Higher Education Comical Politics

Testimony to the Senate Appropriation Committee

Tomorrow, Thursday, is my testimony in front of the Senate Appropriation Committee on the forthcoming budget. It will be at about 11:00 am. My testimony will focus on monetary fairness to Hoosier students, to end subsidizing other state's through our own higher education, legislative oversight of what is spent, and constitutional rights of Hoosiers. Given a financial equity to Hoosiers,... Read more →

Why Hoosier Universities Need a Forensic Audit -- Now!!!

If the State Legislature actually audited Purdue Calumet they would find that the institution is very likely being used as a way to funnel public money, taxpayer and student tuition, to politicians and administrators. It is the new way of "partaking" in public funds that has been discovered by the "locals." This is especially lucrative when property taxes and gambling... Read more →

The New Comedy: Ivy Tech Growth hurt PUC's Academic Learning Center

I do not know if the most comical part of this is the lie that PUC keeps spreading; or the fact that the Post-Tribune and the local Northwest Indiana Times are buying it. See the following: Ivy Tech growth hurt PUC center - Post-Tribune. PUC is Purdue University Calumet, part of Purdue University. By the way, there is another comedy... Read more →

When Did Mitch Daniels Become Anti-Black and Anti-Hispanic?

Former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels is now President of Purdue University, a state supported Hoosier university. He has done two things since becoming president of Purdue. One, froze in-state student tuition at it current level for two years. Two, he has implement "money saving" organizational changes that are specifically aimed at hurting Hispanic and African-American Hoosier students who are attending... Read more →

Hoosiers Give Higher Education Millions; But, No Questions Are to be Asked

The Hoosier State Legislature is being asked to provide hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to the State's universities. We, Hoosier taxpayers, and voters, are further asked to provide hundreds of millions of dollars through our tuition payments for our children at these very same universities. This unending asking should come with a certain thank-you, appreciation, and fiduciary duty on... Read more →