Higher Education Comical Politics

The Voluntary Retirement That Was Not Voluntary

I have now officially been "retired" from Purdue University for two weeks. I never ever contemplated retiring. I had a job to do in my teaching and I was doing it. My wife who had stood by me agreed also. When Purdue University presented the voluntary retirement in January or so I threw it away because it did not interest... Read more →

President Mitch Daniels Destroys Purdue University Brand -- forever.

Purdue University has just acquired Kaplan "university." Kaplan and Purdue are two entirely different entities. Purdue University enhances Kaplan; but Kaplan destroys the Purdue University brand. Where and how this idea came to President Mitch Daniels is beyond anyone's comprehension. If you actually want to read how bad this is look at the following article from the Chronicle of Higher... Read more →

The Hypocrisy in Academe: The Kamalipour Case

In this blog, I have posted public criticism of a public scholar, Dr. Kamalipour. This is well known, at least within the Purdue University Calumet community. Of course, anything I say or do is immediately attacked by other members of the University community. Thus, did the University community swing into action to protect the emminent scholar, Dr. Kamalipour. Fast forward:... Read more →

Oh the hypocrisy......

"Where is this man from – an ‘eisenstein’ cant(sic) be an American by birth, must be an imported one – polluting the nation" This is a comment in support of Dr. Kamalipour explaining how to understand me and any Jew named Eisenstein. Regrettably, I was not aware, until Dr. Kamalipour's friend's clarification, that me and my ilk are "polluting the... Read more →

How Did Oman's Bayan College Become Purdue's Newest Regional Campus?

Chancellor Thomas Keon, one assumes with the approval of President Mitch Daniels and the Purdue Board of Trustees, has decided to have another Purdue Regional Campus in Oman. That is in the Gulf of Arabia for those who wonder. Why is Indiana supporting another regional campus in Oman? Maybe they do not know what to do with your money? For... Read more →

Local Colleges Doing Fine Financially; Keon and Purdue Claim Need to Fire Faculty

Why is Keon and the other administrators not responsible? The only ones who are made to pay are the academic people who bring in the dollars. Read the following to see that everyone else, NWI academia, is doing ok. That inherently means that Keon and his cronies are making up stories. Sadly Mitch Daniels, as Purdue's president, believes them. Other... Read more →

What Happened to Purdue Calumet? Ivy Tech exceeds fundraising goal by millions

Purdue University Calumet (PUC) has been hiring friends and supporters, but incompetent ones, of Chancellor Keon to perform the roles upon everyone else's economic livelihood is dependent. A good example is the Vice Chancellor for Advancement. This former highly paid administrative assistant to Keon is now in charge of fund raising. Is this a real joke? Now look at what... Read more →

Has Purdue University Truly Reduced the Cost of Higher Education?

Recently the Purdue University Board of Trustees, under the guidance of the University's new President Mitch Daniels, implemented a freeze on any further tuition increase for the next two years. The argument presented at the time is that this will cost Purdue $40 million. The freeze only applied to West Lafayette and not the regional campuses. In reality does this... Read more →

How Totalitarian will Mitch Daniels Allow Purdue University to Get?

Where Purdue University Calumet is highlighted as abusing the due process and First Amendment rights of a faculty member in the following Wall Street Journal editorial, that person is me. See the following: Greg Lukianoff: Feds to Students: You Can't Say That - WSJ.com. What is truly remarkable is that this is a continuation of the anti-American activity of previous... Read more →

President of Ball State University Paid $1 million by Tax Payers

Hoosier tax payers are paying the President of Ball State University a million dollars a year for what? No one knows. See the following list. Ball State University's president is number 5. Number 1 is going to jail for allowing pedophilia on the campus of Penn State. 10 highest paid public college leaders in 2011-12. What are Hoosier tax payers... Read more →