Faculty Lounge

A mandatory diversity course at Syracuse University apparently was not well-received by Syracuse freshman, many of whom had nothing to do with a video full of racist language (which some at an university fraternity had participated in).

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse hosted an adult film actress on their campus, which caused so much of a controversy that the chancellor will repay the expense out of his own pocket.

That’s right, the ones who are born and raised here.

The case that Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) brought against Harvard University will likely not be decided until early next year, plenty of time for both sides to bring in outside help.

The University of North Alabama has an unwritten media interview policy for professors: Don’t do an interview without prior approval by the administration.

A Kansas State University student claimed someone left a racist note on his apartment door, but when the police investigated, the culprit was the alleged victim!

Genuine scholars are hard to find in academe and even around it. It just got harder.

In the days of state-level tax revolts, California showed the rest of the country how to attract residents and businesses. Now it seems hell-bent on repelling them.

At George Washington University, Jemele Hill, the former ESPN reporter whose career at the network came to an abrupt end when she called President Trump a “white supremacist,” injected herself into a current controversy.

University of Utah, a publicly-funded university, offers young transgender teenagers treatment such as puberty blockers and other transgender health options.

Georgetown University, a liberal Jesuit Catholic higher education, is featuring social justice in courses related to the Bible, climate change and documentary production.

Believe it or not they did, albeit a century ago.