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Several years ago Robert Zimmer was asked by an audience in China why the University of Chicago was associated with so many winners of the Nobel Prize — 90 in all , counting this month’s win by the behavioral economist Richard Thaler. Zimmer, the university’s president since 2006, answered that the key was a campus culture committed to “discourse, argument and lack of deference.” Reflecting on that exchange in March, Zimmer noted a depressing trend: While Chinese academics have made strides to “inject more argumentation and challenge into their education,” their American peers are moving “in the opposite direction.” As universities go, so ultimately go the fate of nations. The University of Chicago has always been usefully out of step with its peers in higher education — it dropped out of the Big Ten Conference and takes perverse pride in its reputation as the place where fun goes to die. It was out of step again last year when Jay Ellison, the dean of students, sent a letter … [Read more...] about America’s Best University President

A trial of universal basic income (UBI) will be trialled for the first time in England where 30 people will be given a monthly stipend with no strings attached. A little over 500 years after English philosopher Sir Thomas More first mooted the idea of a wealth-sharing programme in his book Utopia — a work praised by the likes of Communist Manifesto author Karl Marx and Soviet dictator Vladimir Lenin — universal basic income will be trialled in England for the first time. The UBI scheme, to be run by the Autonomy think tank, will see 30 people given a monthly allowance of £1,600 a month without any requirements. The scheme will take place in the town of Jarrow in the North East of England and in the East Finchley area of North London, Sky News reports . The pilot scheme will also draft a control group that won’t receive the free cash, in order for the researchers to measure the impact of the money on the lives of the participants. The director of research at Autonomy Will … [Read more...] about Money For Nothing: Universal Basic Income to Be Trialed in England

Tesla CEO Elon Musk stated via Twitter recently that universal basic income will become “necessary” if many jobs performed by human workers become automated. One Twitter users recently asked billionaire tech CEO Elon Musk if he supported universal basic income, a program under which the average citizen would receive monthly government-funded cash handouts. Musk replied that such a program may be “necessary over time” if A.I. continues to advance and begins to perform many jobs previously performed by human workers. Universal income will be necessary over time if AI takes over most human jobs — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 15, 2018 Musk previously expressed this opinion in an interview with CNBC in 2016 where he said: “There is a pretty good chance we end up with a universal basic income, or something like that, due to automation,” Musk told CNBC. “Yeah, I am not sure what else one would do. I think that is what would happen.” Musk isn’t the only tech entrepreneur who … [Read more...] about Elon Musk: Universal Basic Income Will Be ‘Necessary’ if Robots Take over Human Jobs

After hours of debate and multiple attempts to kill the legislation from Democrats, Texas is one step closer to banning diversity, equity and inclusion offices in public colleges and universities Friday. In a 83 to 60 vote, the Texas House gave preliminary approval to one of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick ’s legislative priorities that would prohibit such offices, programs and any required diversity training. In an attempt to stop a deluge of amendments from Democrats opposing Senate Bill 17 , lawmakers approved an amendment offered by the bill’s sponsor, Seguin Republican John Kuempel , that requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to conduct an annual study into the impact of banning DEI offices, allows universities to make “reasonable efforts” to re-assign employees in DEI offices to new positions with similar pay, and shifts the day the bill goes into effect back by three months to Jan. 1. The coordinating board is the state agency that oversees higher … [Read more...] about A ban on Texas public universities’ diversity offices inches closer to becoming law

A for-profit university that paid former president Bill Clinton more than $17.6 million for his role as its “honorary chancellor” utilized access to Clinton insiders at the Clinton Global Initiative to advance its financial interests, leaked documents reveal. Laureate International Universities — also referred to as Laureate Education — has faced scrutiny over its financial relationship with the Clintons, who have faced a string of pay-to-play allegations related to the Clinton Foundation and Hillary’s time as secretary of state. The organization has the financial backing of major Clinton donor George Soros and has donated between $1 million and $5 million to the Clinton Foundation. It’s chief executive, Douglas Becker, is a donor to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. Additionally, the organization’s top staffers have included several former Clinton staffers. Over the course of 2016 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton has repeatedly promised to crack down on for-profit … [Read more...] about For-Profit University Cashed In On Access To Clinton Insiders While Paying Bill Millions

close Video Diversity, equity and inclusion develops a counter-movement Governors start to push back against DEI ideology. An advocacy is pressing the University of Minnesota's Office of Undergraduate Studies after the taxpayer-funded university program opened its paid undergraduate internship program application to only non-white applicants. The Equal Protection Project of the Legal Insurrection Foundation is calling for the University of Minnesota (UMN) to change its application process and open its summer internship programs to all students regardless of skin color. "The U. Minnesota segregated summer program is inexcusable, and it's shocking that a major university would so openly make educational opportunities open only to students of a certain skin color," Bill Jacobson, president of the Equal Protection Project (EPP), told Fox News Digital. "EqualProtect.org calls on the university immediately to open-up the summer program to students … [Read more...] about University of Minnesota faces backlash over summer research program restricted to non-white applicants