Or these professors and faculty members just don’t like guns: Many professors, students, staff and university presidents across Georgia are speaking out against a new bill which allows for concealed carry on campus saying they…
Topic: academia
Arkansas Law School Won’t Give Race-Based Admissions Data to Professor due to Possible “Harm”
Sounds like the university’s law school is trying to avoid transparency and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests: Without waiting for the courts to rule in a pending FOIA lawsuit from a professor seeking…
Politically Scientific Math
A professor found an easier way to study math. Unfortunately, he’s a political scientist. “I propose an alternative to mathematics, what I call numerical literacy, or for lack of a better phrase, adult arithmetic,” Andrew…
Only 13% of Student Body at Cal-Merced is White
From the College Fix: UC Merced’s student ethnic demographics show Hispanics make up the lion’s share of the student body at 3,022 students – or 48.5 percent. Asians and Pacific Islanders come in second at…
Georgia Lawmaker: Georgia Tech’s President Must Respect Due Process or He Should Resign
Strong words from a key lawmaker who presides over the school’s funding: Georgia State Rep. Earl Ehrhart wants the head of Georgia Tech’s president on a platter unless he puts an end to the sham…
Fired Mizzou Professor Melissa Click Blames ‘Conservative Voices’ for Her Dismissal
Oh, because the conservatives at Mizzou outnumber liberals and the conservatives run the world *sarcasm font*: Melissa Click, who was fired by the Board of Curators late last month and initially justified her action as trying…
Trigger Warnings Curtail Debate, Literally
For some time now, sages and scholars have been alleging that so-called “trigger warnings” curtail vigorous debate on campus. It turns out that the allegation is more than mere hyperbole. “In college debate, which, unlike…
Student Paper at Cal-Berkeley Threatens to Close if Student Fees Aren’t Added to Support Them
The University of California-Berkeley’s student paper, The Daily Californian, begged students to vote for a student fee to support their operation. Photo by hyperion327
New Mexico College Students Protest Ban on Stun Guns
The university banned stun guns on their campus, so students are protesting to have the option to have stun guns for safety reasons. Photo by campcophotos
No Free Speech Problems on America’s College Campuses, Some Democratic Congress Members Disagree
In a hearing on free speech on college campuses, Democrats dismissed the idea that free speech is under fire at liberal academic institutions like colleges and universities: The subcommittee’s Democratic members, however, refused even to…