Wait, what?! The College Fix said: Thousands of students in California are “in limbo” after being notified that they cannot take the California High School Exit Exam to get the needed high school diploma and…
Topic: Accuracy in Academia
Trustees Reject Golden Parachute for Resigning Chancellor
Campus Reform noted: Despite resigning amidst a scandal concerning her use of a private email account to conduct official business, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s chancellor nearly came away with a $400,000 bonus. Phyllis Wise…
Duquesne University wants Adjuncts to Support It in Its Fight against NLRB
As the College Fix reported: A Catholic university’s three-year fight against the National Labor Relations Board has spooked some of its faculty, who believe a footnote in a school filing is a direct threat to…
NFL Player doesn’t like Participation Trophies
James Harrison, Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker, posted on his Instagram page about taking issue with participation trophies: I’m sorry I’m not sorry for believing that everything in life should be earned and I’m not about to…
Adieu to Two Scholars
Here at Accuracy in Academia, we mostly get to cover only ersatz intellectuals. Actual scholars, we too frequently find, are far fewer in number. Their ranks just got thinner this month with the passing of…
Vanderbilt University has to Clarify Remarks that Students Paid $11,000 in Tuition due to Regulation
It didn’t sound like a terribly rational argument to start with, but it’s been debunked.
Relocation of Jefferson Davis Statue at University of Texas is Put on Hold
A legal challenge temporarily halts the removal of the Confederate president’s statue from a featured part of the campus to the outskirts of campus.
Missouri Grad Students Lose Health Insurance Subsidies: Thanks, ObamaCare!
The University of Missouri can no longer afford health insurance subsidies for graduate students because of ObamaCare’s classification of graduate students as employees.
Sorority Recruitment Video Taken Down after People Offended by It
Political correctness is running rampant. Let college students be college students, right? The College Fix reported: A University of Alabama sorority recruitment video has gone viral and prompted anger among some who believe it objectifies women…
University President in Florida Mugged while Meeting with Two Women for a ‘Rendezvous’
As the College Fix noted: Florida’s Keiser University, whichconverted from for-profit to nonprofit statusfour years ago, is back in the headlines. Matt McEnany, president of Keiser’s Daytona Beach campus, got “mugged and carjacked over the weekend while…