Campus Reform reported: A University of Arkansas at Little Rock law professor is suing the school for withholding public data that he claims will show that race-based admissions policies are a disservice to minority students….
Topic: academia
USC Student Gov’t Divided on Pushing Administration to Shelter, Give Aid to Syrian Refugees
One of the students who voted said that it is not the responsibility of students to tell administrators what to do: USC’s undergraduate student government voted down on Tuesday a controversial resolution that called on administrators…
UNLV Won’t Rename or Rebrand Their Rebel Mascot
Political correctness loses this battle, for now: University of Nevada, Las Vegas President Len Jessup said Monday that the school will not be abandoning its “Rebels” nickname, though he did endorse updating the mascot. In…
Women’s Studies and the Moral Vacuity of an Academic Boycott Against Israel
Seeming to give proof to Orwell’s observation that some ideas are so stupid they could only have been thought of by intellectuals, yet another academic association—this time the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA)—has followed the…
Hate Crime Hoax Gets Female Student Activist in Trouble
So many hoaxes on college campuses these days to prove activists right, which actually proves them wrong: Another hate-crime hoax, but this one is a doozy. The person behind the “i will kill every black…
Maryland College Students, Faculty Protest Racism in the Name of Refugees
Again, so much for being tolerant of other’s opinions, beliefs and concerns over national security on college campuses. This time, it’s a protest at the University of Maryland-College Park.
Administrators are a Threat to Free Speech on College Campuses
Take a look at this op-ed at the College Fix and how college administrators, not other students, are a threat to free speech.
Wilson, Du Bois, and Who is Worth Honoring
Guest blogger Jonathan Marks teaches political philosophy at Ursinus College. Corey Robin, a professor of political science at Brooklyn College, concludes a recent piece in Salon by imagining how Princeton might distance itself from its former…
Syracuse Students Hit with $100 Athletic Fee, Need to Opt Out to Avoid Paying It
Oh, so more money going into the bloated academic machine, I mean, sports-driven academic model of the modern university.
Dartmouth Administrator says Conservatives Aren’t Nice during Protest
So much for tolerance of other’s beliefs at college campuses like Dartmouth: An administrator at Dartmouth College was recently forced to issue “an unequivocal apology” for stoking tensions at a Black Lives Matter protest with…