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American Higher Education Since 1960 Course

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In the summer of 2022, Dr. Earl Tilford taught an eight-part course on the history of American Higher Education since 1960. After a lecture on higher education in America from the 17th century to 1960, the second lecture focused on the June 1962 meeting of University of Michigan students in their Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) club led by graduate student Tom Hayden at Port Huron, Michigan. The “Port Huron Statement,” a compendium of essays resulted basically outlining how SDS would first take over higher education beginning with capturing faculty and then the administration. From there, it would spread … Continue reading →

The Push Back by Lawrence Clayton

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As our country goes through trying times, the author put together the best of his op-ed columns, published in his local newspaper, The Tuscaloosa News, which deals with the issues facing our nation today. Clayton ranges all the way from the issues very close to home and family, such as what is being taught in our schools, colleges, and universities, to issues straddling the incredibly complex and often rancorous events in public life, from the presidency of the nation all the way down to local school boards. He not only identifies and analyzes issues we are all, more or less, … Continue reading →

Breaking News at UA

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By Lawrence A. Clayton When I was teaching, and for a few years chairing the Dept. of History, I had no idea, nor did I particularly care, about what was going at the top levels of administration that ran the University. No one stuck their political finger in my job, how we hired faculty, how we managed our affairs, etc. etc. Now hiring practices at UA resemble check lists for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) rules or orders. I retired in 2013 when we were doing our thing, quite well thank you. Then it all went downhill. I did a … Continue reading →