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Although public officials and school administrators frequently plead for more government funding in order to bolster test scores, at least one academic remains skeptical.

UMD Faces Scrutiny over its China connections Last Sunday, June 1st, The Wall Street Journal ran an exposé with the provocative headline: “Harvard Has Trained So Many Chinese Communist Officials, They Call It Their ‘Party School.’”  According to the paper: “For decades, the party has sent thousands of mid-career and senior bureaucrats to pursue executive training and postgraduate […]

When most Americans think of college, they picture a place where young people go to challenge ideas, sharpen their critical thinking, and prepare for the future. Unfortunately, in too many cases, higher education has become less about open inquiry and more about ideological indoctrination—especially when it comes to the glorification of socialism. Socialism, once regarded […]

President Donald Trump marks his second one hundred days in office- the first being in 2017 when he won his first election as president. He was a bull in a china shop from the get go back then, but this time he has been a bulldozer rolling over liberal and left-wing policies with abandon.  The […]

Last Thursday, protesters disrupted a speech by Princeton University professor Robert P. George at Washington College because of his alleged conservative views on gender. George is a tenured professor of 38 years and was the featured speaker for the annual Lawrence W. Swanstrom ‘67 Memorial Lecture. The lecture series’ motto was “The Truth Seeking Mission […]

West Virginia University (WVU), facing significant budget cuts, will make very difficult decisions that will likely lead to layoffs of full-time faculty positions. According to Higher Ed Dive, the public university faces a $45 million budget deficit. The university said it identified 590 faculty positions that will face further evaluation (i.e. layoffs) and it will […]

Unsurprisingly for an organization whose membership has been perennially hostile to Israel, the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) just awarded the 2022 Jere L. Bacharach Service Award to San Francisco State University (SFSU) Professor Rabab Abdulhadi. Though it positions itself as an organization of scholars engaged in research and teaching about the Middle East, MESA […]

A Department of Defense official is being criticized for racially-charged social media posts, despite having the title as a diversity, equity and inclusion chief. Kelisa Wing, who heads the department’s Education Activity (DoDEA) wing, was accused of offensive social media posts targeting white people. North Carolina news outlet WLOS reported that her employment is being […]

It is no secret that left-wing teachers’ unions and activists harbor ill will toward conservative, free-market and pro-charter school figures. The Tennessee Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (TACTE) blasted Republican Gov. Bill Lee for not condemning remarks that mocked teachers from conservative figure Larry Arnn. Arnn, who is the president of the conservative Hillsdale […]

As more evidence that universities continue to be obsessed with race and are in thrall with the pursuit of racial “justice” and “equity,” the Board of Directors of California Community Colleges has decided that the system will now grade its employees, including, of course, faculty, on the extent to which they promote “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion […]

Think Critical Race Theory is only in public schools? Think again. A recent Fox News report claimed that “at least 39 of America’s 50 most prestigious medical colleges and universities have some form of mandatory student training or coursework on ideas related to” Critical Race Theory.” The report cited findings from CriticalRace.org, which says that […]

There is a donor-led rebellion against progressive and left-wing indoctrination on college campuses, and it is spurred by alumni dedicated to defending free speech at their alma mater. According to the Wall Street Journal, liberal colleges and universities have fun into significant opposition from prominent and wealthy donors when it comes to free speech protections. […]