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Category Archives: Education
creeping Sokalism in the academy now extends to entire groups of marginal journals
By ann summers There was once an angry white guy who felt that some Other was doing less reputable academic work outside of his own field and decided to hoax a publication that did not practice rigorous peer-review. Alan Sokal … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Education Policy, History, Media, Philosophy, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged Culture, Higher Education, Media
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On paying college athletes, no.
By ann summers I tend to watch college sports on television because the promotional video for the institution usually shown around halftime is more interesting in terms of representing the institutional identity. But they are representations that are at risk … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrity, Corruption, Education, Education Policy, inequality, Racism, Society, Sports, Sports, Uncategorized
Tagged Media, NCAA, Sports, sports highereducation
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TCS: When Men Alone Decided What Was HISTORY
Good Morning! ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading
Posted in Education, The Coffee Shop, Women's Rights
Tagged “Keep the Damned Women Out”, Gloria Steinem, Ivy League, Linda Greenhouse, Nancy Weiss-Malkiel, TCS, When Men Alone Decided What Was HISTORY
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Does Donald Trump Know How to Read?
I worked as an industrial adult educator for twenty years. My teaching credentials were granted by California in 1980. I have dealt with adult literacy on a regular basis teaching adults some pretty complex mechanisms and systems. I trained employees … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Education, Politics
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Political Correctness & how plagiarism goes off the light rails at the RNC
By ann summers Apparently the revolution will be televised, but the counter-revolution comes from a “series of tubes”. And it will be led by a pernicious Political Correctness (PC) that can only be eradicated by a strong, fearless, leader for the genuinely uninformed. … Continue reading
College continues to suffer the RWNJ objections to ‘anti-American’ campuses due to a ‘disbelief that liberalism still survives.’
By ann summers There are cyclical media stories over decades about business and medical graduate school programs wanting student recruits who have had a liberal education. The problem represents a continuing crisis of retraining and adapting higher education to not simply the needs … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Conservatives, Dept. of Education, Education, Education Policy, History, information Technology, Internet, Liberals, Libertarians, Logic, Media, Music, Neoconservatives, Neoliberals, Philosophy, Progressives, Renaissance, States, Technology, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Higher Education, liberal arts
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East Texas 9th Grader, Ahmed “Big Bang Theory” Mohamed hopefully has the math chops for MIT
By ann summers Too many anchor babies contributing to national educational advancement, packing heat sinks. Kid didn’t even bring a Glock to school. In Irving Texas, it’s make a clock, go to jail. An Arab-looking man of Syrian descent in … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties, Education
Tagged Ahmed Mohamed, Bigots, Bomb, Clock, Prejudice, Texas
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not such a good idea: HBCU of Phoenix
By ann summers Some historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) are public institutions who are being encouraged to subcontract curriculum to the for-profit University of Phoenix. At a moment when the discourse is about making public education more affordable or … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, Education, information Technology, Internet, Media, Technology, United States
Tagged Privatization of Public Education
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