Living in the Confederacy of Dunces
…this cohort’s development. So many young adults are pushed into colleges and graduate schools, only to become less practical and more intransigent about interacting with others. The lessons they learn…
…this cohort’s development. So many young adults are pushed into colleges and graduate schools, only to become less practical and more intransigent about interacting with others. The lessons they learn…
…wonders, “why do more than 500 other colleges have AAUP chapters, but we don’t.” I humbly offer this insider info to help facilitate your get-to-know-you-better mixer with AAUP: As one…
…him. It’s a less bloody affair. There’s a murder, but a king and two fathers excise Don Juan from the Hispanic world like a criminal or a tumor. Don Juan…
…that each additional year of schooling is correlated with an increase in earnings of say eight percent. While probably the best that could be done with the data and methodologies…
…constitutional self-government” through “the study of original source documents…that illustrate the United States’ constitutional history and structure.” Students will also learn about “influential works of economic theory” and the “exemplary…
…Washington? I think the answer is yes. The timeless gem of a video, “Americans Don’t Know Their Own History!,” by the witty Will Whit, perfectly proves this point. In the…
…opportunity to learn all over the world through its study abroad program. There’s just one catch: it’s in bed with the Chinese Communist Party (“CCP”). As an alumni of Saint…
In 1989, the Supreme Court ruled in County of Allegheny v. American Civil Liberties Union that a nativity scene donated to the courthouse by a local Roman Catholic organization displayed…
…U.K. stands out as a superior host country for law training is its use of the graduate degree as an actual specialized degree in applied areas of law —ULondon hosts…
My former French professor imparted this message to the class: college is the time to be selfish. Travel, drink, have plenty of sex. She was exceptionally cool, I thought. But,…
…stay, and we are optimistic about their ability to become incredible tools that help students to learn, learn more quickly and understand subjects more thoroughly,” ASU president Michael Crow said…
…a true distinctive in the American democratic experience. Through these experiences, Americans learn how to exercise their liberty and engage in cooperative relations with others. As a result of these…
…study of …” How can they get away with it? Apparently, many editors and reviewers—and probably most in my field of education—don’t consider dismissive reviews wrong or harmful and do…
Author’s Note: Dedicated to Alicia Cerezo “Rara temporum felicitas ubi sentire quae velis et quae sentias dicere licet.” —Tacitus, Historiae, 1.1 “I don’t like belonging to another person’s dream.” —Lewis…
…dual role of seriously pursuing a degree and secondarily demonstrating their ballplaying prowess has gone from being tenuous to being almost completely fictitious. Therefore, why don’t we formally separate the…
…high-cost programs that object to MCoC: “You say you are of higher quality. Prove it.” I’m open to providing high-quality programs with higher subsidies; I don’t accept the assumption that…
…president Drew G. Faust, in 2015, defended the absence of a faculty senate saying, “I don’t personally think that it’s particularly well-suited for Harvard.” However, the American Association of University…
…trying to rebuff the data, claims the data is biased, and ultimately, after the meeting was over, I was labeled racist. Unfortunately, these numbers don’t fit the narrative. The narrative…
…restore lost public art. After the devastation of World War II, countries in Europe worked for decades to create replicas of their destroyed monuments and architecture. We must learn from…
…and were more likely to learn about such job openings. Additionally, 10 percent of the gender gap and 5 percent of the racial-and-ethnic gap can be accounted for by parenthood….
…inclination to ad hominem attacks when they encounter an idea that they don’t like, and where that inclination goes unaddressed by tutors, House Deans, faculty members, and administrators. The points…
…academic search for truth. Establishing these centers can be done quickly within existing collegiate structures, and new centers can spark powerful curiosity within students. I know this firsthand from my…
…Colonies and was acting as the agent of Massachusetts. On January 29, he went before the Privy Council to learn whether the British government would heed Massachusetts’ petition to replace…
…tuition steady for four years. I lean against this idea. While I don’t like that colleges can entice students with deceptive practices like scholarships that only cover the first year,…
…a jury, but the judges delayed passing a sentence and the matter was hastily referred back to Britain with the result that Richardson received a royal pardon. What hope had…
…that the academic left has stumbled or the first time that we reformers have had high hopes disappointed. If it is our moment, I don’t want to waste it. But…
…These sessions are never described as compulsory, but the pleasant young women don’t take “no” for an answer. In former times, I was able to avoid these sessions by pleading…
…from the Chi Sigma Iota record of that event, what you don’t see are concerns about conflict of interest in having organizations, including those with the power of law, working…
…rights. They don’t need further encouragement from the federal government. One cannot help but speculate on the intent of such a policy change. By including gender identity as a protected…
…gotten themselves into the political thicket by becoming dependent on direct government subsidies and indirect subsidies that fund student tuition. If they don’t kowtow to the members of Congress, they…