John K. Wilson on the American Association of University Professors blog offered his own interesting take on the UMizzou controversy: Tim Wolfe, president of the University of Missouri, resigned this morning under intense pressure. I’m…
Monthly Archives For November 2015
Mizzou Football Players Split on Practice Boycott
ESPN’s Brett McMurphy with the latest: A Missouri Tigers player said Sunday night that the entire team is not united over the decision to stop practicing until grad student Jonathan Butler ends his hunger strike….
Mizzou President Resigns Today
Guess the media criticism was too much for Tim Wolfe.
Black Mizzou Football Players Go on Strike until University President Resigns
University of Missouri’s football team may not play this Saturday, which could incur a $1 million penalty to be paid to Brigham Young University due to their scheduling contract: Due to what they deem inadequate…
Manifesto by UC-Merced Stabbing Student Praises Allah
Fox News reported: A handwritten manifesto carried by a California college student whose stabbing spree Wednesday left four wounded bore names of his targets, a vow “to cut someone’s head off” and as many as…
Politico Reporter of the Ben Carson Scoop Debacle has History of Anti-GOP Behavior
Good piece at the College Fix: Kyle Cheney, the author of the recent (stealthily edited) Politico article on Ben Carson’s recollections about West Point, was once an editor of Boston University’s The Daily Free Press….
Seattle Pacific University Removes Pledge of Allegiance from Worship Service
The move angered veterans at the school and alumni as well, which was due to some people being uncomfortable with the Pledge being recited during a worship service.
University of Nebraska: Words like Rape, Crazy are Hurtful and Harmful for Students
Yes, by banning or discouraging the use of words, all of life’s problems will be solved. Or, it’ll create an atmosphere of intimidation on college campuses.
White Professor Discriminated Against by Historically Black College, is Awarded $4.85 Million in Lawsuit
The College Fix reported: A white instructor at a St. Louis-based historically black university who was continually passed over for promotion and then laid off before her black peers has won nearly $5 million in a…
Common Core Standards Failing
A recent American Institutes for Research (AIR) assessment noted that Common Core standards are not matching National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) standards at the fourth grade level: “There are substantial differences in some content…