The Modern Language Association’s (MLA) new punching bag is due process, as one session in their annual convention demonstrated (The convention was held in Austin, Texas this year.) In the session, entitled, “Narrating College Sexual…
Topic: Accuracy in Academia
‘Free’ Community College means a $232 Million Bill for New York Per Year
So much for free stuff, huh? That’s expensive.
Mizzou has Anonymous Reporting System for Intolerance Claims
Oh yes, anonymity is a good thing when you can punish people without repercussions.
UCF Police Chief Not a Fan of Untrained Concealed Carry Permit Users
He has a point, about training at least, but the real issue for the police chief is that he claimed the police will have to hire more officers to deal with more guns on campus.
66% of Kansas Faculty Oppose Campus Carry
The state law allowing the concealed carry of arms on public college campuses goes into effect on July 1 2017, but the university faculty in state colleges and universities are unhappy with it.
Prostitution’s Victims Ignored by Amnesty International
Occasionally the Modern Language Association (MLA) actually does look at language, and makes a valuable contribution to the sum of human knowledge. At the MLA conference this year, Kate Day, a law professor emeritus at…
Harvard Professor Claims He Needs Armed Guards when Speaking about Israel, Safe Spaces
Dershowitz blasts safe spaces and the concept behind them, which means that he need some armed guards with him when he makes speaking appearances about Israel (he is pro-Israel).
Candidates Running for Harvard Board Pledge Free Tuition for Asian-Americans after Affirmative Action Lawsuit
A conservative is sponsoring the slate of five candidates for the Harvard Board of Overseers: An “outsider” slate running for Harvard’s Board of Overseers is pledging to end tuition for undergraduates as well as treat…
UNC-Greensboro Education Class Features Paper on Social Justice
Per the College Fix: A teacher at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro requires students in her class to write an 8-page commitment to social justice — pupils who take her class because it’s a required…
Principal Threatened to Cancel Journalism at School after Article on New Bell Schedule
Uh, this is taking things too far. Upset over an article on the school’s new bell schedule? Okay.