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The clicks stop coming at BuzzFeed News
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The clicks stop coming at BuzzFeed News

Internet “listicle” sensation BuzzFeed News, which reported on everything and anything it could in an effort to garner more eyeballs and clicks, will be shutting down as part of a broad cost-cutting effort that continues to plague companies in the news media space. BuzzFeed News gained some notoriety when they published the now-discredited Steele dossier, […]

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Feeding the Academic Bea$t

A university think tank just published a list of recommendations for paying for college. Perhaps not too surprisingly, they mostly involve increasing taxpayer-funded government subsidies of higher education. To its credit, the Miller Center at the University of Virginia acknowledges that the economy is worse than the U. S. government claims it is. “Total unemployed, […]

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Feeding the STEM Myths
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Feeding the STEM Myths

As we have reported, contrary to current wisdom, studies consistently show that there are more science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) majors than there are STEM jobs. Nevertheless, those with a vested interest in perpetuating the legend not only still claim that there is a STEM major shortage but declare that women are uniquely qualified […]

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Feeding Biting Hands

Outside of Hollywood, there can be no greater holdout from the Republican message than the Ivory Tower, yet the information trickling out of surveys and studies shows that it did not come up short in the controversial practice of earmarking federal funds that the congressional elephants became associated with.

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George Washington University changes moniker to ‘Revolutionaries’
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George Washington University changes moniker to ‘Revolutionaries’

George Washington University (GWU), a private university located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C., announced in May that it officially changed its moniker from ‘Colonials’ to ‘Revolutionaries.’ In an official email, GWU’s associate vice president of alumni relations and annual giving, Patti Carocci, wrote that GWU was “thrilled to announce our new moniker.” […]

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Florida rejects partisan textbook content about Black Lives Matter
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Florida rejects partisan textbook content about Black Lives Matter

Florida has become the lightning rod of liberal media and left-wing grassroots criticism because of their education reforms, either through legislation like the Parental Rights in Education law or through bureaucratic reviews. Last week, the Florida Department of Education adopted new social studies textbooks that did not include divisive social issues. States usually review textbooks […]

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Media loses mind over GOP’s ‘Parents Bill of Rights’
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Media loses mind over GOP’s ‘Parents Bill of Rights’

The Republican-majority House of Representatives passed “Parents Bill of Rights” bill mostly along party lines last week. The vote passed 213-208, which included five defections from Republicans that it did not go far enough. No Democrats voted against the bill. The bill is intended to create transparency in public education, such as giving parents the […]

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Vermont colleges announces shift to all-digital library, other major changes
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Vermont colleges announces shift to all-digital library, other major changes

Colleges and universities under the banner of Vermont State College System will consolidate and make significant changes, such as shifting library resources to fully digital and leaving the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Associated Press (AP) reported on the announcement, which are as follows: Northern Vermont University will merge into a single university called […]

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Stanford removes woke language guide from website
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Stanford removes woke language guide from website

The much-maligned woke language guide at Stanford University has been removed from the university’s website, after hiding the guide from the public when the controversy went viral. Inside Higher Ed reported about the guide’s removal, which guide was published by Stanford’s CIO Council and People of Color in Technology affinity group. For context, an affinity […]

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