Ward Churchill, part omega?
Yesterday’s decision not to give Ward Churchill his job back (Denver Post, Inside Higher Ed, New York Times) suggests that we’re probably close to the end of the Churchill legal saga. His lawyer will appeal, but my gut sense is that while the immunity question is a matter of some interest, the question of whether […]
Kill the AHA Job Registry now
What David Evans and Tenured Radical (aka Claire Potter) said. The Professional Respect Abbatoir should be dismantled at all academic meetings and be replaced by phone interviews or (gasp!) inviting one more candidate to a campus interview. Especially in the current environment, when graduate students and new scholars might not be able to afford to […]
Not a love fest on mayoral control, but close
Something in the National Journal’s website is swallowing spaces after periods when I submit comments, and I discovered that I could not edit remarks after submitting them, but those are not really the important matters. It turns out that at least for most of the respondents who have written thus far this week, no one […]
The integrity twins in Illinois
Richard Herman “is shocked, shocked to find out that” influence peddling is going on in the University of Illinois. (Hat tip.) And plagiarist Glenn Poshard is certain that the “unfortunate incident” will not tarnish the reputation of higher education in Illinois more generally. (Hat tip.) Well, I’m glad that’s settled. (P.S. For the whippersnappers who […]