Author Archives: mkevane

From our Faculty Senate president: Ballot Measure #1 asked faculty members to approve or disapprove of the following statement: “The Trustees’ declaration that something as all-encompassing as identity and mission is outside of the shared governance system would break the … Continue reading →

On Tuesday, India’s Supreme Court ruled that the government had to recognize a third gender, one neither male nor female, as an official category. According to the Associated Press, this means access to social welfare services and minority rights protections … Continue reading →

So if they succeed Compaoré would have been in power from 1983 (when he co-led the coup with Sankara that brought the two of them into power) until 2022 (if he takes a six year term from 2016-2022. Let’s see… … Continue reading →

I love how he sings “contemplal” for “contemplar”…

Everybody is talking about it.  I made up my mind a long time ago.  When I have to make a choice, I prefer not to buy products where the profits go to people who are already very wealthy. It is … Continue reading →

It is a fine review paper (Changes in land tenure and agricultural intensification in sub-Saharan Africa) of some of the recent literature (especially by the authors and co-authors), but I cannot resist pointing out that there is no mention of … Continue reading →

I guess if I were advising a university president, I would advise against treating faculty as short-sighted rabble-rousers… a staff member in my school had the funniest retort… “gee, I wasn’t aware that anything was being planned… maybe we should … Continue reading →

The last chapter for full gender convergence, according to Goldin, is about reorganizing (private sector) flexibility and life-cycle job experience away from 24/7 type “all-in” jobs…. and she notes optimistically this is happening in many sectors.  But one sector where … Continue reading →

 The Faculty Senate Council [of Santa Clara University], by majority vote at its March 12 meeting, approved the following statement in response to the Board of Trustees’ letter of February 14, regarding President Engh’s decision to drop insurance coverage of … Continue reading →

Passover at the University of Texas at Austin this year will feature matzo with a hint of jalapeño. The Haggadahs will be in Hebrew, English and Spanish. The celebration will feature the sounds of a mariachi band, and the taste … Continue reading →

Millions of euros spent on President Zuma’s private home…

Normally, in Word, when hovering your cursor over an EndNote-linked piece of text, the background to the text will go grey. If you try to copy & paste that chunk of text, the grey background will also be copied, no … Continue reading →

Wonderful essay by Walter Dean Myers. Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity. What is the message when some children are not represented in those books? Where are the future white personnel managers going to get their ideas of … Continue reading →

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