From the College Fix: The University of Connecticut has been on the receiving end of growing criticism over its plans for a wing dedicated to housing black males inside a new dorm building. It’s billed as…
Topic: Department of Education
Colleges Spend Millions on Beefing Up Bureaucracy to Handle Sexual Misconduct Cases
Is this where you want your tuition money or taxpayer dollars to go towards? Photo by 401(K) 2013 Photo by 401(K) 2013
Group to Sue Dept of Ed over Ignoring Due Process
From the College Fix: The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education said Monday it “aims to challenge” the Department of Education’s use of unenforceable guidance to threaten colleges into changing their Title IX procedures around alleged sexual…
The AAUP on the Title IX Commandments
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) recently published a draft of their report on the uneven enforcement of Title IX discrimination laws, as enforced by the Obama Department of Education and their Office of…
Michelle Malkin: Hillary Clinton’s Federal Education Jackboot Squad
Cronyism from Hillary Clinton? Yes, but she wants an “education SWAT team” to impose federal mandates on America’s classrooms.
Republicans Increase Education Spending
Not that that’s a good thing. At the Cato Institute, several conservatives squared off to discuss education reform. David Cleary, Majority Staff Director for the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee attached to the…
Dept of Education Claims They’re Not Pressuring Colleges with Title IX
From the College Fix: The chief of the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, whose 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter set off a panic among colleges to lower their standards for judging students accused of…
Hijab Day Backfires at New York School
Predictably, not consulting parents and holding a ‘Hijab Day’ at a school led to outrage and calls from parents. But who was behind it? The principal and, in part, the Department of Education’s ‘Islamophobia’ fear-mongering rhetoric….
Obama’s Budget Proposal would give controversial Office of Civil Rights $31 Million
The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) within the Department of Education has been the source of a lot of concern for due process advocates, but to give them $31 million in the budget? Photo by Aaron…
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…