What administrators should say when faculty are controversial
Since both the University of Rhode Island and Florida Atlantic University follow the standard practice of trying to make up responses to controversies over faculty statements, responses that fell well short of a vigorous defense of academic principles, I thought I might provide a boilerplate press release for all colleges and universities that can be […]
Questions about the StudentsFirst state-policy report card
As this post is published, StudentsFirst head Michelle Rhee is speaking on the Morning Joe show, touting her newly-released state-policy report card. A few practical questions, and we’ll see if any journalist decides to be a journalist as opposed to a stenographer: Is there any research supporting the preferred policies that StudentsFirst is using as a […]