Great take by Joy Pullmann on the potential lifting of a ban on collecting national student data. Let’s not let the government take over another part of education, please?
Topic: academia
Missouri Proposes New Frat Rules: No Women after hours on weekends
Yup, the sexual assaults controversy may lead to banning women from being near fraternities at night on the weekends: “Proposed puritanical rules governing Greek life at the University of Missouri, particularly at fraternities, have sparked both…
15% of Retirees have Student Loan Debt, Study finds
The College Fix reported: “Among retirees, education loans made up less than 1 percent in 1989 but grew to 15 percent by 2013,” according to the recently released LIMRA study. “The data suggests that parents…
CIA Director John Brennan Critized by Professors at Alma Mater
As the College Fix reported: “A cohort of faculty at Fordham University dedicated to opposing torture have vehemently denounced CIA Director John Brennan for defending enhanced interrogation techniques used in the wake of Sept. 11…
Politically Correct Mob Hounds Nobel Prize Winner to Resign
Tim Hunt, who won the Nobel Prize in physiology in 2001, was forced to resign after making a remark about women in STEM. The mob “wins,” but we all lose.
University of California could label all BDS activity as “anti-Semitic”
The BDS movement is not a constructive one, by any stretch of the imagination, but to go this far… isn’t this a violation of free speech?
Analysis: Conservatives, Libertarians face High Security Fees for Campus Events
Sounds like discrimination based on political ideology, doesn’t it? These are the tactics employed by the Left to discourage free speech.
Banned Phrase in California Higher Ed: America is the Land of Opportunity
Blame former Obama cabinet secretary Janet Napolitano, the current president of the University of California system, for imposing that rule on California professors. But were professors using the phrase to begin with, considering it is…
Oklahoma Freshman will have to Complete Mandatory Diversity Training
Incoming freshman at Oklahoma University will have to undergo mandatory diversity training after a fraternity scandal where racist chants were recorded on video, leading to a national scandal.
Democrats say Universities should Prosecute Sexual Assault Cases outside Criminal Justice System
This sounds very illegal and a blatant violation of due process and one’s constitutional rights, Senator Claire McCaskill and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.