The student government at the University of Michigan voted to put sexual misconduct policy on class syllabi, regardless of class subject being taught.
Monthly Archives For April 2015
Arizona State President Defends “Problem of Whiteness” Class
As The College Fix said: “ASU President Michael Crow doesn’t know what the fuss is all about.” “In an interview with The State Press campus newspaper, he defended the controversial course, “U.S. Race Theory &…
Muslim Students Upset at Horowitz Speech that Blasted Hamas, Hezbollah
You know, Hamas and Hezbollah are terrorist organizations, so why be offended? It’s because David Horowitz said pro-Palestinian and pro-Arab student groups have ties to terrorist organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah, which student groups vehemently…
Delaying Common Core the Chicago Way
Opposition to Common Core continues to spread well across party lines, no matter how much the educational establishment tires to minimize the blowback. “Illinois state officials have threatened to withhold funding from school districts that…
Christina Hoff Sommers gets Trigger Warning Treatment at Georgetown
Apparently, speaking the truth leads to Georgetown University students claiming Sommers’ remarks would trigger students with signs and posting them on social media. Have we coddled our future generations too much to be offended at…
UNC Student Editorial says Campus Speakers should be Vetted
The student editorial board at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill is absolutely clueless about common sense. Here’s a snippet: “Just last week, Duke University invited former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to speak about…
Adjunct Professors on Welfare
Apparently, there are adjunct professors on welfare. More from the Washington Monthly: “This is not really true. It turns out, according to a piece at Slate, that a lot of America’s adjunct professors are actually…
Speech Code of the Month: Florida A&M University Restricts 1st Amendment
As FIRE reported: “According to FAMU’s Student Code of Conduct, “disorderly conduct” includes not only things like public drunkenness, but also the “use of profanity in public” and the use of “insulting” language. This policy…
Black People have Bad Health due to Racism, says Psychologist
As The College Fix reported: “The University of Georgia’s Red & Black reports on a lecture by Enrique Neblett Jr., an associate professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who…
Law School Changed Tenure Policy to Fire Faculty, 2 Law Professors Allege
As the Chronicle for Higher Education reported: “Two tenured professors at the William Mitchell College of Law have sued the college, claiming it amended its tenure policy so it would be able to cut more…