To avoid the problem of “misgendering” at a conference, the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) suggested the use of gender pronouns on name tags. You can’t make this up.
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Mississippi Lawmakers Consider Bribing Universities to Fly State Flag with Tax Exemption
The flag of the state of Mississippi isn’t flown at any of the eight public universities in the state because it has the Dixie flag (i.e. Confederate battle flag) in the left corner. State lawmakers…
Canadian University Removed Scale in Gym to Avoid Offending Students about their Weight
You can’t make this up! The College Fix reported that Carleton University removed a scale in their gym to remove stereotypes about having a healthy weight: Carleton University officials have removed the scale inside its…
Safe Spaces Everywhere, say Ohio State Student Leaders
Safe spaces are in at the Ohio State University, per a resolution by student government leaders. Officially, the safe spaces are designated as “dialogue spaces” at the Ohio State University: In a unanimous vote earlier…
Aquinas College Plans Deep Cuts, Will Go Back to Main Programs
Aquinas College, run by the Dominican sisters of the Roman Catholic Church, will be scaling back its faculty and programs in order to focus on its bread-and-butter programs, such as nursing. The small Catholic college saw that by expanding its programs, faculty and residence halls, it was running a budget deficit.
Survey: 4 in 10 Universities see Drop in International Student Enrollment
Students from the Middle East and India blamed the ‘travel ban’ from the Trump administration as a deterrent to applying to American colleges and universities. But, the survey also noted that potential students cite the…
University Presidents Refuse to Sign ‘Intellectual Freedom Commitment’
Several university presidents have said that they won’t sign an “intellectual freedom commitment” proposed by the president of the National Association of Scholars, Peter Wood: In November 2015, as racial protests engulfed the University of…
Harvard Library Circulates List of ‘Fake News’ Sites, Includes Conservative Websites
Apparently, right-wing and conservative news media (such as the Washington Examiner and Washington Free Beacon) qualifies as “fake news” at Harvard University’s library, but liberal newspapers that have bungled stories about President Trump (i.e. New York…
Santa Clara Students Unhappy a Conservative Group was Approved as a Student Group
Looks like the free-market student group Turning Point USA is garnering attention from the Left at the University of Santa Clara, so much so that one student wrote over 900 words about why it was wrong…
Why Shouting Down Speakers is Absolutely Wrong
At the Academe Blog, John K. Wilson writes about why shouting down speakers is absolutely wrong because it continues to polarize the country and it plays into the Right’s hands: Shouting down speakers, such as…