Reading alone is a lost art and reading outside your comfort zone is even rarer in an age of microaggressions and trigger warnings. Yet and still, an associate professor at John Brown University suggests we do just that.
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Harvard Business School Applications Down
Sometimes what looks like bad news inside academe may actually be a good omen for the rest of us.
Social Media Undoes Left-Wing Profs
Aaron Barlow of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) argues that social media has been the undoing of pedagogues in America.
Remembering 9-11: Let’s Roll
Members of an earlier generation remember exactly where they were when President Kennedy was assassinated. For a later generation, it was 9-11.
College of the Ozarks Drops Nike Gear
A small, private Christian college in Point Lookout, Missouri made headlines this week after the global apparel company Nike cut an ad with controversial football athlete Colin Kaepernick.
Penn State Mathematician’s Politically Correct Math
A Penn State University mathematics professor allegedly included his political views in multiple exams.
Harvard Black Law Students Neutral On Kavanaugh
BLSA’s neutrality pledge is quite remarkable in an age when there is precious little that universities or university organizations are neutral about.
Student Government In California Now A Sanctuary
And maybe school boards as well, thanks to an “urgency statute signed into law by outgoing California Governor Jerry Brown.
Training Reporters To Promote Government
If newspaper reporters largely seem to act as press agents for government programs, perhaps part of the reason may lie in the practical training they receive in college.
Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate wants Free College for Maryland DREAMers
Ben Jealous, the former president of the NAACP, is running for governor as a Democratic Party candidate against Republican incumbent Governor Larry Hogan. Jealous beat a more moderate, business-friendly Democrat in the primary, and has…
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Pomona College Dean Tells Clubs to Avoid Blacklists for Events
A dean at Pomona College told clubs to not use a blacklist for its club activities and events, which was based off of anonymous complaints to club event organizers.
Academia Tries To Spin Out of Hoax
A trio of writers with credentials who managed to place dubious articles in academic journals are already being dismissed by academics attempting to downplay the prank.
Emoji Studies At Colorado State University
Colorado State University recently published a new social media guide for its students and organizations.
UTA Lecturer Sees Senate Race Cruz Control
And that can’t make many people at the University of Texas at Austin happy.
Beware Of Education Rankings
They’re usually only grading how much states and schools spend, not how much students learn.
What DACA Costs Immigrants
And the campus activists and their mentors won’t tell you.
Big Name Universities Bring Back Segregation
But no one questions them on it because they usually call it something else.
San Diego State University Police Won’t Notify Students of Race of Crime Suspects due to Vagueness
San Diego State University will not release the race of crime suspects, per a new policy for its police department.
Texas Christian University Unhappy with Conservative Commentator over ‘Rape Culture’ Q&A
A conservative commentator on YouTube, Steven Crowder, upset Texas Christian University administrators over his most recent “Change My Mind” tour on whether “rape culture” exists. Crowder filmed it on a public sidewalk in front of the university.
Scholastic Fail On Freedom
To realize the devolution that has taken place in America for about three-quarters of a century, look at the emphasis a famous Democratic president placed on liberty.
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Fact-Checking History’s First Draft
Journalism, the old cliché goes, is the first draft of history. Unfortunately, it rarely gets through rewrites before it hits the classroom. Yesterday’s headlines often look a bit silly when viewed through a microfiche, and…
Coming to a university near you
Before you find him on offer as a university speaker or course, you may want to read the meticulously documented story of Cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal by former Accuracy in Academia executive director Dan Flynn.
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