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Harvard Law School Refuses to Reschedule Exams for “Traumatized” Students

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Posted by    Thursday, December 11, 2014 at 9:30am

It took a Harvard lawyer to finally cut through all this BS.

Greg Piper at The College Fix reports:

Harvard law dean blows off ‘traumatized’ students who demand postponed exams

Harvard law students who are too “traumatized” to take their final exams on time aren’t getting full sympathy from the dean of students, the ...

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Smith College President Apologizes for Saying “All Lives Matter” Instead of “Black Lives Matter”

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Posted by    Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at 3:30pm

Even the subject line in an email can get today’s students all in a tizzy.

Jennifer Kabbany at The College Fix reports:

College president apologizes for saying ‘All Lives Matter’

Smith College President Kathleen McCartney has apologized for using the term “All Lives Matter” as the subject line in a campuswide email she sent...

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After Rolling Stone Retraction, More Campus Rape Stories Fall Apart Under Scrutiny

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Posted by    Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at 9:30am

Have we finally reached the point where we can think critically about this “rape epidemic”?

Jennifer Kabbany at The College Fix has the story:

More campus rapes questioned, scrutinized – fall apart

The crumbling of the Rolling Stone University of Virginia rape story isn’t the only sexual assault claim taking hits.

On Monday, “Barry the Republican”...

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Notre Dame to Offer Six Week “White Privilege Seminar”

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Posted by    Monday, December 8, 2014 at 12:30pm

One student calls it “an opportunity to bias students towards the shaming of one culture and ethnicity.”

Samantha Audia at The College Fix has the story:

Notre Dame ‘white privilege’ class promises ‘personal transformation’

Next semester, Notre Dame will offer a class that aims to help students acknowledge...

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Mathematician Takes Issue With Common Core

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Posted by    Sunday, December 7, 2014 at 11:00am

I’m pretty sure everyone but the creators of Common Core recognizes that Common Core promotes mediocre standards at best.

Malcolm A. Kline at Accuracy in Academia has the story:

Mathematically Challenged Common Core

The roster of actual mathematicians taking issue with the math in Common Core grows. “In mathematics, mastery of several calculation skills...

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According to Students at Brown ‘Faculty Whiteness’ is a Problem

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Posted by    Sunday, December 7, 2014 at 8:00am

Just imagine the reactions to a headline like “Faculty Blackness Complicates the Classroom.”

Dave Huber at The College Fix has the story:

Faculty ‘whiteness’ a problem at Brown

Is a racially diverse faculty is a necessary requirement for a good college education?

The Brown Daily Herald apparently believes so, with its story “Faculty Whiteness Complicates...

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Satirical Poet at GMU Receives Rape and Death Threats from Ferguson Protesters

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Posted by    Saturday, December 6, 2014 at 11:00am

“But rape and death threats are okay if we’re the ones making them!”

Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:

Ferguson protesters make rape and death threats against satirical poet at GMU

Let’s see if the Gamergate critics get worked up over this particular example of

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College That Restricted Student Free Speech Now Under Court Supervision

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Posted by    Friday, December 5, 2014 at 12:30pm

Another win for the folks back at FIRE.

Greg Piper at The College Fix has the story:

College that squelched student speech under court supervision for a year

Citrus College in California settled a lawsuit with the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education filed on behalf of a student who was stopped from collecting...

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Oklahoma Schools Forced to Scrap Elective Literature Course Focusing on the Bible

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Posted by    Friday, December 5, 2014 at 9:30am

You can’t even read the Bible as literature in schools these days.

Oklahoma Schools ditch Bible Elective Curriculum after Pressure

It may be the Good Book, but it’s getting a bad rap in Oklahoma. Just months after being the first district to adopt a new Bible as literature curriculum, the Mustang School D...

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Will Rape Hysteria on College Campuses Lead to More Chastity?

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Posted by    Thursday, December 4, 2014 at 3:30pm

Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix proposes that because of the new “yes means yes” policies, the best way out of false accusations for men is to just be chaste:

Campus rape hysteria’s upside

A return to modesty 

Under these new “yes means yes” campus sex policies, pretty much all hookups among college students...

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College Students Protesting Ferguson Ignore Real Problems Facing the Black Community

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Posted by    Thursday, December 4, 2014 at 9:30am

Ryan Shinkel at The College Fix argues that the main problem facing the black community is not police brutality, but “the catastrophic state of black family life”:

College students ignore real tragedy facing black community

After a grand jury recently decided not to indict officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of Michael Brown,...

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Ferguson ‘Reactions’ Discussion at University of Michigan Filled With Mostly White People

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Posted by    Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at 9:30am

Can anybody say white savior complex?

Mariana Barillas at The College Fix has the story:

Mostly white students come to Ferguson ‘reactions’ discussion at UM-Flint

The University of Michigan-Flint offered its students a place to “share your reactions” to the grand jury’s decision not to indict Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson, who is...

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Study Finds Further Decline of Jobs in English and Foreign Languages

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Posted by    Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 9:30am

“That’s surprising!” said absolutely no one.

Scott Jaschik at Inside Higher Ed has the story:

Another decline in jobs in English and foreign languages

The 2013-14 academic year saw a decline in faculty openings in English and foreign languages, according to an analysis released by the Modern Language Association. The drop was 8.4 percent...

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Colorado High School Students Not Allowed to Pray During Free Time

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Posted by    Monday, December 1, 2014 at 3:30pm

According to Assistant Principal James Lucas of Pine Creek High School in Colorado, “separation of church and state” prohibits students from meeting and praying during their free time.

Mairead McArdle at TheCollege Fix has the story:

Colorado school lets students text but not pray during free time, lawsuit says

Depose students and teachers to...

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San Diego State Offers Course Teaching History and Culture Through Star Trek

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Posted by    Monday, December 1, 2014 at 12:30pm

Finally, a course on science fiction that makes itself relevant to the real world.

Dave Huber at The College Fix interviews Professor John Putnam from San Diego State University:

Learning history and culture via Star Trek

Meet Professor John Putman — he teaches “

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Starting 2015, University of Missouri Health Care Will Refuse to Hire Smokers

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Posted by    Sunday, November 30, 2014 at 11:00am

To be fair, it does make sense, and it’s their right to do so as an employer.

Amanda LaBrot of KOMU 8 reports:

MU Health Care won’t hire smokers starting in 2015

MU Health Care announced it won’t hire smokers starting on Jan.1, 2015.

The new nicotine-free hiring policy exempts current employees, but all new...

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Texas A&M to Revive Journalism, Bring Objectivity Back

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Posted by    Sunday, November 30, 2014 at 8:00am

It’s about time: most of today’s media is heavily biased one way or the other, and it’ll be nice to see some unbiased news sources popping up.

Don Irvine at Accuracy in Academia has the story:

Texas A&M to Teach Aspiring Journalists How to “Put Bias Aside”

Ten ye...

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Duke Sociologist Claims America is Still Racist, Even “Without Racists”

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Posted by    Saturday, November 29, 2014 at 8:00am

Or, in other words, “You’re racist, even if you don’t actually do racist things.”

Dave Huber at The College Fix has the story:

Duke sociologist: ‘Racism without racists’ today in America

Duke University sociologist Eduardo Bonilla-Silva says today’s racism is fomented without the use of actual racists. Or something like that.

He’s also written a...

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Ohio U. Students Petition to Ban Fraternity Based on Anonymous Social Media

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Posted by    Friday, November 28, 2014 at 9:30am

That sounds like solid evidence that would totally hold up in a court of law to me!

Dave Huber at The college Fix has the story:

Ohio University students: Ban frat based on anonymous social media

Hmm. The university where a senior journalism major wants to ban anonymous social media like Yik Yak now...

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Brigham Young University Cracks Down on Beards

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Posted by    Thursday, November 27, 2014 at 12:30pm

Some students are seeing their “beard passes” revoked, and those who managed to keep them are being required to wear the passes on a lanyard around their neck.

Greg Piper at The College Fix reports:

BYU refuses to renew ‘beard passes’ for some students in claimed crackdown

Update on our summer story about the...

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UC-Davis Caves Over Sexual Assault Training Materials

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Posted by    Thursday, November 27, 2014 at 9:30am

It only took two weeks.

Greg Piper at the College Fix has the story:

UC-Davis quickly caves when challenged about sexual-assault training coercion

That was fast: Less than two weeks after the University of California-Davis defended its sexual-assault training materials that require students to agree that certain words and phrases (“pimp,” “slut”) are “problematic,”...

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Research Determines That Parental Involvement Is Good For High Schoolers

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Posted by    Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at 3:30pm

I, for one, am absolutely flabbergasted by the idea that parents being involved in their children’s lives is beneficial.

Dave Huber at The College Fix reports:

Who knew? Parental involvement good for high schoolers

University of Pittsburgh researchers have done some research — and they’ve concluded that “parents should have strong relationships with their...

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