Faculty Lounge St. Louis University Mandates Every Department to Identify Actions to Make It More Inclusive Spencer Irvine January 4, 2016 Sounds like an onerous exercise in academia: Every academic department at Saint Louis University has been mandated to “hold a…
Faculty Lounge Germany Thinking about Lifting Ban on Mein Kampf Spencer Irvine The “lure of the forbidden” is the central argument to lifting the ban on the book in German classrooms, which outlined…
Guest Articles Feds Seek Diversity in Middle East Studies Programs Anne Crowell The Department of Education has started requiring universities that receive federal funding for Middle East Studies centers to report on…
Faculty Lounge Florida State Medical School Professors believe Concealed Carry won’t help Prevent Shootings Spencer Irvine They voiced their opposition to concealed carry on public college campuses in Florida in an open letter, penned by their…
Faculty Lounge No Republican Professors Teach Theology at Creighton University, a Catholic Institution Spencer Irvine January 3, 2016 No balance among the university’s theology professors, apparently.
Faculty Lounge Nearly Half of Colleges Restrict Free Speech, Report Finds Spencer Irvine That’s disturbing, but not surprising, considering all the news that has hit the headlines over the past couple years on…
Faculty Lounge USC Professor is Anti-Trump, Critical of His Supporters Spencer Irvine January 2, 2016 Donald Trump brings the *worst* out of the liberal academics, huh? Professor Marty Kaplan of the University of Southern California…
Faculty Lounge Montana Tax Administrators Deny Tax Credits to Citizens who Pay for Scholarships at Religious Schools Spencer Irvine The tax man cometh and doesn’t like your scholarships at religious schools.
Faculty Lounge Harvard-Affiliated Hospital Fires Doctor for Voicing Concerns about LGBT Lifestyle Spencer Irvine As the College Fix noted: After more than 10 years and numerous appeals, a well-respected urologist has been expelled from…
Faculty Lounge Columbia Arts Journal Fires Female Editor for Defending White Male Judge Panel Spencer Irvine January 1, 2016 She supported a decision to have white male students be the judges in a contest, after which she was fired.
Faculty Lounge Conspiracy Theorist Professor of Sandy Hook Hoax Fame Could be Fired Spencer Irvine Florida Atlantic University is moving to fire Sandy Hook hoax promoter (and one of their professors) for harassing a parent…
Faculty Lounge Professor Claims the World is on the Verge of Apocalypse due to Climate Change Spencer Irvine Climate change and global warming alarmism at University of Massachusetts-Amherst: An assistant professor of political science at the University of…