"Wenn mehr gute Menschen eine versteckte Waffen tragen dürften, könnten wir diese Muslime fertigmachen, bevor sie zur Tür reinlaufen." Mit diesen Worten hat der Präsident einer Universität in den USA seine Studenten zu den Waffen gerufen. Mehr...
Terms were generous: academic freedom guaranteed, world-class facilities, expenses fully covered. All Northwestern had to do was build a programme on par with those at its home campus outside Chicago, and award degrees here bearing its name. Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown, Texas A&M and Virginia Commonwealth universities all struck the same bargain with Qatari leaders. Read more...Millions of Venezuelans voiced their displeasure with President Nicolas Maduro's United Socialist Party by giving opposition parties an overwhelming victory in congressional elections last Sunday. But over the past few years, a flood of disgruntled Venezuelans have been voting with their feet, and college professors are among them, writes John Otis for NPR. Read more...Members of the US Supreme Court clashed over the value of university affirmative action policies, and pivotal Justice Anthony Kennedy raised the prospect that the court might put off issuing a broad ruling, writes Greg Stohr for Bloomberg. Read more...The recent confession to bribery by Cai Rongsheng, the former admissions director for Renmin University, has called into question the integrity of the Chinese college admission system, writes Michael Forsythe for The New York Times. Read more...
By Fabio Garcia Reis. The dynamic and complex higher education environment obliges administrators to recognize the need for institutional changes that respond to new demands from society. Unfortunately, HEIs tend to be slow to change. Read more...
By Tracy Mitrano. Some one should write a book tracking the ebb and flow of the relative power of the three branches of government over the course of American history and how that tide shaped, and was shaped, by the circumstances. For example, Congress dominated most of the post-Republic, antebellum period (exception for Jackson), until the Civil War when Lincoln loomed large over the landscape. Andrew Johnson and Ulysses Grant made a hash of the executive while the Supreme Court defined the practical meaning of the Reconstruction Amendments (13th, 14th, and 15th) more often for the worse. Read more...
One of the fastest-growing expenses for athletics programs at public universities is severance, The Washington Post reported. Read more...
Only a few rifle-toting people showed up Saturday for what was billed to be a fake mass shooting near the University of Texas at Austin. The controversial event was designed to illustrate what organizers consider the dangers of gun-free zones. Read more...
Two groups that oppose just about all regulation of guns -- Come and Take It Texas and DontComply.com -- announced Wednesday that they would move a planned "fake mass shooting" off the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, The Austin American-Statesman reported. Read more...
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