The injunction to keep the statue of Jefferson Davis in a prominent part of campus was denied, so the statue will be relocated to another part of the college campus.
Monthly Archives For August 2015
Education Savings Account is a Winning Issue
School choice is a hot-button issue for local school districts, parents and students. Glenn Delk’s op-ed in The American Spectator asked, why aren’t the GOP presidential candidates joining the fray and supporting education savings accounts…
College Student Honored by Local Police for Standing With Them during Ferguson Protests and Riots
Lexi Kozhevsky, a student at Saint Louis University, has been harrassed on social media by people and “Black Lives Matter” activists for standing by the police. So much for tolerance.
Smells Like Common Core
Even when teachers don’t appear to be complaining about Common Core they actually are, because CC is so unpopular that bureaucrats and politicians try to camouflage it. Yet and still, like the spots on a…
Some Mizzou Professors Cancel Class to Show Solidarity with Protesting Grad Students
As Campus Reform noted: Several MU professors plan to cancel classes Wednesday—just two days after the beginning of the fall semester—in order to attend the rally in support of their teaching assistants, who are demonstrating…
Yale Report on How It Handles Sexual Misconduct Raises More Questions
College Fix with the latest: Yale University continues to shine a light on its peculiar handling of sexual-misconduct allegations, releasing its eighth semi-annual report on the subject earlier this month. The so-called Spangler report was…
Indiana University Uses Musical to Instruct Freshmen Students about Sexual Assault and Consent
The Indiana University at Bloomington is using a musical to instruct incoming students about consent and sexual assault.
Dean at Oklahoma Apologizes for Putting on Arabic Clothing
It seems like a ridiculous thing, but here’s what the College Fix reported: Dean Charles Graham of the University of Oklahoma’s College of Architecture “took an appropriate step” by apologizing for donning “clothing associated with…
41 University of Illinois Officers want anti-Israel Professor Steven Salaita Reinstated
Forty-one executive officers at the University of Illinois signed a letter that demanded several things, one of which was Salaita’s reinstatement at the university after having a job offer rescinded. The job offer was withdrawn…
Alternative to the U.S. News College Rankings: Best Bang for Your Buck
A welcome alternative to the U.S. News college rankings. If you’re looking for an alternative to the U. S. News rankings of colleges, the Washington Monthly offers one. The U. S. News rankings generally focus…