With the Department of Education firing an opening salvo against Princeton University, academics are scrambling to take Princeton’s side in the fracas. Princeton University’s president wrote a letter admitting that the institution treated its minority students and staff unfairly due to “systemic racism” at the institution and throughout America. The Department of Education responded to […]
Read the articleThe death of a black man under the knee of a brutal policeman in Minneapolis sent shock waves of racial guilt throughout America, where protestors, led principally by Black Lives Matter, took to the streets to malign America’s troubled history with race and reignite the conversation about how to atone and pay for the country’s […]
Read the articleDespite protests and negative feedback, and in a win for free speech, Purdue University said it welcomes a new Chick-fil-A location to its campus.
Read the articleA Boston University professor has an idea for combating fake news: Taxation. According to an article on the Boston University (BU) website, BU’s Marshall Van Alstyne thinks that false news can have negative real-world ramifications. For instance, he sees a connection between a measles outbreak and anti-vaccination content online. The BU professor has suggested levying […]
Read the articleAn image and a caption on Snapchat, a social media platform used by some Millennials, sparked a controversy among students at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, which resulted in a demand by some students for the university to hire a disabled and queer person of color as a faculty member.
Read the articleA restaurant close to Clemson University was criticized for its ‘Tijuana Chicken Sandwich’ because the sandwich description made light of the migrant caravan news.
Read the articleOhio University asked students for feedback on a minority-only gym, but then backtracked and said the space would be open to everyone.
Read the articleThe director of the Isaiah Foundation believes it is and shared that belief with students at St. Olaf’s College.
Read the articleChristine Fair, the Georgetown political scientist who wished death and dismemberment upon the Republican half of the U. S. Senate Judiciary Committee over their support of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, has been placed on “research leave” by Georgetown University. Maybe she’ll learn something.
Read the articleEvery time veteran college administrators and professors get together to show that they know how to save higher education, they show that they don’t. “Another solution is to sponsor new academic programs,” Brian C. Mitchell writes on the academe blog maintained by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). “These programs are often a good […]
Read the articleAt the risk of sounding like an old promo for Batman, can it be that technology will do what about a half a century of books, editorials and speeches couldn’t?
Read the articleDon’t look now, but your local school library soon could be getting into the liberal indoctrination racket.
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