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Topic: academia
Despite BDS movement, No Actual Divestment from Israel
The Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement on college campuses has not led to full divestment from Israel by college administrations. But, up to eight student organizations have voted to divest from Israel. Guess it…
University of Wisconsin Application asks Students about Parents’ Voting
That is a really odd and weird question to put on a college application, asking where and when your parents voted in the last election. The common defense for such questions on applications is that…
Sweet Briar College is Closing, but Not Before Their Spending Habits Emerge
Sweet Briar College, a woman-only college, kept building new facilities, hiring faculty although enrollment was plunging to new depths, and even encouraged faculty to build property on college land. These were the reasons that the…
UC-Irvine Professors Sign Petition to Keep U.S. Flag Ban
Of course the professors signed onto the petition to bring back the flag ban in a student building.
Guest Lecturer Offended by Tenured Spanish Professor
A guest lecturer visited the University of North Georgia and was corrected several times by a tenured Spanish professor. That visiting lecturer was so offended, after the tenured professor spoke to him one-on-one afterwards, he…
Texas may Force State Colleges to Perform before Raising Tuition
The state’s senate body is deciding whether to force colleges and universities to fulfill performance-based criteria in order to hike their tuition and receive state funding. An intriguing bill, nonetheless.
University of California’s Star-Spangled BAN-ner
There’s a new f-word at the University of California at Irvine: FLAG. Higher education is teaching students to think critically all right — about their own country. In a head-shaking move even by California standards,…
Novel Critique of Campus Sex Speech Codes
A veteran professor has come up with an objection to new campus sex codes that may not have occurred to other critics of the recent policies who are fixated on the First Amendment. “You have…
UC-Irvine Reverses American Flag Ban after Pressure
Yes, reason came through. The University of California-Irvine student council had banned the American flag from one of their work rooms, but the ban was reversed after media attention exerted pressure on them to reverse…