Built with the blood money of a robber baron Leland Stanford. Home of the (Herbert) Hoover Institution. With scholars like Thomas Sowell, Edwin Meese, Condoleeza Rice, and Shelby Steele, and alumni like Elizabeth Holmes, Mark Zuckerberg, and Carly... — read more
Layoffs have begun
Quiet layoffs have begun. Half the one department will be let go. Other departments are trickling in. Contractors and fixed terms are not renewed. Stay tuned.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/29/stanford-president-expects-layoffs-even-with-27-billion-endowment.html
Even with a $27 billion endowment, Stanford University expects layoffs will be ‘unavoidable’ https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/29/stanford-president-expects-layoffs-even-with-27-billion-endowment.html It's ridiculous schools can't survive with how... — read more
Stanford and the Coronavirus
"Layoffs may be massive if the university decides to shut down all residence and dining enterprises." https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/03/13/future-unclear-support-staff-empty-college-campuses More from a... — read more
Stop legacy admission preferences...
Legacy admission preferences are an unfair and illegal anachronism. On one level, they are a uniquely American phenomenon, underlining the point that the rest of the world’s universities somehow manage to survive without them. At the same time, they... — read more
Chanel Miller Describes How Stanford Failed Her
https://www.chronicle.com/article/Chanel-Miller-Describes-How
Stanford History
Now students, turn to page 152... https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Goose_step.html?id=gRM4AAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button#v=onepage&q&f=false
Local parents, Stanford coach indicted in college-admissions scandal
"Numerous local parents and a Stanford University coach are among the dozens indicted in a nationwide college-admissions investigation that involved alleged bribes totaling $25 million in exchange for help getting students into top universities, the... — read more