Great take from the College Fix: Law students wrote a breathtakingly autocratic, sloppy social-media policy that brings to mindThe Simpsons Halloween episode where Ned Flanders rules a 1984-like alternate reality that enforces constant smiling. After…
Topic: Accuracy in Academia
Games Academics Play, Literally
Those who thought academia couldn’t get more trivial might do a face palm over the trend toward gaming in higher education. “Several courses in my department at the University of Michigan have been gamified,” Kentaro…
Mizzou Communications Professor Tries to Forcibly Remove Student Reporter from Public Area
Melissa Click, who is an assistant professor of mass media at the University of Missouri, tried to get other students to forcibly remove a student reporter out of the protester’s camp area in the public quad…
Tim Wolfe Resigns from the University of Missouri
John K. Wilson on the American Association of University Professors blog offered his own interesting take on the UMizzou controversy: Tim Wolfe, president of the University of Missouri, resigned this morning under intense pressure. I’m…
Mizzou Football Players Split on Practice Boycott
ESPN’s Brett McMurphy with the latest: A Missouri Tigers player said Sunday night that the entire team is not united over the decision to stop practicing until grad student Jonathan Butler ends his hunger strike….
Mizzou President Resigns Today
Guess the media criticism was too much for Tim Wolfe.
Black Mizzou Football Players Go on Strike until University President Resigns
University of Missouri’s football team may not play this Saturday, which could incur a $1 million penalty to be paid to Brigham Young University due to their scheduling contract: Due to what they deem inadequate…
Manifesto by UC-Merced Stabbing Student Praises Allah
Fox News reported: A handwritten manifesto carried by a California college student whose stabbing spree Wednesday left four wounded bore names of his targets, a vow “to cut someone’s head off” and as many as…
Politico Reporter of the Ben Carson Scoop Debacle has History of Anti-GOP Behavior
Good piece at the College Fix: Kyle Cheney, the author of the recent (stealthily edited) Politico article on Ben Carson’s recollections about West Point, was once an editor of Boston University’s The Daily Free Press….
Seattle Pacific University Removes Pledge of Allegiance from Worship Service
The move angered veterans at the school and alumni as well, which was due to some people being uncomfortable with the Pledge being recited during a worship service.