A weird identity politics madness has been steadily taking over our campuses for a few decades now. Individual faculty who stood up against the madness were dogpiled by rabid admin, and eventually removed; I’ve seen it with my own eyes enough times. Last January, I covered such a dogpile at Laurier University. In this case, […] … learn more→
Author Archives: Kevin
Gender pronoun obsessed school loses students (Shock!)
Why Silicon Valley needs theologians
Religion and technology, at first glance, don’t go together. When I tell people that I research religion and robots, I’m often met with confusion. Interestingly, though, the religious figure of the golem, a mound of earth or clay that has been brought to “life”, is widely recognised as a precursor to the robot. And some of the […] … learn more→
For universities, making the case for diversity is part of making amends for racist past
The Trump administration recently announced plans to scrap Obama-era guidelines that encouraged universities to consider race as a factor to promote diversity on campus, claiming the guidelines “advocate policy preferences and positions beyond the requirements of the Constitution.” Some university leaders immediately went on the defense. Harvard University stated that it plans to continue to use race as an […] … learn more→
What is it like to take a leadership role at a university?
Entering senior management marks perhaps the profoundest transition in an academic career. It is the point at which the job description changes from tasks, such as research and teaching, in which scholars have had years of training and practice, to those in which they may have precious little prior experience and expertise. And failure is […] … learn more→
Childhood bullying can cause lifelong psychological damage – here’s how to spot the signs and move on
Childhood bullying is so common that it may not seem like a big deal. Up to 35% per cent of people are estimated to have experienced it at some point. By adulthood, we are generally expected to have “got over” it. But the mental health effects of being bullied can be serious and last a lifetime. One […] … learn more→
North-South research partnerships must break old patterns for real change
Since the 1940s major world powers like the US, the UK and the United Nations have made moves to spread their scientific, economic, industrial, and human rights progress to countries and regions that are seen as less developed, vulnerable or deprived in one way or another. This has taken the form of a substantial, varied – and […] … learn more→
Is the Department setting up its open textbook pilot to scale—or to fail?
Bypassing any call for public input, the Department of Education announced the details of its Open Textbook Pilot last Monday, releasing a notice inviting applications for $5 million in new competitive funds. Several Senators who invested in the success of the Open Textbook Pilot, however, have continued to raise concerns with the Department’s actions. At the end of last […] … learn more→
How to stop struggling with your bad trading habits
One of the primal egotistical issues that every person deals with is the feeling of not being restricted by anything. There are a lot of forex traders who will mention the point where they got interested in starting their trading career, and almost all of them will say that it was because they wanted more […] … learn more→
University gives pay raise…only to non-males
I’ve said many times there’s a systemic anti-male bias on campus, but for the most part I’ve only documented it with words. It’s not just words which show a distinct dislike of males, and allow me to demonstrate with one campus which is putting their money where the y chromosomes aren’t (the self-identified ones, anyway): […] … learn more→
Doing a PhD with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
When I started my PhD I knew there would be challenges. For people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) there’s a huge boulder blocking the road, stopping us from turning intention into action. The way we process information and respond to the world affects how we work and how we connect to others, and for […] … learn more→
