That’s a lot of money for a name, isn’t it? Vanderbilt is so incensed by the 83-year-old inscription on a campus building that it paid more than a million dollars to get rid of it….
Topic: academia
Maryland County School System Bans Use of “Gifted and Talented”
We can’t reward those who work hard and are academically talented, at least that’s the proposal in Baltimore County public schools in the state of Maryland: Such is the proposal of Superintendent Dallas Dance who…
California Lawmaker Sees Controversial Part of Discrimination Bill Removed
Religious colleges are now temporarily spared in California from potential lawsuits, which could’ve been made possible had a specific provision of a proposed bill had been kept in the bill: Following heavy opposition from a…
Update on Wisconsin-Stout: Old Portrait Can Only Be Seen by Appointment
This isn’t a joke; now students can only see an eighty-year-old painting by appointment in a conference room at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.
Oklahoma Wesleyan University Challenged Department of Education’s Low Evidence Threshold Policy
This from the College Fix: The evangelical university joined an existing lawsuit coordinated by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) on behalf of a University of Virginia law student, who was banned for life from…
College Stupidity Award Goes to… University of Missouri
From the Daily Caller: A slew of campuses around the country offered up their fair share of lunacy, of course, but events at the University of Missouri reached world-historical, cosmically sublime levels absurdity during the…
Public School Students Have Religious Rights Too!
You might not be surprised to learn that 84 percent of church-going Christians send their children to public schools. Nevertheless, you may be astonished to learn that half of all public school teachers consider themselves…
University of Virginia has $2.3 Billion Fund, Lawmakers Look toward Tuition Freeze
UVa has a fund worth $2.3 billion. Did they overcharge for tuition…?
Rankings say Clarks Summit College is the Most Beautiful Bible Belt College
Christian Universities Online compiled the top 50 list, which you can read for yourself here.
Oklahoma State University Professor Warns Mostly-White Colleges are ‘Hotbeds of White Supremacy’
Huh? An Oklahoma State University professor says predominately white institutions (PWIs) are “hotbeds of white supremacy” and that black students must be prepared to be “treated like second-class citizens” if they attend a PWI. Lawrence…