The ‘snowflake generation’ continues to whine about opposing viewpoints: Some students at Elon University have started a petition expressing displeasure at the school’s invitation of Kathleen Parker to speak there in October. Parker, who describes…
Monthly Archives For July 2016
Professors in Denial? Deny that Universities are Hubs of Liberal Indoctrination
From Campus Reform, where pollster Frank Luntz lamented how Millennials have been indoctrinated by liberal college professors: However, some academics have countered the claim that indoctrination is a widespread phenomenon at universities. “Luntz doesn’t have…
Clemson University Created a ‘Justice Studies’ Program
Campus Reform reported the following: According to the Clemson Newsstand, the university has been working to add this program since 2011 and there are already thirty students enrolled for the fall of 2016. Faculty and…
Columbia University Medical Center Hosted Conference on Food Justice and Racial Equity
Sounds like quite the left-wing conference at Columbia University: Food justice and racial equity were presented as intersecting themes at an academic conference this week. The conference, entitled “Teaching about Food Systems: Creating a Community…
Bias Response Team Renamed at University of Oregon
It’s officially been changed to ‘Bias Education and Response Team’ after criticism of being too much like a ‘thought police’.
Penn State University-Harrisburg Offers ‘Social Change’ Master’s Degree
Sounds like quite a waste of time and money, no? Following the national trend of public colleges including social justice courses in their graduation requirements, Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg now offers an entire degree on…
Report: Common Core Doesn’t Prepare Children for College
This from The Daily Signal: A recently released report confirms what Common Core critics have suspected all along: Common Core State Standards do not adequately prepare students for college-level work. The ACT report finds many…
Peter Schiff On Inflation and the Fed
The Federal Reserve trumpets inflation as a sign of economic growth, but economist and media personality Peter Schiff told AIM that “…it wasn’t always the case that central banks were talking about how great inflation…
College Republicans Lead Rally Against Proposed Gun Ban in Massachusetts
What an effort: “The College Republicans of Bridgewater State University rallied more than 400 protesters outside the Massachusetts State House Thursday to protest a proposed gun ban.”
No History Majors at Historical Black University Founded by Black American Civil War Veterans
The history major is no more at a historically black college that was founded by black American Civil War veterans.