A university task force made several recommendations, one of which was to add explanations to the statues to give context. Another is to relocate the statues, which previously failed back in 2010.
Topic: Accuracy in Academia
Vanderbilt University Football Apologizes for Tweet
It is a tweet. A TWEET. People are outraged over everything, but let’s take into account the context (via College Fix): Vanderbilt University apologized Thursday for a tweet meant to motivate its football team, ABC reports. The tweet…
Updated Dept of Ed Financial Watch List of Troubled Colleges
Let’s hope that your alma mater or colleges that your friends, coworkers or their children are going to are not on this list.
Professors Avoid Participating in Research about Divestment due to Politics
The College Fix with the latest: When National Association of Scholars research associate Rachelle Peterson recently attempted to interview a Harvard professor who is part of the university’s divestment movement, he told her he advocated…
Baltimore’s Choice and America’s
In January 2015, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) has introduced the Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education (CHOICE) Act, designed to make vouchers more widely available to the poor so they can…
Hillary Clinton Proposed $350 Billion Plan for “Debt-Free” College
As Campus Reform reported, Hillary Clinton didn’t give specifics on who will actually benefit and what “wealthy” means: Hillary Clinton unveiled a sweeping proposal Monday to shift the cost of higher education from students to…
A Millennial’s Search for Meaning
In Demetrius Minor’s autobiography, Preservation and Purpose: The Making of a Young Millennial, the young Pentecostal minister relates his journey of self-discovery through the grace of God and how ultimately this shapes his impression of…
Faculty Put Off Pay Raise to Temporarily Save Adjunct Jobs
The College Fix reported: Different tiers of faculty don’t always fight with each other over money and control. At Eastern Illinois University, which is suffering from a steep enrollment drop and reduced state support, tenured and…
The Urgent Demand for STEM Graduates may be Overblown
Even the AAUP is doubting whether the emphasis and urgency of graduating STEM degree holders is actually an accurate one.
Fraternities Support Bill that would Limit Colleges’ Role in Sexual Assault Cases and Unilateral Judgment
Considering how colleges have not allowed for due process to play out for accused students, this is a positive step if the bill makes it into law: The North-American Interfraternity Conference and the National Panhellenic…