12:28 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
A Religious Reason Not to Create a WSU School of Medicine
The Seattle Times reports that some legislators are worried that the proposed new WSU School of Medicine will be, in effect, a religious school limited by its association with Spokane’s Sacred Heart Hospital. Sacred Heart, of course is required to limit its practice in areas of reproductive [...]
February 4th, 2015 - 11:12 am § in Hypocrisy, Schools & Colleges
Michael Young to Lead Action Against the Seahawks
Did Michael Young Leave the UW Because of the 12? Michael Young was a prominent Republican attorney long before he came to the UW as President. Now, this eminent attorney and the new President of Texas A&M is preparing for legal action against the Seattle Seahawks when the Seahawks’ r[...]
And so it goes … another UW President rides off
The Seattle Times Reports that Michael Young Has Been Offered The Presidency of Texas A&M The reason’s for Young’s leaving are not known. However, he had stated that A REASON FOR COMING HERE WAS THE HUGE LEVEL OF PRESTRIGE THE UW AS A RESERACH INSTITUTION. As the current legislatu[...]
January 9th, 2015 - 1:42 am § in The Ave Scene
The Seattle 15?
Seattle Met Chooses Seattle Up and Coming Leaders Seattle Met is one of those glossy urban magazines one finds in hotel rooms and on the coffee tables of affluent friends. The Met is also an interesting magazine because it has reached out to one the few remaining political reporters in Seattle,[...]
December 14th, 2014 - 11:06 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Reuven Carlyle on accountability
Over on FACEBOOK Reuven Carlyle says: “The lack of meaningful accountability and progress in higher education to raise on-time, 4-year graduation rates is a national scandal. If a student has done their part and still can’t access core courses, colleges should pay for the extra time[...]
November 23rd, 2014 - 11:10 am § in The Ave Scene
Can The UW Huskies Compete With The Harvard Johns?
As the UW football season winds down to an anti-climatic try at a minor bowl game, this may be a good time to compare our program with the program at Harvard. Going into the Yale game, Harvard is dominating the Ivies. One win away from an undefeated season and the Ivy League championship the Crimson[...]
November 18th, 2014 - 3:05 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
Harvard and UNC Sued For Racial Prejudice in Admissions
Can any sane person believe that when the President’s daughters matriculate at Harvard, Stanford or even the lowly University of Chicago, these privileged girls will be addressing a need those schools have for greater diversity? The Project on Fair Representation*, an Alexandria, Virgi[...]