A specific meeting place for Latino students is the main demand of a Latino student group at the University of North Carolina: “Latinx” students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) demonstrated…
Topic: academia
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George Washington University 3-Day Workshop Features Statement of Wanting a President who is a Refugee, had an Abortion
Huh? This from Campus Reform: The summit concluded at the White House Sunday night with an updated reading of “I want a president…,” a “collective reading project” devised in 1992 by artist and activist Zoe…
Western Carolina Students Protest against Campus Free Speech Restrictions
From a press release from the Young Americans for Liberty: ICYMI: WCU students protest unreasonable campus speech restrictions WASHINGTON, D.C. – In case you missed it, the Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) chapter at Western Carolina University (WCU)…
Sexual Harassment Complaint for Student Writing the Wrong Name on a Quiz at University of Tennessee
This is ridiculous, isn’t it? An update from FIRE: Last week, several news outlets reported that a student at the University of Tennessee (UT) received a zero on a quiz—a grade his professor justified because…
College Bureaucracies Grew 15% during the Great Recession, while Budgets and Tuition Rose
From The Hechinger Report: Even if some system offices are finally taking over functions once left to the campuses, any widespread savings — as measured by collective reductions in positions and spending — have yet…
The Left’s All-Out Assault on the First Amendment
The Left wants to silence opposition: The Constitution has long been subject to attacks from individuals hostile to its guarantees of freedom, economic opportunity, and limited government, but in recent days no other provision has…
“The Terrorist Threat against U.S. has Never Been Greater” says Johns Hopkins Lecturer
At the Heritage Foundation, Dr. Mary Habeck, an adjunct lecturer at John Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies (known as SAIS), noted that terrorism has spiked since 2011. She said that today, “the terrorist threat…
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The Trump Treatment for a Campus Conservative
I was disinvited from a college debate on the campus of the State University of New York in New Paltz last March. Left-wing professors didn’t want to hear me debate a left-winger on media coverage…
Study: Biofuels could Cause More Carbon Emissions than Gasoline
That’s quite the counternarrative, if the study’s results hold up in future studies conducted on the same subject: Motor vehicle “biofuels” like ethanol made from corn and soybeans may cause more carbon emissions than gasoline,…
CUNY Professor has been Accused of Sexual Harassment due to His Syllabus
A professor’s department chair accused a professor of sexual harassment due to his syllabus: A professor at the City University of New York’s Brooklyn College was ordered to make changes to his syllabus because it…