2018 in Higher Ed: Openings Here and There

2018 in Higher Ed: Openings Here and There

2018 carried on with 2017, and on the big themes needs no separate higher ed news roundup.  We faced our POTUS of infinite need, who continued...

In, Of and Out of the UC

In, Of and Out of the UC

Reflections on the 150th Anniversary Symposium of the University of California Academic Senate, Part I, by Anneeth Kaur Hundle (Asst. Prof....

Fiat Lux, Free Speech, and Police Violence

Fiat Lux, Free Speech, and Police Violence

Comments from the 150th Anniversary Symposium of the University of California Academic Senate, Oakland, California, October 27, 2018,  by Dylan...

Student Debt is a Continous Drain on College Students

Student Debt is a Continous Drain on College Students

We've gotten dosed this past week with some prime time smugness about how we don't need to do anything much to help higher education.  First was...

Announcing the Network of Concerned Academics

Announcing the Network of Concerned Academics

Below you will find the announcement of  the creation of a new network that has formed to defend the critical functions and independence...

California Campus Republicans and Their Free Speech Masquerade

California Campus Republicans and Their Free Speech Masquerade

By Robert Cohen (New York University) The release of the California College Republican’s Platform has attracted press attention...

Working in Non-Harvard Higher Ed

Working in Non-Harvard Higher Ed

The biggest mainstream media higher ed story last week--and this--has been the lawsuit charging Harvard with discrimination against  Asian American...

Kavanaugh v. Academic Knowledge

Kavanaugh v. Academic Knowledge

Many people are worried about the damage the Kavanaugh appointment will do to the Supreme Court and to American politics.  I'm worried about the...