Rick Perry, who served as the Governor of Texas and is now the Department of Energy cabinet secretary under President Donald Trump, criticized his alma mater’s student government election results.
Topic: PC culture
Watch Out for Human Privilege: ‘Critical Plant Studies’ Criticizes Humans
There’s a new theory in plant studies: ‘Critical Plant Studies.’ Per The College Fix, it focuses on the plants and plant life, while attacking human “privilege”: Critical plant studies “aims to do for plants what human…
Academic Intolerance: An Inside View
We have an old Pennsylvania Dutch saying that goes: “Ve grow too soon alt und too late schmart.” Perhaps many college officers feel this way. “Over the years, I have watched a growing intolerance at…
Professors are Offered $2,000 to ‘Diversify’ Their Courses to be More Inclusive
Sounds like a bunch of academic and politically-correct jargon, doesn’t it? Administrators at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay are offering professors a sum of $2,000 to “diversify” their college courses to create a more inclusive…
Carnegie Mellon University Advised Professors to Avoid ‘Microinequities’ in Lectures
Per Campus Reform, Carnegie Mellon University has published a guide to advise professors to avoid “micro inequities” and other politically-correct buzzwords while giving class lectures: Carnegie Mellon University, for one, has produced a guide for creating…
New Course: ‘Creating LGBTQ Inclusive Schools’
You can look at the summary for yourself on what the course offers. Oh, it also costs $330 for 3 academic credits: Creating LGBTQ Inclusive Schools focuses on understanding the LGBTQ youth and families served…
Emerson College: ‘Homosexual’ is Offensive to Gays so Stop Using It
Apparently, the word “homosexual” can be offensive to gays at Emerson College. Instead, students are recommended to use the words “gay” or “lesbian.”
Bethel University Faculty: Christianity Tells Us to Avoid Using Words like ‘Man’ or ‘Mankind’
This sounds like satire, but it is actually true: A guide published by the Bethel library called “Language is a Powerful Tool” tells Bethel employees that their Christian faith and the Bible compel them to use…
University of Nebraska gave students a ‘queer and trans community language’ guide
Sounds like a productive use of university resources, doesn’t it? Spending time to create a language guide for their students was a priority, apparently.
‘Freshmen’ Out, ‘First-Years’ In? Possible Plan Underway at Yale to Redo Wording
To avoid offending people, Yale is considering changing the name of first-year students from “freshmen” to “first-years.” Why? “Freshmen” is too gendered.