Education School researchers at Stanford found that ethnic studies courses boost grades and attendance. Apparently, it never occurred to them to ask what exactly the students learn in them. “New research shows gains in attendance…
Topic: Stanford University
Stanford Students Argue over Petition to Make Western Civ Classes Mandatory
Stanford University students are divided on whether there should be a requirement to take two Western Civilization courses at the institution before graduating. Photo by HarshLight
Stanford Student Demonstration Ends after Disciplinary Action is Brought Up
Campus Reform reported the following: After initially resisting threats of disciplinary action, student activists demanding that Stanford University sell off all its investments in fossil fuel companies finally ended their week-long demonstration. Five days after…
Stanford Students want a “Sustainable Food-Themed” Dining Hall
Seriously, this is something worth paying for at a top-notch university?
Moral Dementia at Stanford and Berkeley
In a display of moral narcissism that British columnist Melanie Phillips has characterized as a “dialogue of the demented,”Stanford students staged a public protest on October 19th to once again denounce Israel and, presumably, to honor…
Stanford’s “Angel of Grief” Statue Vandalized as Arm is Cut Off
Really, of all the statues to vandalize, some person decided to choose the “Angel of Grief” to cut off its arm. Classless move.
Anti-Semitic Graffiti, including Swastikas, Spray-Painted at a Stanford Frat
The act of vandalism will be labeled a hate crime, and some wonder if it’s the backlash from the contentious divestment push at the northern California university. And, it came after a Jewish student was…
Stanford Student May Have Been Discriminated Against for Being a Jew
Sad, but possibly true. Here’s what The College Fix reported: “The Stanford Review has come out with an investigative report that details how a student running for a campus senate position may have been passed over for…
Book Review
Book Review: America, Guns, and Freedom
As gun rights and gun control advocates, political surrogates, spokespeople, and groups contend over the future of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, Dr. Miguel Faria, Jr., M.D. published a book that gives extensive background,…
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