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...weeks, Jewish students and alumni of Princeton have voiced concern over Khalidi’s potential appointment to university administrators, according to The Daily Princetonian. Critics allege that Khalidi is a staunch supporter of the Palestinian cause, and fear that he would advocate his own political views in the classroom...
Public opinion on an array of specific social issues has not changed noticeably in recent years: 55% oppose making abortion illegal; 60% favor mandatory handgun registration; 75% are for the wider use of the death penalty; 69% favor a constitutional amendment permitting prayer in the classroom. The general mood of the nation may have grown more conservative in the '80s but, evidently, activists on neither the right nor the left have had much success in altering American thought on these crucial matters of our time. --By Jacob V. Lamar...
...article of faith at TIME that individual excellence should be sought out, encouraged and rewarded, especially among young people. To this end, and to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the TIME Education Program, which helps teachers utilize the magazine as a classroom tool, the TIME College Achievement Awards have been established to recognize the accomplishments of outstanding students at U.S. colleges and universities...
...According to Monash's O'Connor, foreign students have brought vitality to campus life and the classroom. "But it can be a mixed blessing," he says. "The learning styles are different, more resources are needed for language support, and in some classes local students shy away from doing group work with Asian students." Academics and administrators are sensitive to claims of a slip in degree standards, poor-quality students and soft marking to keep foreigners coming through the turnstiles. RMIT vice-chancellor Margaret Gardner believes that going all out for growth in student numbers is a dangerous game. "Australian higher...
...perspective, unions could hold many downsides. A standardized pay scale could encourage TFs to increase the amount of hours they work by taking over responsibilities from professors, leading to the institutionalization of graduate-student teaching and the expansion of the role of the TF in the classroom. It also might encourage graduate students to work on more classes, spreading their resources too thin and leaving undergraduates neglected. Also, despite what graduate students are saying in their push for unions, it is likely that any union would push for a standardized pay system scale that is not based on teaching merit...