Huh? Quite an interesting argument from illegal immigration advocates: The Georgia Board of Regents’ rules which prohibit undocumented student enrollment at public institutions “with competitive admissions,” as well as in-state tuition for same, are causing…
Topic: academia
Law Professors at University of Washington Call Scalia “Polarizing”
Kicking a man while he’s down (and dead)…doesn’t sound classy. Some law professors weren’t happy about Scalia’s legacy: A panel of law professors gathered Wednesday at the University of Washington Law School to discuss “the…
So Criticizing Conservatives Mourning Antonin Scalia is a Thing?
It is an interesting read from the liberal perspective at the Academe Blog on how conservatives defended the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s legacy. A couple excerpts from the blog: “So I guess it’s…
Black Lives Matter Founder: Defenders of the Constitution are Defending White Supremacy
Excuse me? From the College Fix: During an event at Thursday evening #BlackLivesMatter founders Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi told Mizzou students that the goal of the Constitution was to make an agreement between factions…
Some Brown Students Complain Homework, Stress Interferes with On-Campus Protests, Activism
Welcome to the real world, Brown University college student activists. Photo by thurdl01
Protesting Melissa Click
Melissa Click, an assistant mass media communications professor at the University of Missouri, is currently suspended for assaulting a student journalist during a protest and calling for “muscle” to push the journalist out of the…
Free Speech Zones Strike Again: Auburn Requires Permit for Free Speech
Some students from the Young Americans for Liberty chapter at Auburn University were told by an administrator that they would need a permit to express their views in public, which was actually the focus of…
Some Nebraska College Students Hate Chick-Fil-A after learning of CEO’s Personal Beliefs
The personal beliefs of a CEO doesn’t mean the company shares it, duh: A student government resolution set to bring Chick-fil-A to the University of Nebraska Kearney (UNK) was reversed because students complained about the…
Ten Years Later, the Duke Lacrosse Case Still Reverberates
It’s a good read by K.C. Johnson on the ten-year anniversary of the Duke men’s lacrosse rape scandal. Photo by elacrosse_com
Dept of Education Claims They’re Not Pressuring Colleges with Title IX
From the College Fix: The chief of the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, whose 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter set off a panic among colleges to lower their standards for judging students accused of…