From MRZine, a look at how DePaul violates Norman Finkelstein's contract and further undermines academic freedom. The (new) idea of a university: A review of Ivory Tower Blues: A University System in Crisis by James E. Cote and Anton L. Allahar and What's Wrong With University: And How to Make It Work for You Anyway by Jeff Rybak. Leaving art out of history: American academics' focus on social history ignores the contributions of music, art and literature. The loss is ours. Are college campuses safe? Yes. The Virginia Tech massacre has had the unfortunate effect of injecting fear into the school selection process. Shocking tales of the underground: At campuses across the nation, undergrads insist on making rumors about utility tunnels into the stuff of legend.
From Inside Higher Ed, The Professor’s Ten Commandments, Thanks to Notorious B.I.G.: Phil Ford explains why the best advice for new faculty members comes from hiphop. Affirmative Action Backfires: Have racial preferences reduced the number of black lawyers? Finding Their Voices: Ignacio Evans and Jermol Jupiter make a good argument for supporting Urban Debate Leagues in inner-city public schools. Ward Churchill and Multiculturalism: Why American schools are becoming anti-American. A review of Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, Race, and Democracy by Richard Kahlenberg (and the introduction).
A review of Letters to a Young Teacher by Jonathan Kozol and A Class Apart: Prodigies, Pressure and Passion Inside One of America's Best High Schools by Alec Klein. An interview with Stephen Law, author of The War for Children's Minds. Noah Feldman on Universal Faith: Religion can have a place in public schools. It just can’t be for believers alone. An interview with Gore Vidal on education in America today. How High-IQ Kids Are Neglected in School: The years of effort to raise standards in America’s schools has come at the expense of one group: America’s super-smart kids. Labels Aren't What Kids Need: Applying "gifted and talented" labels to school kids is bad for everyone. Here are the Top 5 myths about girls, math and science.
