Systemic Stupidity Week in Higher Education

MIKE LACHANCE SEP 19, 2020 8:00 AM

Are you getting a sense that some of the leaders in higher education are not as smart as they would have us think?

• Princeton President Says School is Racist, Education Department Believes Him and Opens Investigation
• Grad Student Who Lied About Being Black Resigns From Teaching Position
• College President Apologizes After Campus Crime Alert Includes ‘Black’ in Suspect Description

It seems like everyone is just obsessed with race.

• Graduate English Program at U. Chicago to Only Accept ‘Black Studies’ Applicants This Year
• College Students Getting Punished Left and Right for Criticizing Black Lives Matter
• Staffer at Berry College Placed on Leave for Denying That ‘Systematic Racism’ Exists

Good luck if you have the ‘wrong’ views.

• Student Senator at Florida State U. Says He Was Removed for Holding Traditional Catholic Views
• VP of College Democrats at U. North Texas Encourages Freshmen to Join Antifa
• Prof Rails Against White Christians Who Deny Climate Change Amid Wildfires

George Orwell would be proud.

• Harvard Encourages Students to Inform on Peers Who Fail to Practice Social Distancing
• Notre Dame Hires Private Security to Make Sure Quarantined Students Don’t Leave Home

Blatant political favoritism.

• Pete Buttigieg’s Husband Chosen for Harvard Institute of Politics Fellowship Despite Lack of Experience

Speaking of politics.

• Higher Education Employees Donate Over Fives Times More to Biden Than Trump
• VIDEO: SUNY-Suffolk Prof Caught on Camera Advising Students Not to Vote for Trump

Justice.

• UCLA Reinstates Prof Suspended for Refusing to Change Exam or Grades for Black Students

So dumb.

• Columbia University Marching Band Dissolves After Accusing Itself of Racism and Sexism

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