The Pope, The City of Brotherly Love, and Martial Law
I am not one of those who feverishly blogs, or who holds to a regular schedule of writing and sharing my thoughts. That’s what my private journal is for. I write publicly when something first […]
Debra Leigh Scott
Kathryn Knott is Our Child
Kathryn Knott is the 24-year-old young woman who, along with companions Philip Williams, 24, and Kevin Harrigan, 26, has been charged with the brutal beating of two young gay men in Philadelphia on September 11, 2014. The three were part […]
How the American University was Killed in Five Easy Steps
A few years back, Paul E. Lingenfelter began his report on the defunding of public education by saying, “In 1920 H.G. Wells wrote, ‘History is becoming more and more a race between education and catastrophe.’ […]
You Call This Progress???
I was appalled to read the Chronicle article about the AAUP “plan” to provide “Better Pay, Job Stability, and a Career Path for Contingent Faculty” — to present this plan as anything but the atrocity it is…well, […]
Managerial Madness: Why Higher Education Has Lost Its Way
Editor’s Note: On May 20th, Debra Leigh Scott and Chris LaBree left Philadelphia for Pittsburgh, their first stop on their Homeless Adjunct Road Trip. They will be talking with contingent faculty in PA, OH, IN, […]