Were you waiting for the argument in the nation's elite op-ed pages that legacy admissions are actually good for everyone involved? Oh, I know I was. This idiocy is the first of what I expect are going to many such arguments as our elites freak...
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Universities have always been centers of union-busting. In the early 20th century, when a company looked for strikebreakers or militia to commit violence against workers, the university was a great.
I don't know if the president of Harvard is trying to get Stalinist poetry written about him, but he certainly is serving the needs of the extremely rich. That's true.
The goings on at the University of Michigan are more Paul's bag, but I couldn't let this one go. Abigail McFee, a fellow in poetry in the University of Michigan’s M.F.A. program, was asked to write a poem for the inauguration of the University of...
The same people who denies Nikole Hannah-Jones a tenured position at the University of North Carolina based on her politics continue their war on what was once one of the.
Look, I can't think of any better use of the suckers' skyrocketing tuition money than this: The University of Florida is making sure its newly hired president, former Sen. Ben.
While the University of California has come to an agreement with one of its three striking unions--the postdocs--the other unions remain on strike. Fundamentally, this is a straightforward issue--the University of California is a tremendously wealthy institution. The cost of living is very high. The...
President Barack Obama tours the commercial rocket processing facility of Space Exploration Technologies, known as SpaceX, along with Elon Musk, SpaceX CEO at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral,.
The fall is a fascinating time for this academic from a working class background. When I was growing up and graduating from a high school that had something like a.
labor This story got a lot of attention when the job ad was announced, but I am glad it is getting real media attention now. The job posting for an assistant adjunct professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, set high expectations for candidates:...
Faculty are going to have to lead the fight for the continued exploration of complicated and controversial issues in our research because feckless administrators will cave to right-wing members of.
I love this story so much. It's the most New Gilded Age story possible. “Absolutely stunning” is how the University of California, Santa Barbara, described plans for Munger Hall, a.