Something disturbing is taking place with increasing regularity at elite law schools. For the third time this year, a guest speaker has been rudely confronted by a mob of tendentious scolds intent on suppressing views…
Topic: Stanford University
Stanford removes woke language guide from website
The much-maligned woke language guide at Stanford University has been removed from the university’s website, after hiding the guide from the public when the controversy went viral. Inside Higher Ed reported about the guide’s removal,…
Is ‘American’ offensive? Stanford’s harmful language guide says so
Stanford University was widely mocked, criticized, and ridiculed after a harmful language guide was leaked to the media. The “Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative” was circulated among the Information Technology staff this pasty May, but…
Jews Don’t Count in Diversity and Inclusion Discussions
In 1978, the significant Regents of the University of California v. Bakke case brought the term “diversity” into the lexicon of higher education. Although the Court found that the medical school at the University of California at Davis had used…
Ignoring liberty? U.S. colleges stand by mask, vaccine mandates
Mask and vaccine mandates are controversial, but the controversy did not deter many colleges and universities from imposing a mask mandate, vaccine mandate, or both, for the 2021-2022 school year. Ivy League universities, public and…
Stanford University plays the race card after Atlanta spa shooting
In the wake of the Atlanta spa shootings, the families of 8 victims, six Asian and two white, were forced to grieve the loss of a child. Despite the absence of evidence indicating that the…
Stanford University reverses position, won’t bring students back to campus
Like Harvard University, Stanford University will only offer online and virtual courses for its students and will not bring students on-campus for courses. As Inside Higher Ed reported, the northern California-based university initially said it…
Following Stanford, George Washington University drops seven sports
After Stanford University announced it will eliminate eleven of its varsity athletic programs due to the coronavirus pandemic, no other higher education institution issued a similar announcement for several weeks. Now, George Washington University said…
Stanford cuts athletic programs; who will be next?
Stanford University, located in northern California, announced that it will cut eleven of its non-revenue athletic programs due to the coronavirus pandemic. Stanford had been supporting 36 varsity sports, many of which were not main…
Harvard University, after uproar, declines coronavirus stimulus money
With an endowment fund valued at $41 billion, Harvard University was slated to receive a $8.6 million in coronavirus stimulus funds from the federal government. But public criticism convinced the Ivy League institution to decline…