The Donald might not notice him and even Jeb Bush may barely acknowledge his existence, but Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is still causing absolute apoplexy on the part of his state’s university professors. ‘Tenure no…
Topic: academia
Title IX Officer Describes Flaws in “Yes Means Yes” Policy, but Still Backs It
Wait, what?! A Title IX officer at Santa Clara still believes in the “yes means yes” consent policy, although it is flawed: The Title IX coordinator at Santa Clara University, a Catholic school with very…
USC College Republicans Accused of Discriminating against Minorities in Student Paper
As the College Fix reported: Classes hadn’t even started back up yet this month when Ellenhorn was accused of white privilege, oppression, discrimination and appropriation in the Daily Trojan campus newspaper. An Aug. 19 op-ed stated in…
GoFundMe Campaign Started to Help Keep Jefferson Davis Statue in Main Part of UT-Austin’s Campus
As the College Fix reported, a GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign has been started to help pay for the legal fees to keep the statue where it is, on the Main Mall at the University of Texas-Austin…
California Bill Passes Senate, would Allow Community Colleges to Punish Students for Off-Campus Sexual Assault
As the College Fix reported, it is a tricky situation: California State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson’s (D) bill, which would allow community colleges in the state to punish students for off-campus sexual assaults, was approved by the…
Stony Brook University Offers ‘Masculinities Studies’ Class
Sounds like a waste of tuition dollars: Beginning in 2017, Stony Brook University will offer a master’s program via the school’s Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities. The brainchild of Michael Kimmel, a…
Hillary Clinton’s Higher Ed Tax Increase
Hillary Clinton recently unveiled her higher education plan to reduce college student loan debt. As the Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) points out, Hillary’s plan, called the “New College Compact,” involves: States creating grants to…
College Board’s Biased Liberal Tests may have an Alternative
As WORLD reported, the College Board’s Advanced Placement exams are liberal and heavily biased: The College Board, the massive nonprofit organization responsible for the Advanced Placement Exam as well as the SAT and PSAT tests,…
University of Maryland Researcher: Ban the Southern Belle
A research associate at the University of Maryland said that we should ban the “Southern belle” and “remove the Southern belle from her inglorious perch.”
Wisconsin Professor, who Compared Scott Walker to Hitler, Teaches a Class on Scholar Activism
As the College Fix reported: Sara Goldrick-Rab, a sociology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, caused a firestorm last month when she publicly compared her governor, Republican Scott Walker, to Adolf Hitler in a tweet. She…