Associate professor of anthropology, Beverley Smith, blasted Christopher Columbus and put up a “wanted” poster in the program’s faculty board. That sounds like a fair take, right?
Topic: academia
Liberal Professor Blasts Affirmative Action as “Damaging to Blacks”
University of Michigan professor Carl Cohen has a point, and it’s impressive that he admits that as a liberal professor. Too often, liberals don’t address affirmative action as an injustice to both minorities (blacks, Hispanics)…
U.S. Supreme Court upholds California Flag Ban during Cinco de Mayo
California high school students were banned from wearing t-shirts with an American flag on it because the courts felt the school had to preserve an orderly environment during Cinco de Mayo activities.
Clinton Foundation Appointee Blocked Female Students from Organizing Conservative Club
At the University of Miami, Donna Shalala, a Clinton cabinet secretary and that university’s president, tried to block female students from organizing a conservative club on-campus. She is tapped to head the Clinton Foundation.
Virginia Students Locked Out of Tuition Hike Meeting
As the Campus Reform reported: “As the University of Virginia announced a plan to increase tuition by 11 percent—one of the highest increases in the country—the public university locked students out of the library where…
Minority Students Upset at Apple for Lack of Diverse Emoji’s
Seriously, this is SOMETHING?! ‘Emojis aren’t diverse enough’ is an issue or focus of student outrage? Come on. How about tackle real problems like poverty, foster care or something along those lines?
Colleges Eliminating Self-Esteem Courses
Something that should give would-be education reformers pause but probably won’t: when ephemeral education fads finally come in for much-needed criticism, they have already done their damage. Case in point: the self-esteem courses popular 15-20…
Amid Budget Crisis, Cal State Long Beach Opens Illegal Immigrant Center
As The College Fix reported: “There are a lot of problems at Cal State University Long Beach. Parking is a nightmare. Many classes are overcrowded. Resources are spread thin as talk of hiking tuition rates…
Jewish Professor Put on Leave after Blasting Hamas
Uh, how is this insensitive? Hamas is a terrorist organization and Israel is not. Simple as that, right? According to outraged students, no, Professor Andrew Pessin at Connecticut College just articulated hate speech against Hamas…
Colleges Can’t Hide Info Behind Student Privacy Laws, Illinois Says
The state of Illinois Attorney General says that their state universities cannot keep hiding behind student privacy laws to keep information from being released. Good.