A Lack of Basic Skills Week in Higher Education

MIKE LACHANCE SEP 22, 2018 8:00 AM

Many colleges and universities now require things like diversity training while dropping the ball on the basics.

• Miami University in Ohio Rolls Out Mandatory Diversity Training Program
• Freshman Orientation at Columbia Includes Three Hour Identity Politics Workshop
• College Students Not Mailing Absentee Ballots Because They Don’t Know Where to Buy Stamps

Social justice is becoming more important than academics.

• Honors College at Boston U. Drops Western Canon in Favor of Social Justice Curriculum
• Feds Spend Over $1 Million Training Social Justice Math Teachers

This defies the narrative.

• Study Finds Diversity Officers Contribute Nothing Positive to a University

The left is judge and jury.

• Washington State Fraternity Accused of Cultural Appropriation at Fundraiser
• U. Michigan Hiring Student Facilitators to Run Anti-Racism Workshops
• Student Council Declares Ingredients in School Ice Cream Not Inclusive Enough

Trump on campus.

• UPenn Profs Launch ‘Media Awareness Initiatives’ Because Trump
• Student Claims School Covering Up Prof Who Shot Himself to Protest Trump

Harvard news.

• Harvard Would Pay Massive Endowment Tax Under Dem Nominee’s Plan
• Harvard University Awarding Colin Kaepernick With a Medal

Consequences?

• U. Wisconsin-Madison Introducing Policy to Punish Those Who Disrupt Free Speech

Spot on.

• Heather Mac Donald: Colleges Teach Students to See Bias Where It Doesn’t Exist

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