As the College Fix noted: The overseers of the residential houses are no longer “masters,” but that doesn’t mean everything tinged with slavery at Harvard should be washed of its context. That’s according to Harvard President Drew…
Topic: academia
MLA Stylebook: Capitalism Punishes the Disabled Poor
Capitalism discriminates against the poor and disabled, one professor said during a panel entitled, “Disability and the Global South” at the Modern Language Association’s annual convention. This year, it was held in Austin, Texas, hardly…
Taliban Attack Pakistani University, Kill 20 People
It’s really tragic. The four attackers were killed, but at least twenty people were killed.
Kent State Professor’s ISIS Ties under Investigation
Now academia is getting in on extremism/Islamist terror/radical Islam: A Kent State professor long known for fiery anti-Israel rhetoric is under investigation for alleged links to ISIS, and an independent probe Tuesday turned up disturbing…
Ithaca College President Resigns after Pressure from Students
The hurtful language lynch mob’s reign continues to spread across American college campuses.
Anti-Semitic Resolutions Visible in University of California System
From Campus Reform: A controversial resolution was passed at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) in November urging administration to divest from Israel, but reports show an initial 2014 vote passed with an illegal…
Online Class Material Costs Jump 25% and Students are Upset
Black Hawk community college in Illinois hiked online class materials by 25% in a period of three weeks, thus the petition started by one of their students.
Academics Try to Interpret ‘Serial’ Podcast
After the widespread and unexpected popularity of the ‘Serial’ podcast, where a team of journalists review an old criminal case and interview the imprisoned suspect and other witnesses, academics are wondering whether they could use…
Safe Spaces for Hoverboards!
This is a new thing at universities, safe spaces for hoverboards, which are being confiscated by administrators due to the hazardous danger of combustion.
No More ‘Crusader’ Mascot for Susquehanna University
It’s too politically incorrect, apparently. This is getting out of hand, right?