Professor Tony Chan of the HKUST does not speak with the gravitas of a respected academic or president of a major university (he is both). Instead, he has the warm and honest sincerity of someone who cares.
It contributed to it.” That was historian Ellen Schrecker’s devastating conclusion in her classic study No Ivory Tower: McCarthyism and the Universities, which came out in 1986. Columbia ...
An ivory tower conservative (or liberal, depending on who you ask) wants to launch an ivory tower counter-revolution from his perch on an ivory tower. New York Times opinion columnist David Brooks ...
Last week, following a breakdown in its negotiations with the Nigerian Federal Government, the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU), the umbrella body of faculty across the country’s public universities, embarked on a four-week “comprehensive and total strike.” ASUU had pleaded its case with various pressure groups and interested parties in the education sector before deciding that the most effective way to get the government’s attention was to go on yet another strike. The Nigerian public has reacted with understandable resignation. The latest strike is the union’s second in two years; the last strike in 2020 lasted nine months, effectively obliterating a whole academic calendar year. Data compiled by a local newspaper show that between 1999 and 2020, “ASUU went on strike for a total of 1,450 days.”
These scholars relate poignant stories about the obstacles and challenges on the journey to the ivory tower. There is both humor and pain as these minority voices in the academy tell a double ...
Late last year, an unusual dispute broke out between a major Chinese magazine and a prominent scholar over the authorship of an influential 2020 investigative report that detailed the harsh realities ...
It is hard not to sympathize with the Trump administration’s criticisms of U.S. universities. The Ivory Tower has been badly corroded in recent years by the twin evils of the “woke mind virus ...
From the campus of SUNY Cortland, Ivory Tower takes the show on the Road. Tara Ross, Ty Seidule, Sarah Pralle, Michael Tillotson, and original panelists Bob Spitzer discuss numerous topics and ...
“You’re from, like, an ivory tower, man, sometimes of, like, superiority,” Austen Kroll claimed during the Thursday, April 3, episode of the Bravo series. Craig, 36, argued that wasn’t the ...
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A study on the inter-connectedness of human, animal and environmental health, with a focus on zoonotic diseases was conducted by professors from the Centre for One Health, College of Veterinary Science, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana.
Universities are losing their place as central hubs of knowledge and cultural innovation. I recently spoke with a friend—a Wharton M.B.A. and seasoned director of digital innovation for Fortune 500 companies and start-ups—about an unexpected topic: Taylor Swift. She offered a striking analysis of Swift’s unparalleled connection to her fan base, the Swifties, and the cultural phenomenon surrounding her.
Barron Trump was spotted Sunday afternoon sporting a Rolex as he arrived at Trump Tower in New York. The recent birthday boy, who turned 19 on March 20, appeared to be wearing a gold Daytona model ...
Now, people are being left concerned by a mysterious triangular tower stationed at Area 51 in the Nevada desert. The imposing sci-fi worthy structure, about 80 miles northwest of Las Vegas ...
If America’s top tier universities refuse to accept reforms being sought by the Trump administration, where would the billions of dollars in frozen funding go? One idea starting to percolate would be ...
Researchers at Lovely Professional University (LPU), in collaboration with the University of Kashmir, have announced achieving a milestone in cancer research by developing an in-vivo colorectal cancer (CRC) rat model.
Ranbir Kapoor once shared that when he was a student in New York, he used to wait for cab drivers from Russia because whenever they found out he was from the Raj Kapoor family, they would give him ...
Mr. Eaton is an economic sociologist and the author of “Bankers in the Ivory Tower.” President Trump has declared that this country’s leading universities are sites of “anti-American ...
An estimated 4 million Americans suffer from a cluster of symptoms that describe fibromyalgia: widespread chronic pain, fatigue and poor sleep. For some people, the disease takes a devastating toll, leaving them unable to work and dependent on others. In 2004, Lyrica (pregabalin) capsules became the first drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration...
Historians just can't seem to win. On the one hand, they are accused of being narrow-minded eggheads who won't come down from the ivory tower and engage with the public. They are "isolated in ...