DETROIT, Michigan, Sept. 9 -- The Foundation for Economic Education posted the following commentary on Sept. 8, 2025: * * * Severe Case of Titulitis Fake degrees are a political contagion. By Mark Nayler Covid-19 might have passed, but the latest outbreak of titulitis is tearing through Spain. A term used to refer to politicians' obsession with higher qualifications, titulitis has recently resulted in the resignation of three regional representatives of both the Conservative People's Party   more

SYRACUSE, New York, Sept. 8 -- Syracuse University posted the following news: * * * Sci-Fi, Afrofuturism Expert, Author Named Newest University Professor * Syracuse University's newest University Professor takes a "Renaissance Man" approach to scholarship. Isiah Lavender III, an expert in the field of 20th-century literature, science fiction and Afrofuturism, says his work is informed by everything from his personal experiences as a child in Buffalo, New York, to 18th- and 19th-century Afric  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept. 8 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists posted the following news release: * * * Serbia:Ministry of Interior must be held accountable for attacks on journalists during the student protest * The International and European Federation of Journalists (IFJ-EFJ), together with the Independent Journalists' Association of Serbia (NUNS), strongly condemn the conduct of law enforcement officers of Serbia's Ministry of Interior (MUP), who, during last  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Sept. 8 [Category: Media] -- The Society of Professional Journalists posted the following news: * * * SPJ opposes changing rules on U.S. visas for international journalists * \- ADVERTISEMENT - CONTACT: Caroline Hendrie, SPJ Executive Director, chendrie@hq.spj.org Dan Kubiske, SPJ International Community Co-Chair, dekubiske@gmail.com Nadia Gordon, SPJ Communications Coordinator, ngordon@hq.spj.org The Society of Professional Journalists and the SPJ Internatio  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept. 8 -- The European Federation of Journalists posted the following news: * * * Turkey: Journalist Furkan Karabay must be released * The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) joined the International Press Institute (IPI) and 15 press freedom organisations in strongly condemning the elongated pretrial detention of journalist Furkan Karabay, who faces a prison sentence of 6 to 15 years and call for his immediate release. Karabay has now spent 117 days in prison over h  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, Sept. 9 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * University Press of Kansas launches new nonfiction line Plainspoken By Alec Loganbill The University Press of Kansas has launched Plainspoken Books, a new nonfiction trade imprint focused on bringing Midwest stories into national conversations. Far more than flyover country, the Midwest is a dynamic, important place that is vital to understanding who and what America is and where it is going. This imprint  more