i propose affirmative action for the mean and socially awkward robert verbruggens modest proposal for how to counter the insidious likability bias...... [Show More]
thank god for google reader . at this point i follow 500 blogs view 12000 items a month about 85 are education related and highlight distribute about 2 of those posts in a host of ways.
and then theres the education blog
and twitter an excellent free pr tool. if you arent following me on twitter already or using it yourself sign up for fre...... [Show More]
according to a cbs4rocky mountain news poll 53 percent of registered colorado voters support amendment 46 which wouldaput state and local governments out of the skin color business. source
i suspect those who say they dont support it dont understand the issue. amendment 46 will not end affirmative action which doesnt involve discrimination and preferential t...... [Show More]
sha na na founders of the modern conservative movement
turns out the dead milkmen were right
duran duran top greatest video poll
duran durans rio has been named the greatest music video of all time...... [Show More]
linked with this is the fourth world war . read also definitions the intelligentsia on oct. 1.
jean baudrillard july 29 1929a march 6 2007 was a french cultural theorist sociologist philosopher political commentator and photographer. his work is frequently associated with postmodernism and poststructuralism full text .
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peter klein
fred schwarz writing about university programs to have incoming freshmen read and discuss a particular book usually a propaganda piece like barbara ehrenreichs nickel and dimed but in this case garry willss tedious lincoln at gettysburg
i dislike the whole idea of making everyone read the same book. . . . why do college administrators persist with sc...... [Show More]
at culture11 alex massie muses on an unlikely sports obsession for a scotsman american college football. heres one of several insightful observations appropriate for this opening day of the season
there is a permanence to college football that is comparable to european soccer or rugby. true sports teams in europe have owners but their sides are held in trust beholden to the s...... [Show More]
on national review s phi beta cons blog robert verbruggen points to a devastating 89 page report by political science professor tim groseclose criticizing admissions cheating by ucla officials.
i shall probably have more to say about this report once ive had time to read the whole thing. meanwhile here is prof. grosecloses summary
a growing body of evidence strongly sugges...... [Show More]
aafia siddiqui is an mittrained neuroscientist a mother of three. she faces 20 years in prison for attempting to kill her american captors at a facility in afghanistan where she was being questioned as a suspected terrorist.
chiming in on the case is nros candace de russy whose insight is as usual equalled only by the ancien ragime charm of her name. surely says candace this ...... [Show More]
we have one of these up here prof leo sandy at plymouth state who is about on the same par as these folks. paid with our tax dollars his site gleefully flies the un flag and he absolutely advocates for a one world government. talk about biting the hand that feeds you thank tenure. and no im not linking him. anyways heres more of that same rogue gallery. transnati...... [Show More]
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about a week ago this blog started a discussion on who bore the responsibility for the strained relations between the uw and the state legislature. i wrote then that some legislators had attitudes that were so antihigher education that the only hope might be to replace them. well on an issue like this i hate to say i told you so822...... [Show More]
as noted here the cardinal newman society cns today officially launched a new division the center for the study of catholic higher education. their website here sports a college guide . guess whos not on the list notre dame. three are many very nice colleges on the list with the possible exception of ave maria. the guide and the website raises the question of the diffe...... [Show More]
ibrahim hooper spokesman for cair told the minneapolis star tribune in a 1993 interview i wouldnt want to create the impression that i wouldnt like the government of the united states to be islamic sometime in the future.a but im not going to do anything violent to promote that. im going to do it through education.
fifteen years later a news crew is att...... [Show More]
breaking objectivists have a charitable foundation robert national review online blogsny 7 minutes and im sympathetic to that any funding that doesnt come from tuition or taxes is a good thing and theres nothing wrong with studying ayn rand.
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fun with tats Post Source: countenance.wordpress.com Posted: May 02 2008 00:35:43
drudgeaa volvo sets a target to eliminate death and injury in its vehicles by 2020
at this rate by 2020 gas will be so expensive that nobody will be able to afford to drive anyway.
allafrica newsa africa the west has warped immigration laws hanson
you know were screwed up if africas calling us warped.
my eyewitness news memphisa memphis middle schoo...... [Show More]
on ron paul supporters being accused of being a cult see my post on free for all .
for my response to something called experimental philosophy and to the claim that equality is a leftist notion see this post on national reviews higher ed blog.
thanks to dr. de russy for posting the latter
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they mean that you can be a brilliant young scholar from a top program but if youre an expert in hemingway faulkner and fitzgerald or malamud bellow and roth or gaddis pynchon and delillo or all of them plus dreiser dos passos sinclair lewis steinbeck thomas wolfe mailer salinger capote kerouac burroughs updike chandler cheever heller gore vidal cormac mccarthy ...... [Show More]
this amounts to a sizeable paradigm shift from the idea of a faculty member who balances teaching research and departmental service to a model based on employees who are specialists. by increasing the specialization and division of labor among the faculty universities are transforming how the institution functions. highly trained specialists now exist on two tracks. the research track of...... [Show More]
florida Post Source: www.superheronation.com Posted: Mar 10 2008 16:56:03
is the university of florida a better university because the schools basketball team won backtoback ncaa championsh ips8221 a george leef
not merely a better university the best university . 8211 agent orange everybodys secondfavorite florida gator.a after albert obviously....... [Show More]
the urban toilet Post Source: organizationsandmarkets.com Posted: Mar 03 2008 03:50:12
peter klein
thats the title ofasca 90.001 offered this semester at new york universitys department of social and cultural analysis . professor harvey molotchs syllabus writes ben mcgrath inathe new yorker reads almost like a parody of allan blooms worst nightmare bringing the jargon of gender and ethnic studies city planning and industrial design t...... [Show More]
carnival of personal finance 139 valentine edition
the smears against mccain are already starting
jules crittenden predicts well see accusations of ptsd from the left. i kind of doubt it. that will only prompt people to ask of either of their candidates so what life experiences do you have from that will enable you to lead our nation and make the big decision...... [Show More]
people are always asking me to write more often well here i go i searched for some info on tupac shakur.
1102 1019 am countercultural higher educations contribution to jihadi networks for followers of islamic terrorisms fecund morphing i give you an indispensable piece from lorenzo vidino at the terrorism monitor. a sample from his important panorama of homegrown networks...... [Show More]
dragging this seemingly endless debate one step further jon b. gould was allowed to respond in the pages of the chronicle of higher education to letters critical of his hit piece on fire . despite so many criticisms arguments and facts to the contrary he repeats the same arguments. he claims that fire is inconsistent in challenging private institutions policies a pattern th...... [Show More]
a few days ago david french reported over at phi beta cons that the university of wisconsin roman catholic foundation settled its religious discrimination lawsuit against the university of wisconsin ndashmadi son. the terms of the settlement consisted of the following...... [Show More]
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