The College Fix reported the following: Ryerson University in Toronto is “reacting quickly” to posters placed around its campus advertising a White Students Union. The group, unaffiliated with Ryerson, is actually dubbed the “Students for…
Topic: academia
The Problems with Getting a Graduate School Education
It is a good look at how flawed the graduate school educational (and job) experience is in today’s ever-changing world.
Cal-Berkeley Attempts to Circumvent Ban on Affirmative Action
As Campus Reform reported: Administrators at the University of California at Berkeley believe they have found a loophole in the state’s constitutional ban on affirmative action that will allow them to create an African-American scholarship…
Pomona College Students Don’t Like Forbes’ No.1 Ranking of Their School
Some students don’t know how to enjoy top status: A cohort of angry students at the small, private liberal arts college in Claremont, Calif., demanded administrators remove from their website a news release touting the…
Remembering a Professor who Put Teaching First
A great tribute to Peter Schramm, who passed away at age 68.
North Carolina’s Chief Diversity Officer Earns 38% More than North Carolina’s Governor
Wait, huh? College Fix with the latest: …the News & Observer’s public employee salary database shows McCrory’s annual salary at $142,265 annually, while Clayton’s salary comes in at $195,700.
Bias Watch: Georgetown University
Occasionally, students actually notice when they are in a biased course. “I felt a certain idealistic giddiness upon enrolling in ‘Prisons & Punishment,’ a government course introduced during my senior year of college,” Danny Funt…
Victory for Free Speech at Dixie State University
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) just won another case for free speech on college campuses, this time against Dixie State University’s censorship of flyers.
College Journalists Hold a Boot Camp for Free Speech and Training
College Fix reported: National journalism organizations established “The J-Team” last month to train student journalists against suppression attempts by college administrations. The move follows Muscatine Community College’s crackdown on The Calumet, which led the editors…
Universities Teach Gender Fluidity as Fact and Push LGBT Agenda
College Fix made several good points about how gender fluidity is now a fact for academia: Whether it’s from the podium, inserted into the curriculum, integrated into orientation training, the message is clear: gender is…