The more elusive that the evidence of affirmative action’s success becomes, the more determined that the advocates of racial preferences in college admissions get in their quest to expand the program.
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Bootomless Pit of Education Spending
Education funding already exceeds half a trillion dollars yet a broad array of groups wants more.
An ACLU Christmas
A “nativity scene” on a university campus?
Wayne State & Wadie Said
StandWithUs recently learned from Jewish students at Wayne State that anti-Israel hostility has escalated on campus, and that the University may appoint Wadie Said, known for his anti-Israel views, to the law school faculty.
Cowardice at Dartmouth
Last week Dartmouth College’s Director of Athletics and Recreation Josie Harper wrote a letter published in The Dartmouth apologizing for “offer the support of the athletics department in playing a leading role to combat racial, ethnic and sexist ignorance and intolerance on our campus.”
Genteel Poverty in Academia
College and university administrators and their representatives seem to show up in Washington, D. C. with their hats in their hands as frequently as the capital city’s homeless do. Although the former group of supplicants seeks far greater sums than the latter crowd requests, the money seems to go just as fast.
The Name Game
Is resistance to sports team names innate or learned?
Get A Public School Clue
It’s a good thing that public school bureaucrats are not in charge of America’s Early Warning System. They are always the last to know.
Academics Abstain from Abstinence
Apparently, some academics have discovered an oath they like even less than David Horowitz’s Academic Bill of Rights, namely—the pledge taken by increasing numbers of teens to abstain from sex.
Fuzzy Academic Math
Researchers from Johns Hopkins deliver an estimate of Iraqi war dead so off the mark that they may want to consider continuing education.
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Common Core’s Slow Collapse
As a public service, we try to track the progress, or lack thereof, of the latest top-down education reform concocted by elites and insiders—Common Core. We are aided immeasurably by the Heartland Institute which publishes…
California Universities looking at Unconstitutional Speech Codes
It is a good intention, to prevent anti-Semitic speech on University of California campuses, but it is unconstitutional to have such speech codes.
St. Louis University removes Catholic Priest Statue due to Concerns of Racism
It is a statue depicting a Catholic priest praying over an American Indian, but people complained that it was a symbol of colonialism and racism.
Vulgar Protesters temporarily disrupted Pro-Traditional Marriage Event at UCSB
Vulgarities were used (so much for tolerance) by protesters who chanted for a short time during the lecture. Thankfully, they left afterwards and let the lecture continue.
Oxford University Graduate says Graduation Robes are Discriminatory
As Campus Reform noted: “Traditional compulsory examination gowns are discriminatory, according to an Oxford University alumna and student representative. Anna Bradshaw wrote an opinion piece in the Oxford Student on May 20 titled “ Sub…
Special Graduation Ceremony for Illegal Immigrants Held at California University
San Francisco State University student organization held a special graduation for about 25 illegal immigrant students and 300 guests.
FAA Hiring Scandal Barely Registers with the Media
Editor’s note: See what happens when we get rid of tests. The Fox Business Network (FBN) should be congratulated for launching a six-month investigation into the Federal Aviation Administration’s hiring practices, an investigation revealing complicity between…
Pro-Life Group uses Jumbotron to Display Abortion Horrors
The gruesome pictures of the abortion practice convinced students who saw the display to change their views on abortion.
Rutgers University Professor says Waco Biker Gang Shootout reflects White Privilege
This professor, Brittney Cooper, works at Rutgers as an associate professor in Women’s, Gender and Africana studies and this is what we get in her Salon.com column.
Universities’ Tax Exemption at Risk
There is much more at stake in the debate over same-sex marriage than wedding cakes. Namely, the tax-exempt status of universities is now at risk. “The most notable exchange during the argument last month in…