Some faculty have all the luck.

". . . cardboard box. . . full of $50 and $100 bills bundled in paper bands, totaling $180,000."

"A portion of his salary was deposited in a Chinese bank account and the remainder — an amount he estimated as between $50,000 and $100,000 — was paid in $100 bills, which he carried home in his luggage."

Journal retracts 122 papers at once [Retraction Watch]

 The flava:

A SAGE journal has retracted 122 papers because of “clear indicators that the submission and/or peer review process for these papers was manipulated.”

The article:

https://retractionwatch.com/2021/12/15/journal-retracts-122-papers-at-once/

A professor told me [youtube]

 

Reese's Just Launched a University for Peanut Butter Cup Fans [Food & Wine]

The flava:

For peanut butter-based candy, the Reese's name reigns supreme thanks in no small part to their enormously popular peanut butter cups. Now, the Hershey-owned brand wants to bring that expertise to the masses (kind of) with the launch of their new eponymous Reese's University.

Admittedly, Reese's repeatedly cites their own lawyers as saying "Reese's University is not a real University," but the concept remains the same: a fictional institution of higher education, albeit one with a real nickname, the Fighting Cuppies, and a real mascot with a giant peanut butter cup head. The school also boasts an insanely high 99.99-percent acceptance rate.

The article:

https://www.foodandwine.com/news/reeses-university

#UATX ?

"I left my post as president of St. John’s College in Annapolis to build a university in Austin dedicated to the fearless pursuit of truth."

--Pano Kanelos

https://www.uaustin.org

https://bariweiss.substack.com/p/we-cant-wait-for-universities-to 

University of Florida bans professors from giving expert testimony against state [yahoo! news]

 The flava:

The University of Florida barred three of its professors from serving as paid experts in a Florida voting rights case - sparking outrage within academia and in the news media. The university said allowing its professors to testify against the state was at odds with its interests. Critics say the move puts politics ahead of academic freedom. Here, George Justice, an English professor and former college dean, offers insight into the dynamics at play in the controversy. . . .

The article:

https://news.yahoo.com/university-florida-bans-professors-giving-122531055.html

End Racial Preferences at Colleges? [John Stossel]

 

60 Minutes visits Deep Springs College

 

The College Admissions 'Melt' Down [NPR]

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/27/1041011021/the-college-admissions-melt-down

University must rehire transgender professor, says 10th Circuit [Reuters]

 The flava:

A U.S. appeals court on Monday ordered an Oklahoma state university to reinstate with tenure a transgender English professor after she won her lawsuit claiming she was denied tenure and ultimately fired after transitioning from male to female.

A unanimous three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Southeastern Oklahoma State University's claim that the hostility created over six years of litigation between the school and plaintiff Rachel Tudor, and the school's concerns about her scholarship, made her reinstatement untenable.

The article:

https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/university-must-rehire-transgender-professor-says-10th-circuit-2021-09-13/

Amicus briefs filed by the following:

• NATIONAL WOMEN’S LAW CENTER, 
• A BETTER BALANCE, 
• ALLIANCE FOR A JUST SOCIETY, 
• AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN, 
• AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, 
• ATLANTA WOMEN FOR EQUALITY, 
• CALIFORNIA WOMEN LAWYERS, 
• COLORADO WOMEN’S BAR ASSOCIATION, 
• COLORADO ORGANIZATION FOR LATINA OPPORTUNITY AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, 
• DC COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 
• END RAPE ON CAMPUS, 
• GENDER JUSTICE, 
• GIRLS FOR GENDER EQUITY, 
• IF/WHEN/HOW: LAWYERING FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE, 
• IN OUR OWN VOICE: NATIONAL BLACK WOMEN’S REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE AGENDA, 
• LAWYERS CLUB OF SAN DIEGO, 
• LEGAL AID AT WORK, 
• LEGAL VOICE, 
• NATIONAL ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN’S FORUM, 
• NATIONAL CRITTENTON, 
• NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAWYERS ASSOCIATION, 
• NATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE, 
• NATIONAL NETWORK OF ABORTION FUNDS, 
• NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN FOUNDATION, 
• NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR WOMEN & FAMILIES, 
• NATIONAL WOMEN’S POLITICAL CAUCUS, 
• OKLAHOMA COALITION FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE, 
• SARGENT SHRIVER NATIONAL CENTER ON POVERTY LAW, 
• SISTERREACH, 
• THE WOMEN’S LAW CENTER OF MARYLAND, 
• WOMEN’S LAW PROJECT, 
• WOMEN’S BAR ASSOCIATION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, and 
• LAMBDA LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUCATION FUND, INC.