The thing is, the university’s diversity office (yes, there is such a thing at the Univeristy of Tennessee-Knoxville) doesn’t even receive federal funding, which was why the protesters were upset in the first place: “Who…
Topic: academia
Less than 20 Students Push Seattle Pacific University to Adopt Microaggression Reporting System
Well, another one bites the dust and bows to social justice activists: Seattle Pacific University’s administration folded to many of the demands of the SPU Justice Coalition – apparently composed of fewer than 20 students…
Gay Marriage on the Rocks
Outside of academia, even gay marriage supporters are dubious about the Supreme Court’s legal logic in legalizing it. “When I read Justice Kennedy’s decision, I wanted to embroider it on a pillow but wondered if…
Young Americans for Freedom Group Called ‘KKK’ by Critics
Oh, that’s not fair at all, plus it’s very inaccurate. After protesters’ efforts at thwarting conservative speaker Ben Shapiro from delivering a talk last week were unsuccessful, campus progressives have turned their attention to the…
Mandatory Diversity Training for GWU Student Association after Funding Dispute
It reads like a soap opera, doesn’t it? The executive cabinet of the George Washington University Student Association will have to go through “diversity training” due to a squabble over funding for a guest lecturer….
Did the Feds Mess Up the 2008 Recession?
That was the question on the minds of several economists at a panel discussion held at the Cato Institute recently. Daniel L. Thornton, former vice president and economic adviser for the Federal Reserve Bank of…
Canadian University Imposes Quotas on Self-Identifying Applicants
From the College Fix: Criticism of diversity quotas is coming from an odd place: an editor of a Canadian newsweekly. The University of Manitoba is set to institute a quota system that reserves 45 percent of…
66% of Yale College Students Agree Free Speech is Threatened on Campuses
Well, how about that result? A majority of students who attended a debate on free speech at Yale University Tuesday left convinced that First Amendment rights are threatened on college campuses, especially their own. According…
Middlebury College Paper Adds Trigger Warnings due to White Staff
Yup, the school paper is too white, so there’s a trigger warning now.
University of Buffalo Students: We’re Exhausted from Spring Break
So partying and relaxing on the beach are exhausting?! Students at the University of Buffalo (UB) feel spring break trips are causing them to be more depressed and stressed than before they left thanks to…