J Street U, the student arm of the J Street organization, elected a female Muslim student as its president. Supporters say J Street is pro-Israel, but other pro-Israel groups disagree with the label.
Topic: academia
University of Illinois Backtracks from Blocking 9/11 Flag Display by College Republicans
The College Fix reported: In the end, honoring the dead of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks beat the lawn-care needs of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The school backed down from its insistence that…
33% of College Graduates can’t Name the Bill of Rights
The results are not encouraging, but this is because only 18% of colleges require students to take a course in the U.S. Constitution.
Title IX Attacks Male College Students
Young men considering college may want to look at safer pastimes, like race car driving. Colleges are hell-bent on penalizing the male gender. So far their efforts have not held up in court, yet. “In…
“Ready for Hillary” Sticker on Student’s Laptop in a School Picture Stirs Controversy
It doesn’t really seem like a big deal, but apparently it caused quite a commotion. Then again, if the sticker was one for a GOP candidate, you could probably bet money that there would’ve been…
Harvard University President Defends Asian American Discrimination Policy in a Church Setting
The university president was at a morning prayer session at the Memorial Church and defended the university’s admissions policy.
Immigration Lowers Educational Achievement, Survey finds
When academia, aided and abetted by international agencies, tell you something isn’t happening, there is a very good chance that it is. Take, for example, the assertion by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)…
University of Tennessee Embarrased after Gender Neutral Pronouns List Receives Backlash
As the College Fix noted, it was a ridiculous thing to put into practice. Gender neutral pronouns?! The University of Tennessee has deleted from its website a gender-neutral pronoun list thatcalled on the campus community to…
Another Race Hoax? White Poet Published Under Chinese Pen Name
Michael Hudson got his poetry published, after being rejected many times, when he used a Chinese pen name.
University of Georgia to Pay Trayvon Martin Lawyer $3,500 for ‘Hoodies Up’ Speech
That’s a lot of money for a single speech at a college campus.