Truly, some authors are just too important to be left to academia. Charles Dickens is one of them. Yet and still, the Modern Language Association (MLA), at its annual conventions, regularly tries to modernize the…
Topic: Accuracy in Academia
INFOGRAPHIC: The Numbers Behind Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes
Often, the narrative is that Muslims are more persecuted than other religious groups. However, the statistics tell a different story:
Harvard Faculty Struggle to Replace ‘Master’ Title
Other names suggested are too bland, like ‘leader’, or too religious, such as ‘rector.’ This is kinda funny.
Texas Chancellor Warns Faculty of Violating Campus Carry Law
Left-wing faculty members are pushing to ban guns in their classrooms, although Texas law is that guns can be carried on public university grounds. The chancellors told lawmakers that they would comply, but classroom gun…
Michelle Malkin: Why Not Blast Obama for Supporting an Anti-Israeli Scholar?
A good take from Michelle Malkin on the Ted Cruz media frenzy by highlighting how they ignore Obama’s support of an anti-Israeli scholar. In 2003, when Obama was a 42-year-old state senator and rising Democratic…
Catholic New Hampshire University Offers to Pay for Student Loans if Graduates Don’t Get a Job
From Fox News: A small Catholic university in New Hampshire is offering its undergraduate students a program that will guarantee to land them a job within nine months of graduation. Rivier Univeristy, which boats about…
UCLA Professors Admit Diversity Courses Lead to Students Avoiding These Courses
Wait, imposing diversity and shaming people for their white privilege means students self-select and won’t take said courses?! NO!
MLA Deconstructs Middle East
When the Modern Language Association (MLA) deconstructs something, it stays scrambled. Thousands of English professors attend the annual MLA conferences and just about every English Department is represented there. At this year’s meeting in Austin,…
Kentucky Governor is Trying to Appoint More Minorities on Louisville’s Board
Campus Reform has a good summary on the issue: Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin is requesting a Franklin Circuit Court judge to declare null and void two appointments that former Governor Steve Beshear made to the…
Federal Investigations of Campus Sexual Assaults Skyrocket under Obama’s Watch
The College Fix reported: Federal Title IX investigations into the mishandling of campus sexual assault cases stand at nearly 250 since 2011, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education, which released an online database detailing the…