It’s a win for intellectual diversity and it’s impressive that it’s happening in Boulder, Colorado: “We had always hoped to be able to extend the program indefinitely, and it has been such a success that…
Monthly Archives For February 2016
College Republicans to Challenge Mandatory Diversity Courses at Oklahoma
From the College Fix: Members of the University of Oklahoma’s College Republicans are taking on the five-hour “diversity” course requirement that came about after the infamous Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity “racist chant” scandal. Students have…
Remembering Josiah Henson
Harriet Tubman and Sojourner Truth are well-known former slaves and abolitionists in pre-American Civil War history, but Josiah Henson has been seemingly forgotten by history. At the Josiah Henson Leadership Conference held in the Maryland…
Mizzou Administrator: Black Activists’ Demands Violate State, Federal Laws
The arbitrary deadlines and demands cannot be put into place, said one Mizzou administrator: Concerned Student 1950’s newly updated list of demands would not only violate “state and federal law” but also the university’s established…
Republicans Increase Education Spending
Not that that’s a good thing. At the Cato Institute, several conservatives squared off to discuss education reform. David Cleary, Majority Staff Director for the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee attached to the…
Fake Hate Crime Leads to Accusers Being Charged Themselves
Oh, the irony: A trio of black SUNY-Albany students, who alleged they had been attacked and subjected to racist slurs by a group of white men on a bus at the end of January, have…
Stanford Students Argue over Petition to Make Western Civ Classes Mandatory
Stanford University students are divided on whether there should be a requirement to take two Western Civilization courses at the institution before graduating. Photo by HarshLight
Creighton University Bars ROTC Student from Starting Conservative Club
From the College Fix: If Creighton University is “dedicated to the pursuit of truth in all its forms,” as its mission statement says, it is poorly conveying those values with respect to an ROTC student…
Missouri Candidates Promise to Clean House after Mizzou Football Protests, Melissa Click’s Misdemeanor Assault
The issues surrounding the University of Missouri have become a focus in the political campaigns in Missouri, but why shouldn’t they? Photo by cindyt7070
Millennial Protesters Aren’t Well-Read
How do student protestors today differ from their predecessors back in the 1960s? The latter were more well-read. “This is a post-literacy generation,” Peter Wood of the National Association of Scholars (NAS) said recently at…