Why is the state of North Carolina picking winners and losers in education? The free market should dictate, not some administrator.
Topic: Accuracy in Academia
Where Microaggressions Come From
If, like some of us of a certain age, you wondered where the exotic term “microaggressions” comes from, the answer is that, like many maladies that bedevil us, it started in the 1970s, and in…
African-American Parents Love School Choice
Black parents overwhelmingly favor school choice and having more education options, a survey finds.
University of New Hampshire: Gender Microaggressions cause Heart Disease in Women
This whole microaggressions thing is getting out of hand: The University of New Hampshire, which previously caused controversy after publishing a language guide claiming the word “American” was “problematic,” is now claiming that gender microaggressions are…
Cancer in the Curia
The original piece was published by FGF Books on their website. FRONT ROYAL, VA — So Pope Francis met with Kim Davis* and her husband — both cradle Catholics, by the way — and the…
Stanford Students want a “Sustainable Food-Themed” Dining Hall
Seriously, this is something worth paying for at a top-notch university?
Universities Keep on Symbolically Banning Yik Yak App
Symbolic bans really aren’t meaningful, universities.
ACLU Sues Missouri Schools about Tuition for Illegal Immigrants
Campus Reform reported: The American Civil Liberties Union is suing three public colleges in Missouri for denying in-state tuition to illegal immigrants, claiming that the law the schools are following is invalid. The Missouri chapter…
American Academia’s War on Due Process
We are still, for the most part, a nation of laws, except on college campuses. At the Heritage Foundation recently, Samantha Harris, director of policy research at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE),…
University of California Faculty Will Strike if They Don’t Get a 5% Increase in Salary
College Fix reported: About 23,000 CSU faculty, mostly “instructional employees,” are voting over the next week whether to go on strike if their demands for a 5 percent pay increase this year aren’t met, union…