Seriously, this is SOMETHING?! ‘Emojis aren’t diverse enough’ is an issue or focus of student outrage? Come on. How about tackle real problems like poverty, foster care or something along those lines?
Topic: Accuracy in Academia
Colleges Eliminating Self-Esteem Courses
Something that should give would-be education reformers pause but probably won’t: when ephemeral education fads finally come in for much-needed criticism, they have already done their damage. Case in point: the self-esteem courses popular 15-20…
Amid Budget Crisis, Cal State Long Beach Opens Illegal Immigrant Center
As The College Fix reported: “There are a lot of problems at Cal State University Long Beach. Parking is a nightmare. Many classes are overcrowded. Resources are spread thin as talk of hiking tuition rates…
Dixie State University says Students Can’t Criticize Presidents
A lawsuit was filed by the Young Americans for Liberty group, who was prevented from expressing free speech by way of satire of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. As The College Fix reported: “Students at…
Jewish Professor Put on Leave after Blasting Hamas
Uh, how is this insensitive? Hamas is a terrorist organization and Israel is not. Simple as that, right? According to outraged students, no, Professor Andrew Pessin at Connecticut College just articulated hate speech against Hamas…
Colleges Can’t Hide Info Behind Student Privacy Laws, Illinois Says
The state of Illinois Attorney General says that their state universities cannot keep hiding behind student privacy laws to keep information from being released. Good.
Culture War Not So 90s
In his first campaign for the presidency, then-Senator Barack Obama, D-Ill, declared that the phrase “culture war” was “so 90s.” Nevertheless, there are strong indications, seven years later, that the conflict is still with us,…
Israel Divestment Student Vote Passed in Close Vote
Even the university’s chapter of the Red Cross voted in favor of divesting from Israel, but the national organization said it is politically neutral and that the student chapter does not represent their mission or…
Adam Smith Rocks!
There’s a reason you don’t see many Adam Smith ties in the faculty lounge. “Adam Smith believed there are few things that the government should do,” James Otteson of Wake Forest said at the Philadelphia…
Conservative Faculty at risk in Media-Fueled Outrage in RFRA Spat
Will universities attack (i.e. fire) conservative faculty for their conservative views, in light of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) backlash in the liberal media? We hope not, but you never know.