Identity Politics Week in Higher Education

MIKE LACHANCE JUN 2, 2018 8:00 AM

Professor Brett Weinstein, formerly of Evergreen State, is a progressive but is not a fan of identity politics.

• Former Evergreen Prof Bret Weinstein a Year Later: Identity Politics a Danger for Country

Academia has become a hotbed for tribalism.

• Prof Who Vandalized Home of NRA Official Fined $500
• NYU Scholar Compares American National Anthem to Nazi Salute
• Wesleyan U. President Laments Trump’s ‘Degradation Of Our Culture’

Almost exclusively for the left.

• Professor’s New Book Advocates for ‘Marxist and Socialist Ideas’ in Education
• Prof Calls NRA ‘Terrorists’ and Brags About Having Tenure
• Large Percentage of Republicans at Harvard are Self-Censoring in the Classroom

Power of the press.

• Conservative Student Journalists Sue University in Illinois
• Public University Restores Funding for Student Newspaper After Cries of Censorship

How is this sustainable?

• University of Michigan’s Diversity Staff Has Almost 100 Full-Time Employees

It’s all about activism.

• Student: Women’s Studies at Georgetown Emphasizes Activism Over Academics
• Marygrove College to Offer Masters Degree in Social Justice
• University Holds ‘Social Justice Summit’ for Educators

Of course…

• College Students in California Rally to Demand Free Abortion on Campus

Is there any wonder why?

• Dartmouth to Spend $17 Million on Increased Mental Health Services

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