It’s about time someone did, right?
The College Fix reports.
Brown University, Claremont McKenna College join U. Chicago in defending of free speech
Two universities have joined the University of Chicago in defending the importance of free speech and of students being exposed to different points of view.
As noted by Reason’s Robby Soave, Claremont...
There’s obviously still a lot of pain and anger over this situation.
Inside Higher Ed reports.
Outrage on Penn State Plan to Honor Paterno
Word spread Thursday that Pennsylvania State University plans to honor the 50th anniversary of Joe Paterno becoming head football coach — and outrage spread too.
While Paterno was highly successful on...
What if you held a protest and no one showed up?
The College Fix reports.
‘Take Back The Women’s Study Lounge’ sit-in at Michigan State sparsely attended
It appears outrage over the recent decision at Michigan State University to open a 91-year-old women’s-only study lounge to men as well — in compliance with Title...
FIRE is making a real effort to defend the free speech rights of college students.
From their blog.
Is Your School Censoring Your Speech? Think About Making a Federal Case Out of It.
During the summer, many college administrators take advantage of the relative quiet to work on revising their policies. Sometimes the results...
Ever since the University of Chicago denounced safe spaces, other schools have doubled down on them.
The Daily Caller reports.
Duke Jumps On The PC Bandwagon, Announces Student Safe Space
Duke University students will soon be able to take refuge from the harsh reality of the world in the new “Sanford Safe Space.”
A former...
The school has also apologized for a connection to slavery in its past.
CBS in Washington DC reports.
Georgetown to Give Slave Descendants Priority for Admission
Georgetown University will give preference in admissions to the descendants of slaves owned by the Maryland Jesuits as part of its effort to atone for profiting from the...
The student senate at the University of Illinois has made it clear that they won’t tolerate intolerance.
Campus Reform reports.
U of I Senate wants ‘substantial consequences’ for ‘intolerance’
The University of Illinois Student Senate is seeking to impose “substantial consequences” on students and organizations that engage in insensitive behavior.
“Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan...
What a classy way for a professor to express himself.
The Extract reports.
College professor compares Republicans to ‘thugs’ in vicious letter to local GOP organizer
When a local GOP leader attempted to reach out to Pennsylvania’s Moravian College in hopes of recruiting some political science students, he received a bitter — and some...
If only we had a thousand or two more like this professor.
Al.com reports.
Auburn University professor issues sarcastic trigger warning making fun of ‘silly’ trend
One Auburn University engineering professor has brought the national debate over trigger warnings into the classroom by posting a sarcastic warning near the top of the syllabus for...
Shut up, they explained.
That’s what this is all about. Shut up and do as you’re told.
Campus Reform reports.
Rutgers: to avoid microaggressions, only speak when ‘necessary’
Students in at least one Rutgers University residence hall are being encouraged to use only language that is “helpful” and “necessary” to avoid committing microaggressions.
The display, photos...
Some college endowments reach into the billions and because they’re non-profits they get tax breaks.
Minding the Campus notes that endowments are becoming political targets.
Top College Endowments Are Political Targets Now
One of the pillars of our education establishment, The Education Trust, recently published a report meant to pressure colleges and universities with...
Remember the old days when college professors encouraged debate? They don’t.
The College Fix reports.
Professors tell students: Drop class if you dispute man-made climate change
‘We will not, at any time, debate the science of climate change’
Three professors co-teaching an online course called “Medical Humanities in the Digital Age” at the University of...
This isn’t the sort of superlative most school officials would want to receive.
ABC News reports.
University of Wisconsin-Madison Is Top Party School in US
University of Wisconsin-Madison leaders are chafing under a state-imposed tuition freeze and the football team didn’t crack the Top 25 prese...
This is the exact opposite of what the University of Chicago is doing.
FOX News reports.
Stanford sets up official ‘safe space’ where students can go to ‘heal’
While the University of Chicago works to eliminate the concept of a “safe space” from its campus, other schools are wholeheartedly embracing the concept of walling...
Can you imagine the atmosphere in a ‘social justice’ themed dorm? Laughs galore, for sure.
Campus Reform reports.
Progressive UND students get social justice-themed housing option
The University of North Dakota (UND) is offering students the chance to live in a specialized housing community dedicated entirely to social justice.
The Social Justice Living-Learning Community is...
People who survive shooting incidents often become gun rights supporters.
The College Fix reports.
Virginia Tech student who lived through massacre defends campus carry at UT-Austin debate
Texas state capitol is full of guns – and heated debate
Following Wednesday’s unprecedented protest involving...
Mizzou is still paying the price for the campus protests last fall.
CBS St. Louis reports.
Enrollment Up at Other Missouri Universities as Mizzou Drops
While the University of Missouri is dealing with a sharp drop in enrollment this fall, many other four-year universities in the state reported an increase in the number of...
In a new video from Prager University, Dennis Prager imagines a school that rejects identity politics and embraces the idea that all of the students are Americans first.
It’s amazing that this seems like a radical idea today.
Here’s more information:
If every high school principal said this, it...
Does anyone want to bet that the ‘shame list’ doesn’t include any Muslim schools?
Campus Reform reports.
LGBT group releases ‘shame list’ of religious colleges
A leading LGBTQ non-profit has released a “shame list” of more than 100 schools whose religious affiliations apparently make them “the absolute worst campuses for LGBTQ youth.”
Indeed, the list...
The rules don’t apply to progressive students because they’re doing “good.”
The College Fix reports.
Anti-gun dildo protest at UT-Austin is ‘sexual harassment’ according to federal definition
The federal government should be descending on the University of Texas-Austin any day now to investigate the school’s response to hordes of students who practiced blatant “sexual harassment.”
That’s because...
This makes perfect sense since social justice warriors invented safe spaces.
Heat Street reports.
Social Justice Warriors Freak Out Over UChicago Dean’s ‘No Safe Spaces’ Stance
Social justice warriors at the University of Chicago and across the Internet are awash in despair after the school’s dean declared in a letter to incoming freshmen that...
The criticism got so bad the school deleted a page on its website devoted to alcohol safety.
The Daily Caller reports.
Stanford Deletes Alcohol Safety Page After It’s Denounced As Sexist
Stanford University has deleted a page warning women about the dangers of alcohol after critics complained the page was sexist and patronizing, and...
