As the College Fix reported, a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign has been started to help pay for the legal fees to keep the statue where it is, on the Main Mall at the University of Texas-Austin…
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California Bill Passes Senate, would Allow Community Colleges to Punish Students for Off-Campus Sexual Assault
As the College Fix reported, it is a tricky situation: California State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson’s (D) bill, which would allow community colleges in the state to punish students for off-campus sexual assaults, was approved by the…
Stony Brook University Offers ‘Masculinities Studies’ Class
Sounds like a waste of tuition dollars: Beginning in 2017, Stony Brook University will offer a master’s program via the school’s Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities. The brainchild of Michael Kimmel, a…
University of Maryland Researcher: Ban the Southern Belle
A research associate at the University of Maryland said that we should ban the “Southern belle” and “remove the Southern belle from her inglorious perch.”
Wisconsin Professor, who Compared Scott Walker to Hitler, Teaches a Class on Scholar Activism
As the College Fix reported: Sara Goldrick-Rab, a sociology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, caused a firestorm last month when she publicly compared her governor, Republican Scott Walker, to Adolf Hitler in a tweet. She…
Cheating Website Ashley Madison Hack Revealed 75,000 University Email Addresses on Site
The Ashley Madison website, dedicated to conducting extramarital affairs, has a lot of university-related e-mail addresses, as the College Fix reported: Almost 75,000 accounts to the adulterous dating site Ashley Madison were registered with .edu emails, more…
Western Illinois University Now Offers a Minor in… Queer Studies
We echo the same sentiment as the College Fix: Just what the higher education bubble needs, more “queer studies.” Western Illinois University announced Monday the new minor, calling it a recruitment tool and a way to…
Online Master’s Degree More Attractive at Traditional Univeristies, Not For-Profits
The College Fix noted the following: Earning a master’s degree from a for-profit online university may be a viable option, but many say it’s not necessarily worth the bang for your buck. With the proliferation…
Colleges Still Have Strict Free Speech Codes
The College Fix reported on a recent Foundation for Individual Rights in Education report: According to the foundation’s report, “Spotlight on Speech Codes 2015: The State of Free Speech on Our Nation’s Campuses,” nearly 55…
UNC’s Silent Sam Statue Vandalized, Again
As the College Fix reported: The University of North Carolina’s memorial “Silent Sam” statue was spray-painted yet again, this time with the question “Who is Sandra Bland?” Bland is the African-American woman who, after her…