Faculty Lounge Black Professor Upset that He was Called Comical by Students Spencer Irvine May 31, 2015 Being called an engaging and comical professor is offensive? Apparently so, at Northwestern University.
Faculty Lounge Fake Study on Gay Marriage also had Fake Grants and a Fake Award Spencer Irvine The embattled UCLA graduate student researcher Michael LaCour had to retract his debunked study on attitude towards same-sex marriage when…
Faculty Lounge Pittsburgh’s Duquesne University raises Minimum Wage to $16 an hour Spencer Irvine May 30, 2015 That’s a lot of money being spent on minimum wage workers, and it beats out the $15 an hour wage…
Perspectives Academics Fix Another Problem Malcolm A. Kline How many academics does it take to fix America’s criminal justice system? Twenty. That’s how many participated in a National…
Faculty Lounge Black Professor Annoyed His Proposed ‘Critical White Studies’ Course was Axed Spencer Irvine As the College Fix reported: “Nathaniel Adam Tobias Coleman (who strikes through his last name “to highlight how it was…
Faculty Lounge Notre Dame has to provide Abortifacients under ObamaCare Spencer Irvine May 29, 2015 The courts ruled against Notre Dame University regarding the provision of abortifacient drugs, even though the college made an effort…
Faculty Lounge Major GOP Donor Adelson gives money to Organize Anti-BDS Efforts Spencer Irvine Sheldon Adelson, a major GOP donor, is giving money to help organize anti-BDS (the divestment from Israel) movement on college…
Perspectives Common Core’s Slow Collapse Malcolm A. Kline As a public service, we try to track the progress, or lack thereof, of the latest top-down education reform concocted…
Faculty Lounge California Universities looking at Unconstitutional Speech Codes Spencer Irvine May 28, 2015 It is a good intention, to prevent anti-Semitic speech on University of California campuses, but it is unconstitutional to have…
Faculty Lounge St. Louis University removes Catholic Priest Statue due to Concerns of Racism Spencer Irvine It is a statue depicting a Catholic priest praying over an American Indian, but people complained that it was a…
Faculty Lounge Vulgar Protesters temporarily disrupted Pro-Traditional Marriage Event at UCSB Spencer Irvine Vulgarities were used (so much for tolerance) by protesters who chanted for a short time during the lecture. Thankfully, they…
Faculty Lounge Oxford University Graduate says Graduation Robes are Discriminatory Spencer Irvine May 27, 2015 As Campus Reform noted: “Traditional compulsory examination gowns are discriminatory, according to an Oxford University alumna and student representative. Anna…