Criticizing Communism is Frowned Upon Week in Higher Education

MIKE LACHANCE AUG 15, 2020 8:00 AM

Higher education in America has gone so far to the left that criticizing Marxism is now problematic.

• Wright State Economics Professor Says School Restricting Enrollment In Course Critical of Marxism

Stepping out of line can even get you banned from campus.

• VIDEO: Fordham Student Banned From Campus Over Social Media Post Commemorating Tiananmen Square

Liking the current President of the United States is also a big no-no.

• University Student Faces Suspension and Fine for Using Image of Trump as Zoom Background
• College Backs Off Charges Against Student Who Used Image of Trump as Zoom Background

If you disagree, just keep your mouth shut.

• Poll Finds Republican College Students Expect to Self-Censor in Class This Fall to Avoid Upsetting Others
• Petition Demands Dartmouth College Punish Conservative Campus Newspaper

Meanwhile, anything the left wants is required.

• Carthage College to Require ‘Race History’ Course in Order to Graduate

The left sees no problem because it doesn’t affect them.

• Harvard Study Finds Leftist Profs Are Less Likely to See an Ideological Imbalance on Campus

On the bright side, higher ed is getting some much needed scrutiny.

• Justice Dept: Yale discriminates in admissions against Asian Americans and whites
• Republican Senators Propose Penalizing Public Colleges That Restrict Free Speech
• Federal Court Denies Effort by New York to Block New Title IX Regulations

Big update on Gibson’s vs. Oberlin.

• CBS News Feature About Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College Nominated for Emmy Award

Coronavirus is still making a mess of things.

• Returning Syracuse U. Students From Other States Quarantined in Dorms 23 Hours a Day for Two Weeks
• Loyola Freshman Learns On-Campus Living is Canceled Minutes Before Boarding Plane to Chicago
• Campus Workers Sue U. North Carolina System Over Coronavirus Fears, Citing Unsafe Conditions

Remember when college was fun?

• University Soccer Players Dismissed From Team for Organizing a Party

Who could have predicted such a thing?

• Students See Spike in Reported Violent Crime After U. Minnesota Cuts Ties to Minneapolis Police

Alrighty then.

• Students at University of Georgia Encouraged to Wear Masks During Sex

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