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Federales Decode Temple
In a victory for free speech on campus, a federal judge
issued a permanent injunction against Temple University’s former
speech code policy and also rejected Temple’s attempts to dismiss plaintiff
Sergeant Christian DeJohn’s claims that Temple has withheld his master’s degree
because of his political and ideological viewpoints.
Day Care Demystified
The Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development found that putting a child in day care for a year or more increases the chances that the child will become disruptive in class–a trend that persists through the sixth grade.
Cloning 101
There’s no telling how far universities will go far with their research.
In the Biblical Sense
The move to bring Bible Studies back to public schools has not come a moment too soon.
Bible Studies On Rebound
The movement to bring the world’s best-selling book back into the classroom is gaining ground across the U.S.
Affirmative Action Through Immigration?
A new study features a novel twist on an ongoing controversy; A head-to-head comparison of black Americans and black immigrants indicates that while affirmative action may not do much good for people of color, a private education does.
Abstaining from Abstinence Education
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D) announced that he wants to end state funding for abstinence education, a move that would eliminate about a half million dollars’ worth of positive programs.
Academic Myths at a glance
Here are a half dozen myths that circulate in higher education as well as in primary schools that only seem to get healthier with the retelling no matter how much the factual record stacks up against them.
Alameda Schools Abandon Abstinence
High school students at Alameda High School and Encinal High School will soon have easier access to condoms. The Alameda Board of Education voted 5-0 earlier this week to allow condom distribution on the campuses of these schools.
Recent Articles
How Conservatives Teach
Liberal friends curious about how conservative professors actually teach might consider asking them. That’s what Jeisi Zhao of the Young America’s Foundation did in an interview with George Mason University economist Walter Williams. “I teach…
Dept of Ed Rejects Asian-American Admissions Discrimination Complaint against Harvard
Obama’s Department of Education dismissed the complaint against Harvard, which alleges that Harvard discriminates against Asian American applicants in the application process and favors minority candidates with less-impressive applications.
America’s Old Glory Flag is as Repressive as the Confederate Flag
About fifty protesters at the University of South Florida made this claim, that the American flag is just as oppressive as the Confederate flag.
Detroit’s Choice
Something is actually growing in Detroit, a city that mostly has been in the news for its losses—charter schools, 66 of them. Their growth tracks with a statewide trend, and has the Detroit public schools…
Heckler’s Veto on College Campuses Exposes Millennials’ Ignorance
In the search for greater ideas, college students today are actually narrow-minded as they exercise heckler’s veto and limit free speech on their college campuses.
Confederate Statue at UNC Vandalized
So much for tolerance for history: A statue was vandalized with ‘KKK’ and ‘Black Lives Matter’ on the Chapel Hill campus.
LSU Fires Professor for Being Too Hard on Her Students
A professor was fired because she was too hard on her students, but had a history of swearing at her students. Wonder how the lawsuit will turn out.
Black Like Rachel
In a way, Rachel Dolezal is a living embodiment of racial progress. In the 1961 book, Black Like Me, white journalist John Howard Griffin pretended to be black in order to show the indignities blacks…
Notre Dame facing Pro-Gay Lobbying on their College Campus
What will be next for Notre Dame? College Fix reported: “Efforts to support and defend the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community at the University of Notre Dame continue to grow.” “A new group,…
Dr. Paul Kengor discusses his book “Dupes: How the Communist Left Has Manipulated the Progressive Left for a Century”
On Monday June 29, The Institute of World Politics welcomed Dr. Paul G. Kengor to discuss the topic of his recent book, Dupes: How the Communist Left Has Manipulated the Progressive Left for a Century….