The Opposite of Progress Week in Higher Education

MIKE LACHANCE AUG 29, 2020 8:00 AM

Remember the Civil Rights Movement? Do these NYU students?

• Student Group at NYU Demands Black-Only Student Housing on Campus

Remember the free speech movement? Does anyone in higher education?

• College Faces Backlash from Students and Alumni for Inviting Mike Pence to Speak
• Wisconsin Lutheran College Cancels Speech by Vice President Mike Pence

Black Lives Matter is quickly becoming an unquestionable force on campus.

• Skidmore College Students Demand Firing of Faculty Members Who Attended ‘Back the Blue’ Rally
• Photos of Retired White Male Profs Being Removed at Oklahoma U. as Response to BLM
• U. Southern Maine Allegedly Encourages Students to Pledge Support to BLM Movement

Campus parties are now taboo.

• 36 Students Suspended From Purdue University for Attending Off-Campus Party
• Northeastern U. Threatens Students Who Responded ‘Yes’ to Poll Asking if They Would Attend Parties
• Boston University to Suspend Students Who Attend Large Parties

Protests on the other hand…

• Students and Faculty at Temple University Protest In-Person Classes on First Day

Coronavirus has created a whole new set of rules.

• Ohio State University Suspends 228 Students for Violating Coronavirus Rules
• Cornell Students Petition for Expulsion of Freshman TikTok Star for Flouting Coronavirus Rules

More problems for Oberlin.

• Appeals Court Denies Oberlin College Rehearing, Expelled Male Student Discrimination Case Moves Forward

So many things are racist.

• Some Members of U.Texas-Austin Marching Band Refuse to Play ‘Eyes of Texas’ Claiming it’s Racist
• Prof Suggests the ‘Alien’ and ‘Predator’ Film Franchises Support Anti-Black Racism

Really?

• Ecology Profs Claim There are ‘Systems of Racial Oppression’ in Urban Wildlife

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