The Princetonian, a campus newspaper at Princeton, decided to no longer publish editorials by students from a diverse political background and will go the unsigned editorial route.
Monthly Archives For September 2017
At UNC-Charlotte, 345 Courses Offered on Diversity
University of North Carolina-Charlotte offers 345 courses related to the subject of diversity. Does that seem excessive?
Sports Broadcasters Could be Racist in Describing Black Quarterbacks, Journal Article says
The way that black quarterbacks are described could be racist, professors allege in a journal article.
Gender Neutral Declaration of Independence Read in Arizona School
A gender neutral reading of the Declaration of Independence took place at an Arizona elementary school, shocking at least one parent.
Banning Speakers Is Absolutely Wrong
Berkeley is creating a financial version of the heckler’s veto, and it must be rejected.
Two Alleged Hate Speech Incidents Spark Resolution at Cornell University
Two more hate speech hoaxes? A student resolution at Cornell University condemned two allegations of hate speech on the college campus, but it’s yet to be seen if they were made up or not.
Academic Feminist Group: 7% of Observed Gender Pay Gap is due to Discrimination
A feminist academic group realized that 7% of observed gender pay gap is due to discrimination, which is much lower than the activists would say.
Academic Innocents Abroad
When old established universities opened branch campuses abroad in the first decade of this century, the education press was full of glowing coverage generated by university press releases but the news from abroad has slowed to a trickle, and it’s not because nothing is happening there.
Mizzou sees Another Drop in Student Enrollment
After student protests rocked the campus of the University of Missouri in 2015, student enrollment has dropped significantly.
Assemblyman Promotes Functional Illiteracy
Florida actually has a law on the books requiring schools to hold back third-graders who can’t read. One imaginative assemblyman wants to change that.