Per Campus Reform, the University of Pittsburgh is weighing whether the possible loss of federal funding is worth declaring itself a ‘sanctuary campus’ to appease the pro-illegal immigration activists (faculty and students) on their campus.
Topic: academia
Appointing Richard Vedder could Help Reform Higher Education
From the James Martin Center: DeVos’s department is also deeply involved in higher education, but the issues are different. What roils higher education are problems such as excessive costs, lack of intellectual diversity, faltering academic…
West Virginia University Student Harasses Conservative Group
From The College Fix: West Virginia University’s student government has approved funding for a leftist student group whose leader was recorded physically attacking members of a conservative group three weeks ago. The Left Alliance had also told…
Academics and the Reproduction of Cultural Hegemony
Here’s an excerpt from a piece at the James G. Martin Center (formerly the William Pope Center) on Marxists occupying college administrations and academic circles: Much as Martin Center readers may disparage Marxism, there is…
The SAT has become Political
The Wall Street Journal (beware of the paywall) had a piece blasting the politicization of the annual college entrance exams called the SAT.
After Yale Bowed to Pressure to Rename Calhoun College, Clemson Students Target Tillman Hall
From The College Fix: Seeing Yale finally alter the name of its Calhoun College, students at Clemson University are reinvigorating the debate over its Tillman Hall, named after founding trustee — and slave-owning white supremacist —…
Penn Frat Beer Pong Team ‘Viet Pong’ Offends Students
Everything is offensive, even a beer pong team name from a Penn fraternity: A member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and his date have miffed Asian students at the University of Pennsylvania after it was…
University of Cincinnati to hold a Workshop on ‘White Fragility’
Sounds like the college ‘snowflake’ generation needs a workshop on their ‘white fragility’ at the University of Cincinnati.
Gettysburg Anti-Capitalist Student Group Builds ‘Trump Wall’
From Campus Reform: The Gettysburg College Anti-Capitalist Collective (GACC) assembled a “Trump wall” made of paper boxes in the school’s library labeled, “THIS IS THE WALL THAT TRUMP IS BUILDING.” Seven individual signs plastered on…
Research Universities File Brief against Donald Trump’s Executive Order
Interesting development from academia, where universities signed onto an amicus brief against President Trump’s executive order on refugee vetting.