The New York Times singled out and criticized Liberty University for re-opening its campus during the coronavirus pandemic.
Perspectives
USC offers course on how to be a social media influencer
The University of Southern California (USC) offers a college course on training to become a social media influencer, or a paid spokesperson on social media. NBC News profiled class members and highlighted how the influencer…
Protesting Syracuse students end sit-in after coronavirus pandemic
Syracuse University was one of many higher education institutions which ended on-campus classes during the coronavirus pandemic, but the mandatory evacuation of college students did not faze student protesters at the northern New York university….
Striking graduate workers forced classes to close for a day
Striking graduate student workers forced the University of California-Santa Cruz to close classes for at least a day.
Coronavirus could affect college enrollment and college’s bottom line
The ongoing coronavirus will affect U.S. colleges and universities student enrollment and their budgets, according to a survey of U.S. higher education institutions.
Tulane University removes Victory Bell due to past history on a slave plantation
Tulane University removed its Victory Bell after administrators discovered the bell was used on a plantation to direct slaves.
UC-Santa Cruz fires striking teaching assistants
The University of California-Santa Cruz fired some of its graduate students after they refused to post grades, which was a part of a labor strike to receive higher cost-of-living adjustments in their stipends.
Are Illegal Immigrants ‘Freedom Fighters”? Georgetown University Official says Yes
A Georgetown University official told the student newspaper that she felt illegal immigrants students are “freedom fighters.”
University of Kansas hosts art contest for students upset about Chick-fil-A
The University of Kansas announced an art contest meant for students to vent their frustrations about having a Chick-fil-A location on their campus.
University of Oklahoma professor barred from teaching journalism course after comparing N-word to “Ok boomer” phrase
A professor at the University of Oklahoma was barred from teaching a journalism course after comparing the n-word to the phrase “Ok boomer.”
Faculty Lounge
University of Louisiana-Lafayette Updates Free Speech Policy after Criticism from Student Group
Virginia State University has Vague Wording of “Public Morals” in Handbook
China to Suspend Advanced Placement History Tests by 2020
Hollywood Criticizes Bowling Green State University for Changing Theater Building Name
Cal Poly Professor Created Attendance App by Using GPS Location Data
Black Lives Matter Exposed
Book Review
Why Angela Davis Should Remember the Jonestown Massacre
Not that anyone should forget but the revolutionary radical turned credentialed academic has a special reason to remember the mass suicide/homicide that occurred 40 years ago in the country of Guyana on November 18, 1978.
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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