Watch, but ridicule
A blog entry today on the Inside Higher Ed site helped me realize what's bugging me about the conversations around Bill Cronon and the Wisconsin GOP's crass efforts to intimidate faculty: [Another reason to be skittish about working in public higher ed is] the open records request in Wisconsin for Bill Cronon's emails. Not that, […]
I’m sick of the “it’s tough applying to colleges” genre
Today, Rebecca Catalanello has a detailed, thoughtful story in the St. Pete Times all about getting rejected by private and flagship state universities. And I gritted my teeth through every paragraph because nowhere in the piece is there any discussion of a few facts: Every single one of the high school seniors she interviewed was accepted […]