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Emmanuel College Prays for Donations in Massive Cash Shortage

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Posted by    Thursday, July 10, 2014 at 6:30pm

After some of the employees of Emmanuel College (a Pentecostal college in Georgia) concealed financial problems from the administration, the school has been left $1.5 million in debt. Now, it turns to the entire Pentecostal denomination, begging for donations to help save it from financial disaster.

Charlie Tyson has the story at...

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Redskins Game at UMN Could Cause Campus-wide Protests

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Posted by    Thursday, July 10, 2014 at 12:30pm

A blast from the past: the Redskins’ name is once again stirring up controversy. This time, it’s from Students at the University of Minnesota, who claim that the Redskins playing on campus would violate campus policies against racism and other forms of intolerance.

Here’s more from Andrew Desiderio at The College Fix:

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College Football Players at Northwestern Trying to Unionize

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Posted by    Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at 3:30pm

Northwestern University, supported by the NCAA and some Republican lawmakers, is pushing to reverse a recent decision by a regional director of the National Labor Relations Board which would allow their student athletes to unionize.

Jake New at Inside Higher Ed has the story.

NCAA, Republican lawmakers back Northwestern’s appeal of football...

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Freshmen Reading Lists Consist Exclusively of Liberal Books, Study Finds

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Posted by    Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at 12:30pm

It seems that the only diversity universities don’t care about is the only one that really matters: diversity of beliefs.

More from the College Fix:

Study Finds Zero Conservative Books, Many Liberal Ones, on Freshmen Reading Lists

Young America’s Foundation has surveyed ...

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Are Religious Universities Really Hostile to Reason and Skepticism?

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Posted by    Tuesday, July 8, 2014 at 12:30pm

Some professors, such as Peter Conn of the University of Pennsylvania, believe that religious universities should not be accredited because they “abandon the primacy of reason.” Alan Jacobs, a professor at Wheaton College in Illinois, begs to differ: In fact, he believes that religious universities can often offer even more by...

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President of UT Austin Told to Resign or be Fired

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Posted by    Monday, July 7, 2014 at 6:30pm

Bill Powers, President of the University of Texas at Austin, has reportedly been told to resign by Fransisco Cigarroa, the chancellor of the University of Texas system. Powers, a proponent of raising tuition rates and affirmative action, has frequently clashed with Governor Rick Perry, but was generally defended by UT regents,...

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Are Colleges Capable of Trying Sexual Assault Cases Fairly?

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Posted by    Monday, July 7, 2014 at 12:30pm

Some college attorneys think not — colleges not only lack the power to retrieve the necessary evidence for a trial, but also have been robbed of the ability to decide which cases are even worth trying.

The full story is from KC Johnson at Minding the Campus.

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FIRE Files Lawsuits Against First Amendment Violating Universities

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Posted by    Sunday, July 6, 2014 at 5:00pm

At least there’s somebody fighting for free speech on college campuses. FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, has recently announced that it has filed lawsuits against four universities whose campus policies violate the First Amendment.

Jace Gregory has the story at Accuracy in Academia.

FIRE Files Four Lawsuits

FIRE announced support today...

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University Changes Fight Song To Make It More Inclusive

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Posted by    Saturday, July 5, 2014 at 5:00pm

It seems that no tradition is safe from the political correctness brigade. And, apparently, even the word “man” can now offend — sorry — marginalize some people.

Jennifer Kabbany writes at the College Fix:

University Changes Fight Song to Make it More ‘Inclusive’ After Sexism Complaints

The University of Utah has agreed to change the lyrics to its...

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