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Political leaders across parties and nations now want to crack down on the internet, because terror

One outcome of last month’s Paris attacks and this month’s San Bernardino shootings is that political leaders and would-be presidents are talking about adding new restrictions to the internet.  This is happening in multiple nations, including the United States, and across … Continue reading →

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Fewer and richer high school grads heading to college: ACE analysis

Changes in higher education enrollment can sound very bland or abstract.  We’re talking large numbers, tens of millions of students, and thousands of campuses. buy xifaxan online buy xifaxan no prescription generic  But I can sum up recent data and … Continue reading →

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How public universities support athletics – and students – badly

How are America’s public universities supporting athletics?  Badly on a number of levels, according to a new report from the Chronicle of Higher Education and the Huffington Post.  The key finding here is that campuses are increasingly supporting sports by … Continue reading →

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Queen sacrifice as bargaining strategy

Rider University avoided having a queen sacrifice after all.  Its administration announced serious cuts to academic programs and faculty earlier this month. Now Rider faculty decided to make their own sacrifices rather than see some of their number laid off … Continue reading →

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Small schools losing numbers to big campuses in New Jersey

Declining student enrollment is an issue across the US, and acutely felt in the northeast. buy intagra online buy intagra no prescription generic  Today’s case in point concerns New Jersey, where many private institutions are seeing student numbers decline.  Meanwhile, … Continue reading →

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For educators, a charge on this Veterans Day

Today is Veterans Day, a holiday created to commemorate the end of World War I.  I have many things to say about this (the enormous importance of WWI, the ignored majority of that conflict, the role of civilians, etc), but … Continue reading →

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Queen sacrifice at Wartburg College

Several American campuses have made queen sacrifice* moves these past couple of weeks.  In this post I’ll address the case of Wartburg College. Wartburg  is getting ready to remove 12 of 105 – nearly 10% – of its full-time faculty. This … Continue reading →

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Queen sacrifice at Calvin College

The latest queen sacrifice story comes from Calvin College, which just decided to cut a series of departments and faculty. According to an official statement, the college is engaging in re-prioritization. This means: The final recommendations include the elimination of five … Continue reading →

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The Democratic candidate debate: notes on education

Last night some of the candidates running for the American presidency’s Democratic party nomination debated each other.  There were several problems with this debate, including the exclusion of Larry Lessig and the fact that someone allowed CNN to host it … Continue reading →

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The problem with the problem with students today

Are today’s students becoming too fragile for higher education?  A former student of mine somehow managed to get up the grit and gumption to share this Psychology Today story. on that topic.  After I awarded the student her mandatory trophy … Continue reading →

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