If a university has to release a statement to appease and allay the fears and criticisms of the public regarding one college course, then maybe that course is doomed from the start? The statement, released Monday,…
Topic: University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Students: Shut Down Conservative Group and Their Speaker Ben Shapiro
From Campus Reform: Students at the University of Wisconsin, Madison are demanding that their school’s administration put members of a conservative club “through intensive diversity training.” An online petition being circulated by the school’s “Student Coalition for…
More Tenure Rules are Shaking Up Things at University of Wisconsin
From Inside Higher Ed: Faculty members across the University of Wisconsin System have fought — mostly unsuccessfully — a number of changes to their tenure protections since 2015, when the Wisconsin Legislature voted to strike…
Wisconsin Won’t Denounce ‘All White People are Racist’ Hoodies
That sounds racist: A spokesman for the University of Wisconsin-Madison has shrugged off concerns over one of its students selling hoodies bearing the phrase “All White People Are Racist” in capital letters. “In this case, the individuals involved are exercising…
A ‘Black Cultural Center Safe Space’ is Coming to University of Wisconsin
More safe spaces for college students: The University of Wisconsin is working on building a new “safe space” for black students this semester, The Badger Herald reports. This safe space, a Black Cultural Center, is…
Incoming Wisconsin College Students Forced to Take Microaggressions Training Course
Really?! Yes, it’s a reality at Wisconsin-Madison.
Wisconsin’s Diversity Program is Not Doing Very Well
A program specifically geared to creating diversity doesn’t work at University of Wisconsin. Ouch.
Alleged Racial Slurs leads to Suspension of Wisconsin Fraternity
A fraternity at the University of Wisconsin has been suspended over suspicions of tolerating racial slurs.
Student Workers Scoff at Wage Raise to $9, Demand $15/Hour Wage Instead
Um, be grateful for a raise, period. Geez. Photo by Jim Bauer Photo by Jim Bauer
No Charges against Serial Graffiti Artist at University of Washington
Looks like the county prosecutor kowtowed to protesters and dropped all 11 charges against the serial vandal Denzell McDonald.