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  • What Scalia’s Controversial Remarks About African Americans Exposes About U.S. Higher Education
    The Washington Post

    What Scalia’s Controversial Remarks About African Americans Exposes About U.S. Higher Education

    Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia just stirred up another controversy with comments about why African Americans might be better off if they are not accepted into top colleges and universities but rather to “slower-track” schools.” Scalia made the comments during a court hearing in a case challenging the race-conscious admissions plan at the University of Texas at Austin.

    Dec 12, 2015

    Wisconsin Regents Back Free Speech
    The New York Times

    Wisconsin Regents Back Free Speech

    The University of Wisconsin has become the latest university system to officially affirm the right to free speech and academic freedom for all students amid concerns that academia is trying to protect students from being offended by classroom lectures and discussions. The system’s Board of Regents voted 16 to 2 on Friday to adopt a resolution stating that the university should not shield people from ideas or opinions they find unwelcome or offensive. “These are not just pretty words we are going to put in a brass plaque,” said a regent, José Delgado.

    Dec 12, 2015

    Groups Converge for Mock Shooting Near University of Texas
    The New York Times

    Groups Converge for Mock Shooting Near University of Texas

    Only a handful of gun-rights advocates and those supporting Texas’ new, less restrictive campus-carry law showed up near the University of Texas campus here on Saturday for a highly publicized but divisive demonstration and mock shooting in favor of ending gun-free zones. A few demonstrators carried legal AK-47 and AR-15 rifles before the first stage of the gathering, a walk that began at a parking garage just west of the 51,000-student campus. They were outnumbered by throngs of reporters, photographers and television cameras, and later by counter-demonstrators.

    Dec 12, 2015

    Schools Must Make Computer Science a Priority
    Philadelphia Inquirer

    Schools Must Make Computer Science a Priority

    Yasmin Kafai of the Graduate School of Education wrote an op-ed on the importance for students of learning to code.

    Dec 11, 2015

    Refusing to Be Evaluated by a Formula
    Inside Higher Ed

    Refusing to Be Evaluated by a Formula

    With the advent of Google Scholar and other metrics for faculty productivity, advancing one’s career as a professor is much more of a numbers game than it used to be. 

    Dec 11, 2015

    GW President Apologizes to Student After Palestinian Flag Incident
    The Washington Post

    GW President Apologizes to Student After Palestinian Flag Incident

    The president of George Washington University has personally apologized to a student who campus police had written up for violating school policy by flying a flag outside of his dorm window.

    Dec 10, 2015

    Paying to Ignore Racism
    Inside Higher Ed

    Paying to Ignore Racism

    Shaun Harper of the Graduate School of Education writes about institutions that choose to ignore racism on campus.

    Dec 10, 2015

    The Folly of Targeting Big Pharma
    The Wall Street Journal

    The Folly of Targeting Big Pharma

    Michael Mandel of the Wharton School authored an op-ed arguing that the biggest driver of rising health-care spending is the cost of labor, not drugs.

    Dec 10, 2015