Interesting…a female-only lounge at Michigan State University? A University of Michigan professor has filed a formal complaint against Michigan State University, saying a female-only study lounge is discriminatory toward men. The professor, Mark Perry, is an…
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Feds Give Michigan a $500,000 Grant to Research Microaggressions in Engineering
This is not a joke: The federal government has awarded the University of Michigan (UM) a grant of over $500,000 to conduct research on the effect of microaggressions on women in the engineering fields. “This…
Privilege Walk on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is About Active Sex Life, Having Books
It’s a confusing narrative, really: A “privilege walk,” according to a resource at the University of Michigan, is an exercise in which students “stand in a straight line in the middle of an empty room”…
Jewish Student at Michigan Cleared by Ethics Probe after Criticizing Pro-Palestinian Display on Campus
A win for free speech: A student government ethics committee has ruled that student Jesse Arm was within his First Amendment rights when he called the display offensive and told his peers to take it…
Jewish Student Criticizes Pro-Palestinian Display and is Facing an Ethics Probe
As the College Fix noted: Student Jesse Arm, a Central Student Government representative, confronted student peers who set up the pro-Palestinian display on Nov. 19 after his friend, an American Jewish student studying in Israel,…
Censored Women Rejected by Feminists
At George Washington University, feminists, documentarians and activists alike gathered and voiced their criticisms about the feminist movement at large and their resistance to acknowledge abuse of women in Muslim, Hindu and Sikh communities. In…
University of Michigan adds Required Diversity Course in their Business School
Uh, what? This from Campus Reform: The University of Michigan has added a three-year diversity requirement to its Ross School of Business undergraduate curriculum that, among other things, will teach their students how race, gender…
Games Academics Play, Literally
Those who thought academia couldn’t get more trivial might do a face palm over the trend toward gaming in higher education. “Several courses in my department at the University of Michigan have been gamified,” Kentaro…
Why are Liberals, Muslims and Activists Silent on Muslim Women’s Equality Issues?
That is the question posed by activist Raheel Raza, who was invited to speak at a screening of a documentary about female genital mutiliation at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. As the College…
“Ready for Hillary” Sticker on Student’s Laptop in a School Picture Stirs Controversy
It doesn’t really seem like a big deal, but apparently it caused quite a commotion. Then again, if the sticker was one for a GOP candidate, you could probably bet money that there would’ve been…
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Fact-Checking History’s First Draft
Journalism, the old cliché goes, is the first draft of history. Unfortunately, it rarely gets through rewrites before it hits the classroom. Yesterday’s headlines often look a bit silly when viewed through a microfiche, and…
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Before you find him on offer as a university speaker or course, you may want to read the meticulously documented story of Cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal by former Accuracy in Academia executive director Dan Flynn.
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