Minority students at the University of Michigan felt “marginalized” by an on-campus building’s wooden interior. Seriously?!
Topic: minorities
Charter Schools are a Model for Improving Education
Charter schools have proven to be a good education model, per a brief published by the Thomas Fordham Institute. The brief’s main focus was to detail three education models that states could use to retool…
‘Welfare Queen’ Cliche Insults Minorities, said Scholar
From The College Fix: Feminist scholar Dr. Jina Kim seeks to redeem the image of the “Welfare Queen” that she claims has been exaggerated to reduce support for poor minorities. Kim, in a speech earlier this month…
Today’s Safe Spaces for Minority Students Looks a Lot Like Racial Segregation
UConn has created ‘safe spaces’ for their minority students by creating an all-black male dormitory hall. Hmm, doesn’t that appear to roll back the advances of the civil rights movement? Photo by gtalan
Excuses Made for Minority Students at UNC who Face Academic Plagiarism, Cheating Allegations
From the College Fix: 56% of the cases before UNC’s Honor Court involve minority students, a “disproportionate figure compared to UNC’s 63 percent white campus.” The Honor Court deals with cases like plagiarism and cheating. Photo…
Mizzou Hosts Symposium to Empower Marginalized Minorities
Sounds like groupthink: The Center for Leadership & Service at the University of Missouri will be holding its fifth annual “Social Justice Symposium” to educate students on issues of social justice activism. According to the…
Kentucky Governor is Trying to Appoint More Minorities on Louisville’s Board
Campus Reform has a good summary on the issue: Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin is requesting a Franklin Circuit Court judge to declare null and void two appointments that former Governor Steve Beshear made to the…
USC may ask for $100 Million Scholarship Fund for Minority Students
But will this actually help stimulate reform in higher education, where the outrageously-high tuition discourages the poor and minorities from attending college? Nope.
UC-San Diego says “Minorities” is Offensive, but Use “People of Color” Instead
Wait, isn’t the latter term “people of color” more offensive than the former?!
Federal Reserve Study: College Degrees for Minorities No Guarantee of Raising Income
Campus Reform with more on the study: The report released this month by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis poses the question, “Why didn’t higher education protect Hispanic and black wealth?” in response to…