A student’s op-ed in the College Fix talks about the tension at Mizzou and how people do not want to speak up.
Topic: academia
California School District Bans Drawings of Religious Leaders after Mohammed Doodle Assignment
My goodness, this is now offensive?! Do we have to take everything seriously?! Acton-Agua Dulce Unified School District (California) Superintendent Brent Woodard has “banned depicting religious leaders” after some students drew Mohamed on a history…
Mizzou Professor’s Fate Uncertain after Resigning a Courtesy Post
Social media mob mentality has its consequences: An assistant communications professor at the Missouri School of Journalism resigned from her courtesy appointment Tuesday after she was caught on video confronting a student journalist and attempting…
White Student Turned Away from Stop White People Luncheon
Uh, doesn’t this defeat the purpose of holding a luncheon? By barring those who are claimed to have been oppressive, doesn’t that send the wrong message? A white student at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst who…
Publish or Perish Isn’t a Bad Thing
Interesting take on the academic way of life.
Anti-ISIS Fighter Barred from Speaking at University College London
Now if an ISIS fighter were barred from speaking, would there be a bigger outrage on the college campus? Maybe. Still, not sure about barring an anti-ISIS fighter, considering the human rights atrocities committed by…
Study Claims Motorists Run over Black People more than Whites
My goodness, this is a serious conclusion? A recently published study funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation claims to show that black pedestrians face racial discrimination at crosswalks. The study, “Racial bias in driver…
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The American Identity Crisis
Accuracy in Academia’s next author’s night speaker, the former head of the U. S. Civil Rights Commission, sees a danger in America’s emphasis on diversity. “To be sure, we are wonderfully diverse—in race, gender, sexual…
Mizzou’s Social Media Policy is Very 1984-esque, Written by Its Law Students
Great take from the College Fix: Law students wrote a breathtakingly autocratic, sloppy social-media policy that brings to mindThe Simpsons Halloween episode where Ned Flanders rules a 1984-like alternate reality that enforces constant smiling. After…
Games Academics Play, Literally
Those who thought academia couldn’t get more trivial might do a face palm over the trend toward gaming in higher education. “Several courses in my department at the University of Michigan have been gamified,” Kentaro…