Political correctness running amok! They also blame guns for the Orlando nightclub shooting, but ignore how the Orlando shooter, Omar Mateen, was self-radicalized and pledged loyalty to the Islamic State.
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Professor Points Out Problems with Marxism after Traveling for Research
A professor said, through his many travel experiences for research, Marxism doesn’t work in the real world.
Dartmouth Students Unhappy Asian Professor was Denied Tenure
Some students are upset that the associate professor didn’t get tenure, but the new reality is that tenure could be disappearing sooner rather than later.
Dartmouth Plans to Spend $145 Million on Diversity over 10 Years
Dartmouth plans to spend $145 million on diversity over the next decade. Huh?!
90% of Tennessee Professors Disagree and Think Campus Carry Makes Them Unsafe
Yes, banning weapons used for self-defense sounds like a superb idea, if you want innocent lives lost. Thanks for nothing, Tennessee professors.
University President Takes Credit for Success of the Musical ‘Hamilton’
University presidents must be desperate to show off to donors of how their universities are making a real-world impact, huh?
Study: Unpopular Universities on Twitter are Liberal Ones
Shocking news? A college ranking website has released a new study on university Twitter trends, analyzing which schools have the most positive, neutral, and negative feeds. The “Tweeting @ Universities” study, conducted by collegestats.org, examined…
College Students Claim They’re Starving, so Do They Need Food Assistance?
College students, in a survey, claim they go hungry and are too poor to afford food. But is it the taxpayers’ responsibility to pay for college students’ food?
Is It Really Worth Paying $675 Billion for U.S. Education?
From the Carolina Journal: “NEA researchers estimate that the United States will spend just under $675 billon on public education this school year. To put that figure in perspective, public school spending alone is roughly equal to the gross domestic product of Switzerland, the 20th-largest economy in the world.”
End Common Core, say California Scholars
Government mandates are not looked upon in a good light in America, and Common Core is one manifestation of such animosity between citizen and government: The California Alliance of Researchers for Equity in Education (CAREE), which…