So much for tolerance and knowledge of U.S. history: Vandals (again) wrote graffiti on a memorial for those who served on the side of the Confederacy in the American Civil War. Photo by Marion Doss
Topic: Accuracy in Academia
Ranking 20th Century U.S. Presidents
Since everybody else is rating presidents, we thought we’d give it a shot too, since we’ve covered many of them, especially those who served in the last century. The root of the word president, eminent…
Liberal Intolerance on the Rise at America’s Universities
Why do conservatives keep sending their kids to liberal bastions for an “education”? Photo by Little Koshka
Melissa Click will try to Keep Her Job after Suspension
Melissa Click spoke in public for the first time this week: Melissa Click, who was suspended for her involvement in a student protest at the University of Missouri (Mizzou), spoke to the public for the…
Mexican Food Class Earns Credit Toward Core Requirements at University of Kentucky
College education is really educational, guys and girls, but tacos! Students enrolled this semester in a writing course focused entirely on Mexican food at the University of Kentucky are meeting their “Community, Culture and Citizenship in…
Princeton Professor Blames Racism for 3-Year-Old Parking Violation Warrant
Imani Perry, a professor at Princeton, was arrested for not paying the ticket for a parking violation from three years ago. Photo by http://kahwailin.com/
Mixed Signals from National Labor Relations Board on Unionizing Professors at Religious Colleges
Yes to one, but no to another? Sounds very ambiguous. Photo by cromely
Obama’s Budget Proposal would give controversial Office of Civil Rights $31 Million
The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) within the Department of Education has been the source of a lot of concern for due process advocates, but to give them $31 million in the budget? Photo by Aaron…
Muslim Students Take Over Interfaith Room at German University, Has to be Shut Down
The story writes itself (from the College Fix): TU Dortmund University in Germany recently closed its “Room of Silence” — an interfaith room on campus — after Muslim students converted it into a makeshift mosque…
Apprenticeships Making a Comeback?
Somewhere between random free college for everyone and Teutonic regimentation geared towards industry is a happy medium of career choices that American high school graduates used to come much closer to having access to. “The…