Tyranny and T-Shirts Week at College Insurrection

MIKE LACHANCE JUN 27, 2015 8:30 AM

Academia may have lost its sense of humor but we still have freedom of speech.

• Student Advocacy Group Scores Major Win at Ohio University With Help From FIRE

Then again, maybe we don’t have free speech.

• Prof Who Criticized Hamas is Vilified by His University
• Crazy Speech Codes are all the Rage at the University of California
• Campus Speech Codes Causing Political Disengagement Among Some Millennials

The Charleston shooting was in higher education news this week.

• Report Says Dylann Roof Planned to Attack a College
• Employees of Two Colleges Among Those Killed in Charleston Attack
• U. of Texas Considers Removing Vandalized Statues of Confederate Generals

And it produced the hottest of hot takes.

• U. Michigan Prof Blames ‘Right Wing Jews’ for Charleston Shooting
• U. Maryland Prof Blames “American Sniper” for Charleston Shooting
• Prof Suggests Charleston Killer Won’t be Called a Terrorist Because He’s White

Here’s an update from the Gender Studies department.

• Women’s Studies Prof Calls for ‘Men Control’
• Student Recruited for Harvard Women’s Swim Team Changes Gender
• Indian Law School Uses ‘Mx’ For Students Who Don’t Identify as ‘Mr.’ or ‘Ms.’

And now, a lesson in finance.

• Prager University – Should Government Bail Out Big Banks?

Higher ed bubble update.

• Universities Across Alabama Raising Tuition
• Students Try to Save Small Massachusetts College From Closure
• Green River College Faculty Union Embroiled in Bitter Battle Over Budget Cuts

One college might have escaped.

• Sweet Briar Saved as Settlement is Reached
• Sweet Briar College Lives to Educate Another Day
• Loyal Alumni Make it Difficult for Colleges to Close

Compare and contrast.

• Either the College Board is Lying or the SAT is 30 Percent Too Long
• After Administering the Test with Bad Instructions, College Board Will Offer SAT for Free

All leftism, all the time.

• Columbia University Divests From Prisons
• Outstanding California Teacher Suspended for Reading Huck Finn Aloud in Class
• Some Marquette Faculty Members Protest Covering of Banner Dedicated to Cop Killer

Did you know you can do this without paying $60,000 per year in tuition?

• University of Pennsylvania Students Watched Porn and Surfed the Web for Academic Credit

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