College Insurrection Tag

Faculty Civil War May Erupt As STEM Lose Grants Due To Radical Humanities Profs. Stoking Campus Mayhem

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 15, 2025 6 Comments

My appearance on Fox News Radio Evening Edit: "you have faculty in the hard sciences who are not as political, who are now paying the price for their gender studies and anthropology and political science faculty who have aided and embedded these protests, who have...

ICE Arrests Second Anti-Israel Activist at Columbia University for Visa Violation

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 15, 2025 6 Comments

"Leqaa Kordia, who is from the West Bank, had a student visa canceled in 2022 'for lack of attendance' and was detained by the agency for the outdated visa."...

Harvard Faculty Chair Says Fire Professors Who Oppose ‘Gender-Affirming Care’

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 15, 2025 6 Comments

“There’s a particular place in hell for academics who use their academic expertise and power to distort and do violence to people in the world”...

Multiple Students Injured When Roof Collapses During St. Patrick’s Day Party at U. Pittsburgh

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 15, 2025 3 Comments

“Everyone was having fun, and then no one was having fun.”...

Grounds for Expulsion Week in Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 15, 2025 4 Comments

Your weekly report on education news....

Feds Open Civil Rights Investigation Into Ithaca College Scholarships After Complaint by Equal Protection Project

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 14, 2025 3 Comments

The newly slimmed-down OCR takes action: "OCR will investigate the following legal issue: whether the College discriminates against students on the basis of race and/or color in violation of Title VI and its regulations by restricting access to the Scholarships based on race and/or color."...

Columbia Student ‘Involved in Activities Supporting Hamas’ Self-Deports

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 14, 2025 18 Comments

Ranjani Srinivasan, a national from India, used the CBP Home App to self-deport herself to Canada....

Johns Hopkins University Slashing More Than 2,000 Jobs Due to Trump Cuts at USAID

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 14, 2025 3 Comments

"It's the largest layoff in the university's history."...

Trump Admin Sends Letter to Columbia University Demanding Major Changes

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 14, 2025 21 Comments

"demanded that Columbia University make dramatic changes in student discipline and admissions before it would discuss lifting the cancellation of $400 million in government grants and contracts"...

Student Body at American U. Votes to Make School a ‘Sanctuary Campus’

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 14, 2025 6 Comments

"the student body will call on the university to protect the identities of undocumented students if persecuted by federal authorities, as well as banning ICE from school grounds"...

Students Suing U. Washington Over Covid Shutdown Reach Settlement for $4 Million

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 14, 2025 1 Comment

"Despite sending students home, transitioning to online instruction, and closing its campuses, the University of Washington continued to charge for tuition, and/or fees as if nothing changed"...