Uh, this is a different kind of constitutional right case: In a sweeping ruling that also encompassed speech codes and sexual privacy, U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis in Alexandria, Va., ruled that George Mason University…
Topic: academia
Ethnic Studies Boosts GPAs
Education School researchers at Stanford found that ethnic studies courses boost grades and attendance. Apparently, it never occurred to them to ask what exactly the students learn in them. “New research shows gains in attendance…
Virginia Gov. MacAuliffe Vetoes Plan to Allow Homeschooled Children to Play Sports
Specifically, the Democratic governor vetoed the bill, which would allow homeschooled children to play sports at their local public schools. Don’t their parents pay taxes, so shouldn’t they be allowed to do so? Photo by…
Larycia Hawkins, the Hijab-Wearing Professor, is Researching Islam at UVA
She has traded in her teaching position at Wheaton College in Illinois for an Islam research job at the University of Virginia.
Gettysburg College Administrators Accused of Siding Against Pro-Life Posters
From Campus Reform: A conservative student group is accusing Gettysburg College of censorship after an administrator publicly sided with student vandals who ripped down the group’s pro-life flyers. Alissa Lopez, vice-chair of the school’s Young…
Rutgers President Defends Free Speech after Controversial Speech
It is ludicrous that someone has to defend free speech, especially on a college campus. Rutgers University president Robert Bachi is calling on his university to stand up for free speech after a student group…
University of Delaware Targets Gun Rights Campus Group by Banning Ammunition
Sounds like targeted language by the University of Delaware: Pro-Second Amendment students believe the University of Delaware recently imposed new restrictions on student groups in direct response to their successful request for funding to buy…
Right Turn in Academe?
A writer from The New Yorker actually noticed a political bias in academe: She claims it tilts right. Actually, Jane Mayer’s article, “How a Handful of Wealthy Reactionaries Tugged Academe to the Right,” which appeared…
After Pressure, Mount St. Mary’s President Resigns
Simon Newman resigned, effectively immediately, after his leadership came under fire due to firing two professors, demoting a provost and pressure struggling freshmen students to leave class. Photo by opie0429
The Paranoid View of History Infects Oberlin
This article was originally posted on Times of Israel. “i-Semitism,” wrote Stephen Eric Bronner, author of the engaging book A Rumor About The Jews, “is the stupid answer to a serious question: How does history…