Wherever he is, long-deceased underground filmmaker Ed Wood must feel vindicated. When he was alive, Wood’s arena—transexualism—was considered outside the mainstream. Now, it is the mainstream, at least in public schools.
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Free Footbaths
In anticipation of the upcoming academic year, two State universities plan to install foot baths in their public restrooms, funded with tax money.
“Safe Room for Conservatives?”
David Horowtiz’s Indoctrination U can be seen as a postscript to his earlier work, The Professors: The 101 Most Dangerous Academics in America, released in 2006.
A Tree Grows In Brooklyn
The Khalil Gibran International Academy, a secondary public school with an Arabic-based curriculum, will open its doors this fall despite an outcry from local taxpayers.
Race & Education
It turns out that the Supreme Court, at least lately, has been poring over more facts in studying race and education than most public school officials have.
Reading, Writing, and Ramadan
While some American schools are rushing to ban “Christmas” parties and Bible clubs, others are going out of their way to promote prayer in schools.
Hidden Import Dangers
In the last few months, a series of reports about the looming dangers of products from Communist China has sparked a public outcry against compromised foreign safety standards.
“The Great Divide”
Although it is known in our nation’s capital as “The Great Divide,” at least one veteran journalist points out that the divisions of opinion on the issue of illegal immigration are between the Washington elite and the rest of the country.
Ward Churchill Goes Down
The
National Association of Scholars welcomes the 8-to-1 decision of the University
of Colorados Board of Regents to strip Ward Churchill of his tenured appointment
as a faculty member .
Inconvenient Global Warming Myths
When audiences ask Christopher Horner, author of the Politically Incorrect Guide to Global Warming, why he hasn’t made a video of his rebuttal to former Vice President Al Gore’s “Inconvenient Truth,” he responds, “Well, just imagine 90 minutes of icebergs not melting…”
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Wisconsin Professor, who Compared Scott Walker to Hitler, Teaches a Class on Scholar Activism
As the College Fix reported: Sara Goldrick-Rab, a sociology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, caused a firestorm last month when she publicly compared her governor, Republican Scott Walker, to Adolf Hitler in a tweet. She…
Cheating Website Ashley Madison Hack Revealed 75,000 University Email Addresses on Site
The Ashley Madison website, dedicated to conducting extramarital affairs, has a lot of university-related e-mail addresses, as the College Fix reported: Almost 75,000 accounts to the adulterous dating site Ashley Madison were registered with .edu emails, more…
Academic Privilege By the Numbers
The nation and the Republican Party may or may not need ‘The Donald’ but a cursory look at what statistics we can extract from academia today suggests that the academic world needs somebody like him….
Stealing from Wal-Mart isn’t a Crime, says College Administrator
The Director of Community Relations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison made this claim, which is ridiculous when you think of the rule of law.
University of Toledo Adopts Free Speech Policy after Censoring Protesters
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) reported this victory for free speech at the University of Toledo.
Education Wonk Changes His Mind on Arne Duncan
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute’s Michael Petrilli recently wrote an apologetic op-ed for Fordham’s e-mail newsletter entitled “The new ESEA will be ‘loose-loose’ because Arne Duncan went overboard with ‘tight-tight’.” A champion for Common Core,…
Western Illinois University Now Offers a Minor in… Queer Studies
We echo the same sentiment as the College Fix: Just what the higher education bubble needs, more “queer studies.” Western Illinois University announced Monday the new minor, calling it a recruitment tool and a way to…
Online Master’s Degree More Attractive at Traditional Univeristies, Not For-Profits
The College Fix noted the following: Earning a master’s degree from a for-profit online university may be a viable option, but many say it’s not necessarily worth the bang for your buck. With the proliferation…
Colleges Still Have Strict Free Speech Codes
The College Fix reported on a recent Foundation for Individual Rights in Education report: According to the foundation’s report, “Spotlight on Speech Codes 2015: The State of Free Speech on Our Nation’s Campuses,” nearly 55…
UNC’s Silent Sam Statue Vandalized, Again
As the College Fix reported: The University of North Carolina’s memorial “Silent Sam” statue was spray-painted yet again, this time with the question “Who is Sandra Bland?” Bland is the African-American woman who, after her…