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#41
The State of Higher Ed / Re: J.D. Vance: "Sanctuary Cit...
Last post by Langue_doc - March 27, 2024, 05:27:06 AM
Quote from: Wahoo Redux on March 26, 2024, 02:22:42 PMOhio U.S. Senator JD Vance Introduces Bill to Prohibit Universities from Hiring Illegal Aliens

QuoteOhio U.S. Senator JD Vance (R-OH) and Indiana U.S. Representative Jim Banks (R-IN-03) have introduced a bill that would prohibit universities that receive federal funding from hiring illegal aliens.

The bill, titled the College Employment Accountability Act, would specifically amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to "prohibit an institution of higher education that employs unauthorized aliens from receiving funds from federal student assistance or federal institutional aid"

Institutions of higher education would have to participate in the E-Verify Program, which is a federal program that checks the immigration status of all employees, in order to receive federal funds under the bill.

Do universities hire a lot of "illegal aliens?"



They must be unfamiliar with HR protocols in colleges, private and public, where all potential employees have to provide evidence that they are either US citizens or green-card holders authorized to work in the US. There's a name for these one-page forms. Brains seem to be travelling south along the human spine these days!
#42
The State of Higher Ed / Re: J.D. Vance: "Sanctuary Cit...
Last post by marshwiggle - March 27, 2024, 05:22:14 AM
Quote from: kaysixteen on March 26, 2024, 09:39:55 PMMore to the point-- it is illegal for any Americans to hire illegal aliens.

But my understanding is that it's a lot easier to do in the U.S. than it is in Canada because the employment laws are a lot less strict.
#43
General Academic Discussion / Re: 3-year degrees/race to the...
Last post by Langue_doc - March 27, 2024, 05:18:53 AM
Quote from: Parasaurolophus on March 24, 2024, 08:53:08 PMIsn't a big part of the answer to why kids leave high school unable to read and write the abandonment of phonics education for the so-called "balanced literacy" approach  ? They're taught to guess from context and pictures, not to... well, read.

The NYC schools had, for decades, relied on the so-called reading guru at Columbia, only to find out that kids weren't learning to read. The first three paragraphs from the article:
QuoteCall it the end of an era for fantasy-fueled reading instruction. In a move that has parents like me cheering, Columbia University's Teachers College announced last month that it is shuttering its once famous—in some circles, now-infamous—reading organization founded by education guru and entrepreneur Lucy Calkins.

For decades, the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project was a behemoth in American education. As many as 1 in 4 U.S. elementary schools used Calkins' signature curriculum. But that number is dwindling as a growing chorus of cognitive scientists, learning experts, and parents—many amplified by education journalist Emily Hanford via her 2022 podcast Sold a Story—argue that the Calkins approach to reading is ineffective at best, actively harmful at worst, and a large part of why more than half of our country's fourth graders aren't demonstrating proficiency on reading exams.

It's common knowledge that never learning to read well damages children's self-esteem, their life prospects, and our country's future workforce. What's less talked about is how, when schools fail to teach reading, it harms the public's trust in schools. An unspoken contract between public schools and parents is that schools will teach their children to read. In many places, that contract was broken when schools adopted Calkins' methods, kids didn't learn to read, and responsibility for teaching reading transferred onto parents and guardians.

The NYT article:
QuoteIn the Fight Over How to Teach Reading, This Guru Makes a Major Retreat
Lucy Calkins, a leading literacy expert, has rewritten her curriculum to include a fuller embrace of phonics and the science of reading. Critics may not be appeased.

There were several reports, mostly negative, on the Calkins/Columbia approach. Just google Columbia, phonics.
#44
The State of Higher Ed / Re: Colleges in Dire Financial...
Last post by spork - March 27, 2024, 05:11:36 AM
Bluffton University will "merge" with University of Findlay.
#45
General Discussion / Re: NYT Spelling Bee
Last post by Langue_doc - March 27, 2024, 05:08:54 AM
Good morning!

QB. QB yesterday, last word was dunno.

psychotic/crunk--I think one has to be slightly psychotic to even think that crunk was a legit word, let alone come up with it.

Happy solving!
#46
The State of Higher Ed / Re: J.D. Vance: "Sanctuary Cit...
Last post by kaysixteen - March 26, 2024, 09:39:55 PM
More to the point-- it is illegal for any Americans to hire illegal aliens.
#47
General Academic Discussion / Re: What do admincritters do?
Last post by pgher - March 26, 2024, 07:32:14 PM
Quote from: simpleSimon on March 26, 2024, 05:28:31 PMIn a school of any size someone somewhere is doing something wrong (falsified research, drugs, affairs with students, financial mismanagement, athletes who cannot read, etc.)  How many of these potential crises are being effectively managed and which ones are likely to go public?  Crisis management is essential and keeping boards in the dark is one way for a president to get on their bad side.


Ugh. I am currently department chair and dealing with this sort of thing. In a perfect world, crises are dealt with at the lowest possible level. Conflict between two people in the same department should be handled by the chair. But sometimes, the tools available to the chair are insufficient for the problem, or are unsatisfactory for one or both parties. Then it escalates, and lands on the desk of the dean, provost, or chancellor.
#48
Research & Scholarship / Re: March Research Thread
Last post by Wahoo Redux - March 26, 2024, 06:30:29 PM
Quote from: darkstarrynight on March 26, 2024, 08:36:19 AM
Quote from: treeoflife on March 26, 2024, 08:08:15 AMManuscript was sent to the press. A project eight years in the making.

Wow, congratulations!
I have been absent on here because of two back-to-back out of state trips. Thus, no book manuscript writing got done (shocker). However, I did get named a research fellow for an organization last week which is cool. I got the proof for a forthcoming chapter. Also, my sabbatical manuscript that has been under review for almost 9 months shows the status of "awaiting final decision" and I sure as heck hope it is a R&R and not a reject!

And again: W00T!!!!
#49
Research & Scholarship / Re: March Research Thread
Last post by Wahoo Redux - March 26, 2024, 06:29:19 PM
Quote from: treeoflife on March 26, 2024, 08:08:15 AMManuscript was sent to the press. A project eight years in the making.

W00T!!!!
#50
General Academic Discussion / Re: What do admincritters do?
Last post by Ruralguy - March 26, 2024, 05:28:44 PM
Its a cute comment, but politics tend to be quite viscous when the stakes are *high* as well.
That probably wasn't as much the case when this quip first crossed Kissinger's mind.