Headline: The Number of State Employees in Illinois Who Were Paid More than $100,000 Increased to All-Time High in 2020
We found tree trimmers in Chicago making $106,663; nurses at state corrections earning up to $277,100; junior college presidents making $491,095; university doctors earning up to $2 million; and 111 small town managers who out-earned every governor of the 50 states ($202,000).Continue Reading
Headline: ‘All’ Republicans are ‘Guilty’ of Capitol Attack and Should be ‘Forced to Shut the Hell Up,’ Louisville Professor Says
From tennesseestar.com, here is an article about University of Louisville professor Ricky Jones who says that all Republicans are guilty of the riot at the Capital and should all just shut up. Wow !! And you wonder what college students are being taught ? Isn’t that really a form ofContinue Reading
Skidmore College student government refuses pro-Israel student club
After recognizing a pro-Palestine club, a pro-democrat and pro-republican club, the Skidmore College student government thought the pro-Israel club needed to gain “more diverse perspectives” before it could be recognized as a club. Here is the article from freebeacon.com. From the article: Progressive Zionists for Peace president Nessa Goldhirsch BrownContinue Reading
Forgiving student debt is once again front and center
Now that a gem has won the Whitehouse, forgiving student debt is once again front and center. As always, what’s left out of these conversations about eliminating student debt is the ever increasing cost of a college degree – what caused the problem. So then why hasn’t every pol, everyContinue Reading
Discrimination at Yale
Here is a great piece from RedState on the DOJ concluding Yale discriminates in its admission process. As a side note, for a long time 2setsofrules has thought that all names, that meet whatever requirements a university wants to set, go into a pool and admission is by lottery. ThatContinue Reading
Please lower the cost of college first before handing out “free” money
A recent article in MLive outlined a new college scholarship program proposed by the newly elected Governor of Michigan in her state-of-the-state address. At the same time, probably one of the best kept secrets in the US, Purdue University’s president, Mitch Daniels, has kept tuition level for 7 years. Instead ofContinue Reading
Diversity and STEM
What 2setsofrules finds interesting, is the total lack of effort by these same people in terms of increasing the diversity in subjects dominated by women.Continue Reading
Diversity – well, kinda
If the housing programs popular in California are any guide, I guess there are now three types of diversity on college campuses; one to get onto campus, one when you are living on campus and unfortunately, one for those who graduate.Continue Reading