Seems like a good way to spend money…
The Boston Globe reports:
Salem State foundation paid Brady $170,000 for speech
For 40 days and nights since his platinum image was stained by football deflation allegations, Tom Brady has maintained his silence about the controversy, with one exception — a highly publicized appearance at Salem...
“You’re done. Once you are accused, you’re done.”
From our parent site, Legal Insurrection:
Amherst College Creates Another Victim of Campus Assault “Investigations”
We’ve discussed extensively the problems and scandals surrounding the campus sexual assault investigation process. Procedures that favor the accuser, and offer no protection to the accused, have led to lost academic...
A new report found this interesting little tidbit.
According to Desert News:
Utah college students borrow less money than national average, report says
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah college students are less likely than students elsewhere to have unpaid student loans when they graduate, and indebted graduates in...
Ah, California, where the “land of opportunity” constitutes microaggressing.
Fox News reports:
Calling America ‘Land of Opportunity’ offensive, University of California warns professors
Phrases such as “America is the land of opportunity” and “America is a melting pot” are “micro-aggressions” that could leave some students feeling discriminated against, according to a new faculty training...
Today, not only did Rachel Dolezal (the NAACP chapter president outed as being white) step down from her position, but a little investigative due diligence revealed she once sued Howard University for discrimination.
Politico reports:
Rachel Dolezal sued Howard University for discrimination
Rachel Dolezal, the former president of Spokane, Washington’s NAACP who resigned Monday...
Will research on terrorism ever be free of government interference?
The Guardian explores:
University research on terrorism may never be free from interference
It’s becoming much harder for UK academics to discuss issues such as conflict and terrorism. Last December, threats by the far right caused Birkbeck College to cancel a conference on...
Because this is progress or something.
IJ Review reports:
Caving to Student Pressure, University Agrees to Build Study Lounge… Segregated by Sexuality
Officials at the University of Oklahoma have officially taken the idea of separate-but-equal to a new level.
According to The Oklahoma Daily, the school’s student newspaper, the administration plans on making a new...
Yes, you read that correctly.
Alabama.com reports:
Auburn University signs pact with Cuba: Why it matters to Alabama
Beyond the headlines of new diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba, Auburn University is put that diplomacy into action.
The school has signed an academic exchange pact with Agrarian University of Havana and the Cuban National...
One in five students at this high school were valedictorians.
Dalton Miller of The Washington Post reports:
Here’s how my graduating class ended up with 72 valedictorians
In the final week of May, 222 graduates from one Ohio school district flung their caps in the air while claiming the same title: valedictorian. One in...
I read things like this and wonder where I went wrong in life. Professor of Lego? Sign me up!
The Telegraph reports:
University of Cambridge to hire ‘professor of Lego’
One of the world’s best universities is planning to hire a professor – of Lego.
The lucky candidate will be the head of their own...
That’s one theory anyway…
Steve Salzberg writes the “Scott Walker Hates Universities” argument at Forbes:
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s Dual Attacks On The University Of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker really doesn’t like professors. He seems to have a special grudge against the University of Wisconsin, against which he has launched a two-pronged attack...
You knew your kid’s grade school teachers. They were full-time educators, but who’s teaching your kids at college?
Jeffrey Salingo writes at the Washington Post:
Who is teaching your kids in college? You might be surprised.
For 13 years of primary and secondary schools in the United States, parents are assured of one thing:...
Forget this man’s stellar accomplishments, he had the gal to observe that women in science sometimes cry and have a tendency to fall in love with their male counterparts.
BBC Reports:
Sir Tim Hunt resigns from university role over girls comment
A Nobel laureate has resigned from his position...
Should community college scrap remedial courses?
Josh White writes at the Washington Post:
Are remedial courses actually hurting community college students?
Four years ago, I stumbled across startling research that remedial courses in community colleges — a backbone of American higher education — often do no good, and that colleges do not adequately inform...
At Bangkok University, “ladyboys” or “tomboys” are now able to select uniforms based on their preferred gender.
The BBC reported:
Bangkok University transgender students get new uniform rules
One of Thailand’s most prominent universities has issued new guidelines for uniforms.
Nothing really new there; Thai universities usually require students to wear an approved uniform.
But the...
If the cost of a bachelor’s degree is a little too steep, could Germany be the answer?
Boing Boing reports:
Thousands of American kids are getting free university educations in Germany
German higher education is essentially free, even for foreign students, and many courses are conducted entirely in English.
US student debt now stands at...
A student at U.C. Berkeley wrote a piece for the campus publication explaining why she left Islam. The publication retracted her story over concerns for the author’s safety.
Blake Neff writes for the Daily Caller:
Student’s Anti-Islam Article Retracted Due To ‘Safety’ Risk
An opinion piece written by a student at the University of...
The American education system loves to use standardized testing, but would you be able to pass China’s university entrance exam?
CNN reports:
China’s university entrance exams: Would you pass the test?
Now breathe.
Almost 9.5 million high school students in China have just finished possibly the most important exam of their lives.
The annual National College...
In the world of higher education, which university presidents take home the most bank?
CNN Money reports:
The highest paid public university presidents
The average public college president earned just over $428,000 in 2014, up 7% from a year earlier, according to an analysis of 238 chief executives at 220 public universities from the...
The University of Arizona is expanding their degree offerings.
Tuscon.com reports:
University of Arizona will offer bachelor’s degrees online
When Starbucks recently went searching for a school to provide online education for baristas, it didn’t look twice at the University of Arizona.
The UA had nothing to offer the world’s largest coffee chain since...
If a majority have a college degree, has the value of a degree declined?
Jeremy Paxman writes for the Financial Times:
Expansion of the university sector has destroyed its status
Once upon a time, the clever young person who worked hard, got a good degree and was rewarded with a job at a decent...
Citing a “budget crisis”, never mind Illinois just passed a $4 billion budget they can’t afford, the University of Illinois has announced pending job cuts.
The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
University of Illinois job cuts coming: Killeen
University of Illinois President Timothy L. Killeen said Wednesday that some administrative employees will be laid off...
