This is the Lower Ed Tressie's book foresaw. It never was just about for-profit insts. It was about what happens to *all* insts when the profit motive became too dominant. Heck, just compare the high-pressure marketing tactics in her book to this article. Gift link. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/u...
Hundreds of universities have lent their names to online programs, plugging budgets but alienating students who feel misled.
Sincerely, Someone Who Has Worn a "Terrorist Scarf."Sincerely, Someone Who Has Worn a "Terrorist Scarf."
Furman's giving voice to his own ideological priors while pretending to speak on behalf of "economics" against its critics. It is deeply offensive to me as a practicing academic economist that there should be an ideological litmus test for entry into the guild, which is what Furman proposes.Furman's giving voice to his own ideological priors while pretending to speak on behalf of "economics" against its critics. It is deeply offensive to me as a practicing academic economist that there should be an ideological litmus test for entry into the guild, which is what Furman proposes.
voting democrat and shaking my head the whole time so the candidate knows to move left
If Muhlenberg really were a college of rabbis it would be within its rights to infringe its employees' religious freedom like this. But of course it purports to be a secular institution subject to the protections for religious freedom contained in the CRA and the Constitution.If Muhlenberg really were a college of rabbis it would be within its rights to infringe its employees' religious freedom like this. But of course it purports to be a secular institution subject to the protections for religious freedom contained in the CRA and the Constitution.
Muhlenberg College of Rabbis intervenes in an intra-religious dispute among Jews over Zionism to pick which sect's beliefs constitute divine revelation, and hence to squash their employee's freedom of religion.Muhlenberg College of Rabbis intervenes in an intra-religious dispute among Jews over Zionism to pick which sect's beliefs constitute divine revelation, and hence to squash their employee's freedom of religion.
“I wasn’t fired for anything I said in the classroom. I was fired because of a charge brought by a student I had never met, let alone taught, who had been surveying my social media account for months.”
Pennsylvania’s Muhlenberg College may have become the first institution since Oct. 7 to oust a tenured faculty member for such statements, though the professor is appealing the decision and still rece...
“I wasn’t fired for anything I said in the classroom. I was fired because of a charge brought by a student I had never met, let alone taught, who had been surveying my social media account for months.”
Pennsylvania’s Muhlenberg College may have become the first institution since Oct. 7 to oust a tenured faculty member for such statements, though the professor is appealing the decision and still rece...
Interesting piece about the generational divide evident in churchgoing among Black Philadelphians, quoting @rotimia.bsky.socialwww.nytimes.com/2024/09/29/u...
These congregations are struggling to attract younger members. That has consequences for social cohesion and Black political power writ large.
vance reacting to being called "weird" by spreading blood libel is like how men who get humiliated by a woman turn to violence to compensate men: "she laughed at me so i killed her; who's laughing now bitch" vance: "they called me weird so i stoked genocidal race hate; who's laughing now libs"
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I do not have the bandwidth to blog a full rejoinder to Zeynep's latest NYT piece. So I'm gonna write it as a quick thread instead. Her thesis is that the effectiveness of mass protest (particularly campus protest) has waned, and social media is the main culprit. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/21/o...
It’s time for organizers to invent a new model.