College Fix reported: About 23,000 CSU faculty, mostly “instructional employees,” are voting over the next week whether to go on strike if their demands for a 5 percent pay increase this year aren’t met, union…
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Food Service Workers at Pennsylvania University want to Unionize, Leads to Spike in Meal Plans for Students
College Fix with more on the unionization effort: Kutztown University has five unions covering faculty and professional staff, and Aramark food service workers want to make it six. A successful union drive could mean another…
Land Grab? Wesleyan’s Coed Rules may have been a Play to Seize Real Estate
Wesleyan University President Michael Roth’s subpoenaed e-mails indicate that this was really about a land grab by the university.
Pro-Life Display Vandalized at Wisconsin-River Falls
Tolerance is a one-way street that only favors abortion activists, apparently.
Illegal Immigrant Students in California Protest University System’s Lack of Commitment to Them
Wait, what? College Fix has more on this: Approximately 30 undocumented students from various University of California campuses protested outside of the President Janet Napolitano’s office in Oakland yesterday “to express their frustration about what…
Making Indian Headdresses in Preschool can be Racist, One College Student Contends
A college student now says that making Native American/Indian headdresses in preschool can lead to racism: Racism starts with feathers and construction paper. That’s according to Kelly Alderfer, a student at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania,…
David Brooks Falling Apart
The AAUP’s Academe Blog tackles one of David Brooks’ latest pieces. It’s worth a read.
Bowdoin College Professors Cancel Classes to Help Boost Attendance at Climate Change, Racism Event
College Fix with the latest: Many Bowdoin College professors recently canceled classes to help host a campuswide teach-in focused on the intersection between climate change, racism and social justice. Students at the private liberal arts campus…
Thomas Jefferson Statue-Supporting Students Accused of White Privilege
Tolerance is a one-way street, only for liberals. Supporters of a Thomas Jefferson statue were mocked on social media (oh, that’s brave! So courageous! *sarcasm*).
University of Delaware College of Arts and Science Pledges $1 Million for Diversity
One million dollars for diversity?! The University of Delaware’s College of Arts and Science has “introduced [a] new $1 million budget […] to fund programs to increase diversity,” says Dean George H. Watson. “It’s always…