Hot grad-rate discussion in comments!
We have the first extended thread of comments in this blog, on the grad-rate debate, with an active debate between Dan Losen and Joydeep Roy. My thanks to both of them for continuing the discussion. (I usually let comments stand on their own but wanted to point to this, since it’s extended and quite substantive.)
Deborah Meier and Diane Ravitch
Go, Thou, and read the Ed Week column written jointly by Deborah Meier and Diane Ravitch. Update: It’s behind a subscription wall. Grump.
Banning travel to Cuba
Inside Higher Ed has finally reported on the Florida bill that would ban travel to countries labeled as supporting terrorism using funds that go through public colleges or universities. I’ve heard conflicting responses from fellow faculty around the state—not about the wisdom of the policy, which most would recognize is an infringement on several areas […]
Ward Churchill’s response
Via Inside Higher Ed and Churchill defender John Moredock comes news of Ward Churchill’s response to the investigating committee’s report. A little over one page of the six-page response concerns the substantive allegations. Readers can judge for themselves whether this is a great scholar responding to a witchhunt or a continuation of the mendacity that […]