Opposition to Common Core continues to spread well across party lines, no matter how much the educational establishment tires to minimize the blowback. “Illinois state officials have threatened to withhold funding from school districts that…
Topic: Accuracy in Academia
Christina Hoff Sommers gets Trigger Warning Treatment at Georgetown
Apparently, speaking the truth leads to Georgetown University students claiming Sommers’ remarks would trigger students with signs and posting them on social media. Have we coddled our future generations too much to be offended at…
UNC Student Editorial says Campus Speakers should be Vetted
The student editorial board at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill is absolutely clueless about common sense. Here’s a snippet: “Just last week, Duke University invited former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to speak about…
Adjunct Professors on Welfare
Apparently, there are adjunct professors on welfare. More from the Washington Monthly: “This is not really true. It turns out, according to a piece at Slate, that a lot of America’s adjunct professors are actually…
Speech Code of the Month: Florida A&M University Restricts 1st Amendment
As FIRE reported: “According to FAMU’s Student Code of Conduct, “disorderly conduct” includes not only things like public drunkenness, but also the “use of profanity in public” and the use of “insulting” language. This policy…
Black People have Bad Health due to Racism, says Psychologist
As The College Fix reported: “The University of Georgia’s Red & Black reports on a lecture by Enrique Neblett Jr., an associate professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who…
Law School Changed Tenure Policy to Fire Faculty, 2 Law Professors Allege
As the Chronicle for Higher Education reported: “Two tenured professors at the William Mitchell College of Law have sued the college, claiming it amended its tenure policy so it would be able to cut more…
Bill de Blasio’s Pre-K Program is Social Engineering
A really good take by Joy Pullmann, writing for The Federalist. “So New York City social planners have decided they know what’s best for everyone, based on two specific demographics that are suspiciously similar to…
No Panes in Glass Ceiling
A pair of researchers from Cornell decided to test the theory that there is a bias against women pursuing academic careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) and found that there is none. “Results…
Religious Freedom Advocate Under Fire by LGBT at Missouri State
So much for tolerance, huh? A LGBT retaliation campaign is targeting a supporter of religious liberty and demand her removal from a student organization.