The voluntary questions on the college applications are over-the-top: “One new question posed to those seeking admittance to the system – which educates 233,000 students enrolled in 10 campuses statewide – is “How do you describe…
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The Word “American” is Offensive to New Hampshire University Officials
They even published a guidebook to tell students which words are “problematic” to use on their campus at the University of New Hampshire.
New Jersey University’s China Satellite Campus Prefers Hiring Chinese Communists
Kean University, in a joint venture with Wenzhou University, has a satellite campus in China and apparently puts higher priority on hiring Chinese Communist Party types as faculty. That has upset labor unions.
Reporter Kicked Out of Cleveland State “Black Lives Matter” Protest because He Wasn’t Black
Wait, so because a reporter wasn’t black is a reason to harass him and try to kick him out of an event that demands justice, fairness and equality? Utterly hypocritical and classless.
Holocaust Denier Professor’s Facebook Post on Pamela Geller is Over-the-Top
His Facebook post, which was posted online this past May, said, “Don’t be scared of these dirty Jewish Zionist White Supremacist thugs” in response to Pamela Geller’s satirical cartoon event. Kaukab Siddique is a professor at…
British College Loses $1.5 Million Donation over Ousting of Nobel Prize Winner Tim Hunt
The controversy was that Hunt, a Nobel laureate, made a sexist joke and it offended the audience he was speaking to. Social media outraged pushed the University College London to pressure Hunt to resign, even…
Law Firm Points Out How Unfair College Sexual Assault Cases Are
It’s bad when lawyers have to point out how unfair college cases are related to sexual assault accusations.
Black College Ends Bill Cosby Endowed Professor Job
In light of recent revelations about Bill Cosby’s drugging of women, it was the right choice to end the professorship.
No Special Treatment for Political Activists
There is a controversy at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where the Poverty Center is going to be closed, but whose director has made a fuss about its closing and claimed it was politically…
Virginia Tech Implements Ideological Litmus Test for Tenure
This is not a good thing if universities really want full inclusion of people from varying ideologies: “Virginia Tech is reportedly requiring professors seeking tenure to pass a sort of litmus test when it comes to…