From Campus Reform: A professor from Temple University recently told students during a talk at the University of Virginia that sex markers are “poor proxies” because “maleness and femaleness are characteristics that we share with…
Monthly Archives For February 2016
Vassar College Students Try to Sever Ties with Ben & Jerry’s
What?! Ben & Jerry’s ties to Israel are under scrutiny by Vassar College students, who wrote a resolution to sever ties with the ice cream company. Photo by JeepersMedia
Big Data to Try to Exclude Parents in Common Core Review
Reason gazillion of why federally-mandated Common Core standards are just a way for corporations to get data on your children and grandchildren. Photo by Chung Chu
Fyodor We Hardly Knew Ya
The Modern Language Association (MLA) gave new meaning to the term “in-depth study” at the annual MLA convention in Austin, Texas in January. “What Crime and Punishment is really about is aberrant male sexuality and…
Scholars Address Academic Freedom in Wake of Protests
The National Association of Scholars (NAS) on the issue to clarify what is going on at college campuses. Photo by Me2 (Me Too)
West Virginia University Opens Gender Neutral Bathrooms, but Ignores Handicap Accessibility
Oh, that doesn’t seem fair, right? Photo by Jeffrey Beall
$5 Million for Illegal Immigrant Financial Aid in California
The University of California system has put aside $5 million in financial aid for illegal immigrant students, but not for legal immigrants. Photo by LendingMemo
Getting to Know Goethe
Occasionally you can actually learn about classic authors at the Modern Language Association (MLA). Attended by thousands of English professors from around the world, too often the MLA emphasizes the “Modern” part of their acronym…
Brown Faculty to Vote on ‘Indigenous Peoples’ Day’
The outrage over Christopher Columbus is mind-boggling when there are current issues to worry about, such as poverty, jobs, and the like. Photo by umbertodpc
Professor says Student Admiration for Bernie Sanders, Socialism is Due to Bad Teaching
Campus Reform reported on Professor Deming’s remarks in an op-ed: David Deming, a professor of arts and sciences at the University of Oklahoma, called the gravitation of millennials towards Bernie Sanders a “symptom of our…