To chair the Kansas State University Women’s Studies, you can get paid $140,000 a year, per a recent job listing.
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Massachusetts-Amherst Hosted ‘Spring Abortion Doula Training’ Workshop
Apparently, women who have abortions need emotional support, which spurred UMass-Amherst to host an event for training doulas to emotionally support women who had abortions.
Deportation Resistance Workshop Event Hosted at Ohio State University
Ohio State University hosted a deportation defense training workshop, which was organized by the Central Ohio Worker Center and Young Democratic Socialists of America to “resist ICE.”
Scholars Find More Work=Less Risky Behavior
In days of yore–i.e., my childhood–the Sisters of Saint Joseph used to tell us that an idle mind is the devil’s workshop. It looks like academia is catching up to that outlook.
High School Unhappy with Speaker’s Conservative Stance on Social Issues
An invited speaker at a Massachusetts high school was disinvited over his social conservatism, which was not the subject of the speech he was going to give.
Columbia University Students Protest Past Conservative Speakers in Library
About twenty Columbia University students protested in a campus library stairwell to demand an end to inviting conservative speakers to the university.
Does Pre-School Require College Degree?
The municipal government in Washington, D. C.–which does not have a great track record in management, let alone education–thinks it does.
Berkeley Student Senator Tries To Redistribute Wealth
Or at least student government funding.
Tent Accused of Being a Teepee Stirred Controversy at USC
In the “you have to be kidding me” kind of news, USC students were unhappy at a teepee-like tent on their college campus because it was allegedly ‘culturally appropriating’ the Native American teepee.
Georgetown University Campus Police aren’t Armed, but One Student Group Petition Asks for a Change
Apparently, Georgetown University does not arm its campus police officers with sidearms, but with pepper spray and batons. One group at the university is petitioning the university to change that practice.