For the second year in a row, the liberal Montgomery County Public Schools system held a virtual “Pride Town Hall” this past spring. This year’s iteration promoted the upcoming fall 2021 semester, in which a…
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A Race to the Bottom in Language Standards
Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D., a Freedom Center Journalism Fellow in Academic Free Speech and President Emeritus of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, is the author of Dispatches From the Campus War Against Israel and Jews. When the prescient…
Howard University stands by decision to boot student over tweet
A student at Howard University, Jalen Brown, thought that his online discussion with another university student was innocuous, but intellectually honest and non-threatening. But Howard University, located in Washington, D.C., disagreed and kicked him out…
Admissions scandal rocks Berkeley after auditor blasted university’s admissions process
Higher education is not only being battered by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on student enrollment and revenue, but also from admissions scandals at elite institutions. Add the University of California-Berkeley and the University…
Academic pushback against federal response to Princeton’s ‘systemic racism’ letter
With the Department of Education firing an opening salvo against Princeton University, academics are scrambling to take Princeton’s side in the fracas. Princeton University’s president wrote a letter admitting that the institution treated its minority…
Faculty Demand a Racism Star Chamber at Princeton
The death of a black man under the knee of a brutal policeman in Minneapolis sent shock waves of racial guilt throughout America, where protestors, led principally by Black Lives Matter, took to the streets…
Purdue Supports Chick-fil-A’s Presence on Campus
Despite protests and negative feedback, and in a win for free speech, Purdue University said it welcomes a new Chick-fil-A location to its campus.
Boston University Professor Suggests Using Taxation to Combat Fake News
A Boston University professor has an idea for combating fake news: Taxation. According to an article on the Boston University (BU) website, BU’s Marshall Van Alstyne thinks that false news can have negative real-world ramifications….
Snapchat Controversy Sparked Calls to Hire a Disabled, Queer, Person of Color as a Faculty Member
An image and a caption on Snapchat, a social media platform used by some Millennials, sparked a controversy among students at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, which resulted in a demand by some students for the university to hire a disabled and queer person of color as a faculty member.
Clemson Students Unhappy with Local Restaurant’s ‘Tijuana Chicken Sandwich’ Reference to Migrant Caravan
A restaurant close to Clemson University was criticized for its ‘Tijuana Chicken Sandwich’ because the sandwich description made light of the migrant caravan news.