So much for racial equality and inclusion, no? California State University Fresno recently held a three-day student retreat for black students that aimed to foster inclusion and help incoming African American students adjust to college…
Topic: California
Cal-Berkeley Spent $200,000 on PR for Chancellor
Spending $200,000 just to get their chancellor (who is resigning, by the way) to get speaking opportunities at the Davos forum and TED Talks…seems a bit extravagant. Just two days after Chancellor Nicholas Dirks said…
Anti-Semitism On Campus Gets Real
Usually university officials go into overdrive to solve a reported hate crime. Apparently they become more deliberate when the alleged victim is a Jewish student. “On Thursday, the UC Irvine Office of Student Conduct announced that…
Cal State-Long Beach Backs Down on Moratorium on Student Groups
FIRE filed a public records request regarding the university’s moratorium and was critical of the university’s lack of transparency on why it denied student group applications, which included at least one pro-gun rights group and one…
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Federalizing the MLA
Colleges and universities are forever feeling shortchanged by taxpayers. They needn’t worry. For one thing, they are far richer than those of us who actually pay federal levies. For another, academia has succeeded in securing…
California Lawmaker Sees Controversial Part of Discrimination Bill Removed
Religious colleges are now temporarily spared in California from potential lawsuits, which could’ve been made possible had a specific provision of a proposed bill had been kept in the bill: Following heavy opposition from a…
UCLA Student Op-Ed: Hillary Clinton is Too ‘Centrist’ for Millennials
From Campus Reform: Guillaume Kosmala begins his latest op-ed for The Daily Bruin by noting that millennials lean further left than any other generation, especially in his home town, where 80 percent of likely voters…
Anti-Semitism on Campus 2016
The anti-Semitism evident in e-mails from the Democratic National Committee (DNC), which WikLeaks obtained, might not surprise so many if they knew how prevalent that attitude is on American college campuses. The AMCHA Initiative housed…
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Catholic Loyola Marymount University Employee Reinstated after Fighting Suspension over Traditional Family Views
The Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund defended employee Gigi Kurz, who was suspended because some in the Loyola Marymount University’s LGBT community complained about her traditional marriage and family views that offended them.
USC Implements Queer Mentoring Program
Queer mentoring is the newest program for college students at USC.