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Dr. Strangelove Is Back on My Mind!
Titan II Missile is a Wonder to Behold! I will never forget the last scene of Dr. Strangelove (nor Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev’s declaration, “We will bury you.”) We were watching the movie at a drive-in theatre in 1964. The last … Continue reading
Undergraduate Despair and Hopelessness
Cartoon Captures a Snapshot about the Failings of Higher Education Chan Lowe created a portrait of Higher Education in the United States “The American Undergrad’s Prayer.” (I am repeating the prayer here, just in case they pull the cartoon from … Continue reading
Posted in Disillusionment in Higher Education, Education not War, Higher Education, Hostility and Violence on Campus, Killing a Professor, Misogynism, Misogynism in Higher Education, Stress and Professors, Students at risk, Terrorists on Campus, Uncategorized
Tagged College Education, Depressed Students, Greedy Universities, Hopeless Students, What to study in college?
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New Book “Politics of Feminisms” is Now Published
Is There More than ONE Feminism? I am happy to share the good news with you that I have published a new book, Politics of Feminisms. For most of my career I published in many fields of feminist interpretation. Some … Continue reading
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Apple Stores are a Lunatic Experience!
Apple is in the Tank! I have been an avid user and fan of Macs since around 1983. Even when my university attempted to bribe me with a new PC, I did not falter, I kept my MAC. And I have … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Inc, Computer Support
Tagged Apple Executive Pay, Apple Inc, Applecare, iMac, Macs
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Obama Administration Caves into the Cries of Bureaucrats “The U.S. Department of Education has retreated from its controversial plan to create a giant college-ratings system, top officials revealed on Wednesday. Instead, by late summer the department is now promising to … Continue reading
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June 29, 2015
Tagged Academics, Administrative Incompetence, alienation, education, educators, Greedy Administrators, Higher Education, inhumanity in the classroom, Investigate Higher Education, Presidents of Universities, Slaves to administrators, Violence on campus, War on campus
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Destroying or eliminating General Education classes is barbaric. The Visigoths are at the door!
General Education Classes are at the Heart of Higher Education “The first act of the Islamic State was to kill the people with knowledge of Religion.” Zaid AlFares For more than two decades at my last job at a state … Continue reading
I Met a Terrorist and I did not Believe Him!
Terrorism and Missouri and Kansas Before fatwas, before 9/11, before the Danish cartoons, before the war in Syria; before terror in France, Australia, Belgium, before ISIS, I met a terrorist. Really, I am not kidding! Early on in my … Continue reading
Recipe #1 for Positive Change in Higher Education
Professionalize Teaching in Higher Education For the past six months I have been ranting about all the problems I faced in Higher Education. I am going to change my tune a bit and focus on how we can change Higher … Continue reading
