They may rank among the lowest in numbers or percentages of any group admitted to Harvard, but they rank first in SAT scores, Attorneys for Students for Fair Admissions showed in court.
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The Road To Hell Or Good Intentions?
Two professors dissect America’s Foreign Policy Elite and the Decline of U.S. Primacy
SFFA Case Shows Harvard Behind the Scenes
No matter how the judge rules in the lawsuit brought by Students for Fair Admissions against Harvard, the case is already a public relations nightmare for the university — on its own campus. The Harvard…
Columbus Statue Finds Home On American Campus
It’s getting harder and harder to find a college campus where the Admiral of the Ocean Sea can be indigenous.
Will America Ban Hate Speech?
Do the people who want to ban hate speech actually hate speech?
Art Class Presentation Compares Netanyahu To Hitler
Within weeks of a professor at the University of Michigan denying a student a recommendation for study in Israel, an art class at that same university featured a slide show comparing the Israeli Prime Minister to Adolf Hitler.
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Higher Education Reporting Bias?
An article in The Washington Monthly promises Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Higher Education Policy but doesn’t quite deliver.
Academia Still Reeling From Hoax
Interestingly, when you read the academic reactions they reveal more of what got past reviews by peers and, if you spend any time actually reading real academic articles, what is startling is the uncanny degree to which they do look like the real thing.
Education System Failing Men
Some analysts have noticed, even if it doesn’t eat up a lot of time in the 24-7 news cycle.
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Berkeley Grad Incurs Enmity of the Left
It is ironic that a Berkeley Ph.D. who specializes in helping the homeless and runs a school of social work should incur the enmity of the Left but that is exactly what happened when Will Rainford offered his observations on one of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s accusers.
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Some Employees Upset at ICE Job Postings on College Website
Some employees at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign complained that they do not like government jobs posted from the Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agency.
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Transgender Professor Unhappy Some Believe Biological Males shouldn’t be Allowed to Compete in Women’s Sports
A transgender professor at the College of Charleston criticized a lesbian former tennis player for comments on how transgender individuals should not participate in women’s sports competitions.
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Pitzer College Students and Faculty Voted to Stop Study-Abroad Program in Israel, but College President Defies Vote
Students and faculty at Pitzer College voted to stop a study-abroad program in Israel, but the college president announced his opposition to the move to stop the program.
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Pro-Israel Student Group Condemns Anti-Semitic Remarks by Democratic Congresswoman
A Democratic congresswoman’s anti-Semitic remarks have spurred two pro-Israel on-campus organizations to condemn her use of anti-Semitic tropes.
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University of Oregon Student Complained about Professor’s Biblical Analogy to Brett Kavanaugh Hearings
After a college professor compared the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, a Supreme Court justice, to a biblical story, a student reported the professor to the university’s Bias Incident Response Team.
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SUNY New Paltz Tries to Rename Buildings due to Slavery Ties
SUNY New Paltz is trying to rename multiple campus buildings because their namesakes, who were the founders of the city of New Paltz, were slaveowners.
Sarah Lawrence College Protesters Demand Free Laundry Detergent, Among Other Demands
For some college protesters at a private, liberal arts college in north of New York City, free laundry detergent is something worth protesting for, for a week.
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University of Georgia Graduate Student Fights ‘Permanent Probation’ after Controversial Remarks Went Viral
The controversial University of Georgia teaching assistant claimed that he declined to be placed under “permanent probation” and will face the administration in a formal hearing.
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South Dakota Legislature Passes Bill Mandating Intellectual Diversity in its Colleges
South Dakota’s state legislature passed a bill last week, which mandated intellectual diversity at its publicly-funded universities and colleges.
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Gonzaga Tries to Raise Funds for Illegal Immigrant Students
After apparently failing to raise enough funds via student fees, Gonzaga University is looking to crowdfund enough money to pay for illegal immigrant students’ scholarships.