From Campus Reform: Guillaume Kosmala begins his latest op-ed for The Daily Bruin by noting that millennials lean further left than any other generation, especially in his home town, where 80 percent of likely voters…
Topic: academia
Community College, Under Fire, to Re-Examine ‘Blacks-Only’ Course
Moraine Valley Community College is rethinking their course, which sparked controversy because it would only admit ‘blacks-only’ into the course.
Are College Presidents Paid Too Much?
A great take by Richard Vedder: The public is increasingly interested in and incensed about sharp increases in the pay of top university officials. Those increases seem hard to justify at a time of high…
Poll of Millennials Shows Support for Gun Control
From Campus Reform: A new poll by the University of Chicago finds that Millennials have a strong preference for gun control, even supporting a proposed ban on semi-automatic weapons. The survey—which was conducted by GenForward,…
DePaul Bans Campus Speaker
Editor’s Note: This piece was originally published on the Academe Blog. DePaul University has banned conservative pundit Ben Shapiro from speaking on campus to the Young Americans for Freedom student group. Bob Janis, Vice President…
Native American Paintings are ‘Harmful,’ said University of Wisconsin-Stout
Historical revisionism + PC culture = being offended at old paintings: The University of Wisconsin-Stout has announced plans to remove two historical paintings depicting interactions between white traders and First Nations people due to their…
Black Lives Matter & BDS: Separated at birth?
The Movement for Black Lives (a conglomeration comprised of Black Lives Matter and many other groups) recently garnered media attention for releasing an incendiary manifesto. This manifesto includes references to Israel as an “apartheid state”…
For ‘All Lives Matter’ Post, Student Gets 50 Day Suspension, has to Attend Cultural Events
University of Houston punished a student for a social media post that included the words, ‘All Lives Matter’, in response to the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement. Rohini Sethi, student body president at the school, not…
Judge, Accused of Bias in Trump University Case, Gives Trump a Small Win
Donald Trump doesn’t have to worry about his video testimony becoming public record in a Trump University lawsuit case, but he didn’t get the case dismissed, either.
Harvard Law Professor: Trump’s Russian Hack Joke could be Treason
This from Campus Reform: Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe believes that Donald Trump’s recent comments regarding the DNC e-mail leak and a possible Russian connection may “constitute treason.” Trump came under fire this week after…