Faculty Lounge Feds Give Michigan a $500,000 Grant to Research Microaggressions in Engineering Spencer Irvine April 12, 2016 This is not a joke: The federal government has awarded the University of Michigan (UM) a grant of over $500,000…
Faculty Lounge Michigan Education Bureaucrats Secretly Release Bathroom Guidelines for Children Spencer Irvine March 23, 2016 From the College Fix: Peter Hasson at The Daily Caller broke the bombshell, contained in “guidance” issued by the board…
Faculty Lounge Hillsdale Student Makes a Case for a Statue of Conservative Thinker William Buckley, Jr. Spencer Irvine March 1, 2016 It’s a good case for Hillsdale: Hillsdale College student Thomas Novelly wants to return the favor to National Review’sfounder, William…
Faculty Lounge Michigan State University Police Adds Anti-Bias Unit Spencer Irvine February 14, 2016 This isn’t a joke, but apparently there is an anti-bias unit for the Michigan State University police force. Michigan State…
Faculty Lounge School District Bills High School Student Over $7,000 for FOIA Request Spencer Irvine December 10, 2015 The details of why it would cost over $7,000 seems very sketchy: When Robbins “requested a list of which websites…
Faculty Lounge University of Michigan adds Required Diversity Course in their Business School Spencer Irvine November 23, 2015 Uh, what? This from Campus Reform: The University of Michigan has added a three-year diversity requirement to its Ross School…
Perspectives Detroit’s Choice Malcolm A. Kline July 9, 2015 Something is actually growing in Detroit, a city that mostly has been in the news for its losses—charter schools, 66…
Faculty Lounge Students Want Sexual Misconduct Policy on Class Syllabi Spencer Irvine April 22, 2015 The student government at the University of Michigan voted to put sexual misconduct policy on class syllabi, regardless of class…
Faculty Lounge More Christopher Columbus Bashing, This Time at Univ. of Michigan-Flint Spencer Irvine April 6, 2015 Associate professor of anthropology, Beverley Smith, blasted Christopher Columbus and put up a “wanted” poster in the program’s faculty board. That…
Faculty Lounge Starbucks Gets Monopoly at North Michigan University Spencer Irvine March 4, 2015 Starbucks signed a 10-year deal with the North Michigan University to be the sole on-campus coffee shop, which was part…
Faculty Lounge University of Michigan Schedules Final Exams on Dec. 23, Squeezing Winter Break Spencer Irvine February 27, 2015 A major problem is that Michigan law doesn’t allow state colleges to start school before Labor Day, which the university…
Perspectives Philadelphia Society Memories from Grand Rapids Malcolm A. Kline October 18, 2014 For several years now, I have been honored to be a member of a group known as the Philadelphia Society….
