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Category Archives: Education Policy
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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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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West Virginia Man Sues the DOE over the Teaching of Evolution, Claims Officials Violated Constitution by “Propagating” a Religious Faith in Public Schools
By Elaine Magliaro Kenneth Smith, the parent of a Jefferson County student, has “filed a federal lawsuit against local, state and federal education officials claiming the teaching of evolution, which he says is a religion, violates his child’s Constitutional rights.” According … Continue reading
Center for Media and Democracy’s Report Shows Federal Government Has Spent Over $3 Billion Fueling Charter Schools but No One Knows Where the Money Went
By Elaine Magliaro The Center for Media and Democracy’s (CMD) PR Watch reported last week on the $3.3 billion that the federal government has spent fueling the charter school industry in this country over the past two decades. According to a new … Continue reading