Running for Political Office Week in Higher Education

MIKE LACHANCE JAN 25, 2020 8:00 AM

A handful of people from the world of higher education have decided to join the world of politics.

• U. Mississippi Prof Running for Congress as a Democratic Socialist
• Academic Who Left China to Escape Socialism Now Running for Congress to Stop it in America
• University of Wyoming Prof to Run for U.S. Senate as a Democrat

The Democrats are mobilizing volunteers in a must-win state.

• Democrats Enlist College Students as Organizers in Wisconsin

The race for campaign funding seems a little lopsided.

• Study Finds Professors Donate to Democrats Over Republicans by Ratio of 95:1

Meanwhile on campus, it’s business as usual.

• Members of ‘Womxn’s’ March at Stanford U. Demand End to Rape Culture
• Women’s Studies Center at U. North Carolina-Wilmington Renamed for Gender Studies
• Harvard Hires ‘Associate Dean for Inclusion and Belonging’ After Long Search

News from the faculty lounge.

• Some Science Profs at Syracuse Not Interested in Campus-Wide Diversity Initiative
• Faculty and Staff at U. Minnesota to Undergo LGBT Pronoun Training
• Faculty at Ohio University Protests Cuts to Budget

Crime blotter.

• Ithaca College Student Arrested After Breaching White House Security Perimeter
• Former Drexel University Prof Accused of Spending $185,000 in Grant Money on Strippers, Sports Bars
• Former Stony Brook University Prof Pleads Guilty to Stealing Cancer Research Funds

That’s just crazy talk.

• Yale Profs Call on School to Strive for More Ideological Diversity

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