Columbia professors plan to visit Iran to apologize to Ahmadinejad

"NEW YORK (MNA) – An academic delegation of Columbia University professors and deans of faculties plans to visit Tehran to officially apologize to Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad. The delegation plans to express regret for the insulting remarks Columbia University...

Professor Fired For Excercising Free Speech Rights

Southwestern Community College's Red Oak campus is a small campus with a lot of controversy surrounding it.  A western civilization teacher was fired the other day for expressing his own opinion with the class.  It was an over the television class that included Red...

German Universities Lose Hundreds of Professors

"Kempen called for Germany's federal and state governments to reinstate the 1,451 positions that had been eliminated. "With ever fewer professors, the system cannot improve," he said."""Improvement in the quality of our higher education system and study conditions isn't...

From migrant worker to Professor de la Cruz

The cards were not only stacked against Dr. Juanita de la Cruz, but she and her family weren't even dealt a full hand. In spite of poverty and the life as a migrant worker, this remarkable woman earned her Ph.D. and is passing on her wisdom to countless others."San Juanita de...

Writing Phenom David S. Fick Talks with Benin Mwangi!

Writing Phenom David S. Fick Talks with Benin Mwangi!"Recently, I had the pleasure of exchanging dialogue with a world reknowned author who has written two popular books about entrepreneurship in Africa. His name is David S. Fick. Because this interview is so detailed and...

Germany: His Majesty, the Professor

German newsweekly Der Spiegel reports in its online edition that the association of professors, Deutscher Hochschulverband, passed a resolution, calling for a return to traditional values of German academic life. Namely, according to Der Spiegel, the paper calls for so called...

Sexism in Academia

"Quick someone inform Bev Oda that women are still not equal in Canada, or in the hallowed halls of academia. Unfortunately the Tories will dismiss this as just complaints from a special interest group.... Female profs lag in pay, promotions"

Jake Norton - Colorado College Class of 1996

"Jake Norton Class of ’96 Climber, Motivational Speaker, Photographer Colorado Springs, Colorado When media across the country learned that one of the climbers on the recent news-making Everest expedition spoke Nepalese and hailed from Colorado Springs, their first call was...

The IIT-K letter and my comments

"I received a copy of the letter written by 125 faculty members of IIT Kanpur to the President of India and the Prime Minister of India. I respect the faculty members of IIT Kanpur. They are all accomplished individuals. However I must say that I was disappointed with the...