New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan gave her students at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism some advice last week based on what she’s learned in the last three decades, since she entered the…
Topic: academia
Georgetown University Upset that Protest was Filmed and is on YouTube
The protest, aimed at disrupting Christina Hoff Sommers’ speech, is embarrassing for Georgetown University and it’s worse that it made national headlines. Now university administrators demand that the College Republicans pressure a non-profit, who helped…
Ohio State Band Director Lawsuit Moves Forward
As The College Fix reported: “Last summer The College Fix’s Greg Piper reported on the “carnival of sexual horrors” that is — re: was — the Ohio State marching band. The band director, Jon Waters, was…
Free Tuition leaves Minnesota University Swamped by American Indian Students
The College Fix said: “If you’re a member of a federally recognized tribe or a “direct descendant” of one, you qualify for free tuition at the University of Minnesota-Morris, one of two schools in the…
Colleges Pressured to Divest from Fossil Fuels
But, if American colleges and universities do divest from fossil fuels, then how can they increase their endowment funds? Fossil fuels are quite profitable, but then again, it could hasten the demise of liberal, leftist…
Texas A&M Professor Upset with Entire Class and Fails Them
It’s not clear who is at fault here, whether the students are for being bad students or the professor for unilaterally failing them.
George Washington University Suspends Jewish Student for Swastika-Like Symbol
GWU doesn’t get the cultural or historical significance of the swastika in Hindu culture, and plus, why would a Jewish student do that unless it was a cultural reference to Hinduism?
Scott Walker Strikes Again
For a quarter of a century, Republican presidential candidates have uttered variations of George H. W. Bush’s high pitched pledge: “I want to be the education president.” It has gotten them exactly nowhere. So far,…
Cornell Students Under Investigation for ObamaCare Fees Protest
This is utterly ridiculous. Now students who protested the school’s ObamaCare fee are under a criminal investigation.
Religious Colleges May Lose Tax-Exempt Status after Supreme Court Ruling
As The College Fix reported: “Something that didn’t draw much attention in yesterday’s Supreme Court oral argument over whether the Constitution mandates the legal recognition of same-sex marriage: how it may affect religious colleges.”