Day: October 29, 2013

College President Defends Free Speech
(It Happens)

Hadley Arkes is the Edward N. Ney Professor of Jurisprudence and American Institutions at Amherst College.  He is something of an institution himself.  He is a brilliant scholar but perhaps known as much for his irascible temper and aggressive style of argument as he is for the substance of his positions.  The combination of intellectual […]

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Obamacare Hits Adjuncts Hard

Thanks to Obamacare, the situation of adjuncts and other “contingent faculty” has become much more precarious. “Universities are cutting back on their work hours to comply with Obamacare,” the Daily Caller reports, in order to avoid that law’s requirement of benefits to those who work more than 30 hours a week. “Adjunct college instructors,” the […]

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