That alone is a newsflash. Usually, college presidents approach big government with their hands out. At the Cato Institute on March 30, 2017, Mark Zupan, president of Alfred University, noted that trust in government is…
Monthly Archives For April 2017
Pro-Traditional Family ‘Free Speech Bus’ Defaced at Harvard University
Looks like tolerance is a one-way street at college campuses like Harvard University, where a conservative group-sponsored “Free Speech Bus” was defaced due to one of its sponsors being the National Organization for Marriage (NOM),…
Academic Economist Endorses Free Market Health Care Reform
Occasionally, one of our more free market economists in academe latches onto an idea that moves us away from collectivism. Unfortunately, the impact is usually marginal. Such an idea is “reference pricing,” or competitive pricing…
William and Mary College President Rebuffed Black Lives Matter Demands such as Tenured Diversity Position
The college president, W. Taylor Reverley III, rebuffed Black Lives Matter demands because he does not like demands being imposed on him. He said suggestions and recommendations are fine, but demands are not. Here is…
College Student Reinstated by College after Disputing Muslim Professor’s Remarks about Jesus Christ
A college student at Rollins College was suspended due to his alleged challenge to a Muslim professor’s remarks about Jesus Christ, but now that suspension has been lifted and the student has been reinstated.
University of South Dakota Installs Condom Dispensers after Spike in STDs in the state
Safe sex is in, abstinence is out at the University of South Dakota: Condom dispensers have been installed in several dorms at the University of South Dakota in response to a rise in the number…
Scripps College Students Call Food Provider ‘Neocolonial Imperialist’
Sodexo, an international food company, is an alleged “neocolonial imperialist” corporation in the minds of some Scripps College students: The Claremont Independent reports that the student-led campaign, called “Drop Sodexo,” included a one-day boycott as well as a simultaneous…
Trump Education Budget Rattles Establishment
President Trump’s budget “blueprint” for the U. S. Department of Education recommends a 13 percent decrease in spending for the agency, but provides few details on how he will reach that goal. Nevertheless, the details…
University of Minnesota Settled Lawsuit with Former Employee who didn’t like Race Descriptions in Crime Alerts
Mentioning the suspect’s race in crime alerts at the university was incorrect, according to a former employee of the University of Minnesota: Alysia Lajune was hired in 2012 as assistant director of orientation and the transfer…
The New Jacobins: Where Israel Is Involved, the Suppression of Campus Speech Is an Old Story
Editor’s Note: This piece was originally published at the Times of Israel. When Chester Evans Finn, Jr., a former United States Assistant Secretary of Education, observed in 1989 that university campuses had become “islands of…