There is at least one way in which the Modern Language Association (MLA) that thousands of English professors belong to lives up to its name: they traverse in a vocabulary most of us working stiffs…
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Over 50 Student Government Leaders Sign Letter to Trump asking to Continue DACA
Student government leaders aren’t too happy with Donald Trump’s proposed policies and how it affects illegal immigrant students: More than 50 student government presidents have signed a letter to President Trump asking him to continue…
Cornel West: Donald Trump is ‘a Product of American Empire’ and ‘We’re All Responsible’ for His Election
The left-wing professor Cornel West was at a Harvard guest lecture and blasted Donald Trump: West used some colorful examples of what he considered “gangster,” adding, “I’m not trying to engage in some kind of…
Workers of Berkeley Unite!
Now here’s a man-bites-dog story: Labor strife at Berkeley. Janitorial, custodial and cafeteria workers at Berkeley are fighting to maintain their raise from $9 to $17 an hour with benefits at a university that prides…
Group Pushed for ‘Black Lives Matter’ Week at Philly-Area Schools
Since the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement has appeared to fizzle without political progress, indoctrination is the next step for The Left. This from The College Fix: “Black Lives Matter Week” began yesterday at schools all over…
Higher Education’s Hysteria May Have Elected Donald Trump, said George Will
George Will, over a week after the Election Day results were finalized and Donald Trump was declared the winner, noted how the higher education mess and mass hysteria may have been a contributing factor to…
TCU Students Assigned to go to a Mosque for a ‘Religious Experience’
From The College Fix: Students enrolled in a world religions course this semester at Texas Christian University must attend a mosque service as part of the class. The field trip was scheduled to take place…
Minnesota could have Tuition-Free College for Families Earning less than $125,000/year
From The College Fix: A Minnesota lawmaker wants to make sure that financial uncertainty is never the reason a student drops out. Minnesota Daily reports that Sen. Ron Latz of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (the state’s version of…
Safe Spaces are Creating an Unsafe Space for Faculty, writes Anonymous Professor
From Campus Reform: An anonymously written op-ed is raising the question of whether the current obsession with “safe spaces,” “microaggressions,” and “justice” has made classrooms an “unsafe space for faculty.” In a column for Inside Higher Ed,…
Professor Warned against Influx of Pro-Israel People in the Trump White House
Pro-Israel people will be a big part of the incoming Trump administration, warned one Columbia University professor: A Columbia University professor notorious for promoting anti-Israel boycotts was forced to walk back comments warning that Israel…