There’s a reason why nobody really noticed when major media outlets dropped their education beats: They weren’t doing much to begin with, other than recycling public school press releases. You can get a flavor of this by perusing the articles that the so-called mainstream media occasionally publish on education. For example, the Associated Press (AP), […]
Read the articleAfter University of Michigan President Mark Schlissel called Trump supporters hateful and the like at a vigil, a think tank filed a lawsuit (after their information records request was filed in November and has yet to be filled) to see what Schlissel discussed with colleagues and others via e-mail related to President Trump.
Read the articleUCLA formed an immigration advisory council to advise their university president regarding President Donald Trump’s executive order on refugee vetting and immigration.
Read the articleOccidental College, one of former President Barack Obama’s alma maters, saw its faculty council take a stand against President Donald Trump: In a recent statement published by the Occidental College Faculty Council, in conjunction with the Dean’s Office, professors at Obama’s former college assert their commitment to “challenging positions and policies of President Trump and his administration,” […]
Read the articleFrom The College Fix: Shaun King, a New York Daily News columnist with a reputation for mocking students who ask him tough questions, told a student audience that he has “written probably over 100 articles about Donald Trump and I follow his news very closely,” according to the conservative campus newspaper The Freedom Frog… The event was hosted by TCUnity, […]
Read the articleFrom The Daily Caller, yet another hate crime was discovered to be a hoax post-Trump’s electoral victory: A 21-year-old Michigan woman pleaded guilty Monday to fabricating a “hate crime” in which an unknown white male approached her and slashed her face with a safety-pin, local news outlets are reporting. University of Michigan student Halley Bass […]
Read the articleOn “Fox & Friends,” President Donald Trump declared, in regard to the protests against him, “I think that President Obama’s behind it because his people are certainly behind it.” Once again, Trump has struck gold. It’s “gold” in the form of taxpayer money. In addition to funding from billionaire hedge fund operator George Soros, we […]
Read the articlePresidents have been traditionally asked to speak at Notre Dame’s commencement, but due to the faculty, administration and vocal students, President Donald Trump will not speak at Notre Dame. Instead, it will be Vice President Mike Pence: Mike Pence will be the first U.S. vice president to deliver the commencement address at the University of […]
Read the articleOn the surface, it does seem too politically correct to impose disciplinary action on high school students for wearing Donald Trump t-shirts and chanting “Trump” at an opposing basketball team. However, it is worrisome when it is a predominantly white school body chants it against an opponent that has a majority-minority student population. Also, why […]
Read the articleThe most embarrassing part is that the writers of the letter had to clarify to Campus Reform what they meant when they referenced suicides and President Trump. This from Campus Reform: In a letter to Columbia President Lee Bollinger, professors Robert Pollack and Letty Moss-Salentijn, the co-chairs of the Columbia Faculty Affairs Committee, say Trump’s election has […]
Read the articleFrom Campus Reform: According to video evidence provided anonymously to Campus Reform, Philosophy professor Andrew Leong pointed out a stack of flyers to his class, explaining that after students handed in a paper assignment, they could “scream [their] lungs out in front of the campus center” at an anti-Trump rally. “Flyers are here if you want […]
Read the articleA great read by George Leef at the James G. Martin Center: The next head of OCR should be someone who understands that those changes were both ill-advised and illegal and work to eliminate them. A number of Americans (this writer included) have advocated that the job be offered to Gail Heriot, a professor of […]
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