George Washington University (GWU), a private university located in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of Washington, D.C., announced in May that it officially changed its moniker from ‘Colonials’ to ‘Revolutionaries.’ In an official email, GWU’s associate…
Topic: political correctness
Community college accused of targeting ousted equity director
A former faculty director is accusing a California community college of targeting her for her viewpoints and not catering to the “woke” ideology of gender pronouns and other issues. Tabia Lee, who is black, said…
Stanford removes woke language guide from website
The much-maligned woke language guide at Stanford University has been removed from the university’s website, after hiding the guide from the public when the controversy went viral. Inside Higher Ed reported about the guide’s removal,…
Is ‘American’ offensive? Stanford’s harmful language guide says so
Stanford University was widely mocked, criticized, and ridiculed after a harmful language guide was leaked to the media. The “Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative” was circulated among the Information Technology staff this pasty May, but…
Georgetown University suspends legal scholar over Supreme Court tweet
Georgetown University placed a newly-hired law professor on leave after one of his social media posts led to an outcry from leftists on social media and on its college campus. Ilya Shapiro, a former legal…
University removes ‘Come and Take It’ slogan over divisiveness claims
Historical slogans are now a victim of rampant college and social media-driven “cancel culture.” The phrase “Come and take it” is now considered racist and divisive and the University of Texas-San Antonio is retiring it…
Mob pressure forces Pearson to issue new textbook rules
The Black Lives Matter-fueled social justice and diversity mob came for major academic publisher Pearson, which acquiesced to their demands of reforming their publishing guidelines. Inside Higher Ed reported that the company, based in London,…
School officials stand by teacher after LGBTQ, racial equality survey controversy
In Smithfield, North Carolina, school district officials are defending their decision of sending a LGBTQ rights and racial equality survey to schoolchildren, without prior approval or permission from parents. The main contentions from the parents…
University of Michigan task force offended by words ‘picnic’ and ‘brown bag’
To the Left and academics, commonplace words can be deemed offensive. The University of Michigan’s “Words Matter Task Force” mentioned that there are at least two dozen words and phrases that could offend people in…
Liberal Maryland public schools will spend $450,000 for anti-racism audit
The Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) system, located north of the nation’s capital in Washington, D.C., is one of the more liberal public education systems in the country. During the coronavirus pandemic, the county public…