Emerson College has gone all-politically-correct by banning the word ‘anchorman’, apparently.
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Clinton-Linked For-Profit Laureate University Donated between $1 Million-$5 Million to Clinton Foundation
Pay to play? Laureate International Universities — also referred to as Laureate Education — has faced scrutiny over its financial relationship with the Clintons, who have faced a string of pay-to-play allegations related to the Clinton Foundation…
Should Universities Accept Outside Funding for Free Market Centers?
It’s a good question posted by a several-part series by the William Pope Center, although the piece does read like an anti-Koch piece.
Obama’s New Regulation on Students Suing Colleges over Broken Promises Appears to be Vague
From the Washington Monthly: The Department of Education recently unveiled the final regulations known as “borrower defense to repayment” in a response to concerns about colleges defrauding students or suddenly closing their doors. These wide-ranging regulations, which…
Writer: Obama has Expanded Unchecked Government Power
Our friend George Leef with the insightful read on expanding government power under Barack Obama: We face, as the book’s subtitle puts it, the unchecked expansion of the state. That unchecked power did not begin…
NYU Professor Put on Paid Leave for Criticizing Safe Spaces, PC Culture
Michael Rectenwald had created an anonymous Twitter account that was critical of safe spaces and coddling of college students, in addition to the politically correct culture on his college campus. His reward? Pushed to take…
Rape Culture is a Myth Perpetuated by ‘Social Justice Warriors’, Feminist says
From the Pope Center: Wendy McElroy will have none of this. She says that the chances of being raped are more like one in a hundred per year for college women (or 4 percent during…
NAACP Denies Children Their Education Civil Rights
A great take from Star Parker: It’s a rare day when the editorial pages of The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Washington Post are of one mind. But it just happened….
Northwestern Professor: Christian Fundamentalism is More Dangerous than Radical Islam
Huh? She’s being serious, apparently: “Humanist” scholar Catherine M. Wallace of Northwestern University told the Seminary Co-op near the University of Chicago that “the Christian fundamentalist movement in the United States is more dangerous than Islamic…
Notre Dame President Criticizes NCAA Pulling out of North Carolina, but Professors Disagree
Father John Jenkins, who heads Notre Dame, criticized the NCAA for a political stunt in a Wall Street Journal op-ed. That was met with a response by progressive professors: Jenkins received public criticism from 48 members…