I remember when I was an undergraduate at NYU in the 90s. My roomie got a fedex envelope from his dad. I think I asked what was in it and he casually said “this semester’s tuition.” I was in shock. It was a check for multiple thousands of dollars ($15? 20? 25? thousand? I can’t remember how much a semester cost back…

You are right. In my opinion, there is going to be a shakeout in higher education and it is going to be brutal. It is all being driven by the secular decline of the America as the world economy shifts towards the east. The only thing that can save us now is the internal instability of China.

I am a bit flabbergasted at some of these comments. I am sure that some of these very people remember when democrats did it in 2003 and 2011. I also distinctly remember many commenters complaining that Democrats DIDN’T resort to these tactics since 2011 in order to stymie legislation that they didn’t like.

I didn’t think of that! I mean I did know that they provide money for flights back to the US but I never thought about coming back to stay with my mother in the US. The only problem is that she turned 79 this year. Time is running out for her living alone. I don’t know. . .  But you have to do what you have to do.

Thanks so much.

The whole system is a raw deal and is not sustainable in the long run. When I got out, I was going to give myself two years to get a full time job. No adjuncting. Failing that, I was bailing on academia entirely.

The only thing in our statement that I would change is: “taking nudes of themselves will MIGHT or COULD LIKELY lead to trouble.”

Taken out of context?

Oh Arnhelm, why are you always bringing the historically balanced, rational, and well-thought-out? This is AMERICA! You aren’t doing it right. You need to rage, baby! I pity you. :(

Here is your #1:

Yes. I am waiting for someone who is about to retire or something to come out of their face and say some shit against him. As sure as the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, we all know what the response will be.

exactly! easy-breezy-lemon-squeezy!

Wouldn’t it be easier to try and recall good and/or competent ones? wouldn’t that put less cognitive strain on us?

I can barely read it but, exactly!

A sharp bit of analysis. The example I use when teaching is the fact that during “jim crow” black people were not allowed to travel in the train cars designated for whites-only EXCEPT for when they were the caretakers of white children. When in subservient positions they were more than welcomed into those spaces. As…

Not a word is out of place in this well-crafted essay. 

https://www.qwertee.com/

Take your star, damn it! LOL

If people started to spend some time in the lockup perhaps this would clue others into the fact that this should not be “a thing,” EVER! I can’t believe that anyone on earth would need to be told not to do something like this. But the mere fact that you have to argue with strangers on the internet tells you that…

I don’t think that the university has any involvement with the library. It won’t be part of the university as far as I know. The university put together a joint . . . not sure what to call it . . . a pitch? . . . with other local Chicago institutions that made the case for why they should locate the library in…