Progressive Economics Week in Education

MIKE LACHANCE AUG 6, 2022 8:00 AM

We may have a serious problem with basic economic knowledge in this country.

• Whoopi Goldberg: Student Debt is the Reason People Can’t Pay for Gas or Food
• Student Newspaper Columnist Complains About Effects of Inflation on ‘Menstruators’
• California School District Pays $20K for ‘Woke Kindergarten’ Consultant

Critical Race Theory is another big problem.

• “Medical schools are actually worse than higher ed in general when it comes to CRT”
• U. of Wisconsin-Madison Faces Backlash Over New Chancellor’s Pro-CRT Views

Everything is framed through the lens of progressive politics.

• Northwestern Requiring Literature Majors to Take Diversity Courses But Not English, American Literature Survey Courses
• Stanford Safety Board Focuses on Equity as Crime Rises Around Campus

There is not a single place that is immune to this.

• The Battle Over Wokeness in Higher Ed is Hitting Conservative Colleges Too
• West Point Alum Warns the School is Going Woke

Abortion is going to be a hot topic on campus this year.

• Vanderbilt University Establishes Task Force to Study ‘Impact of Statewide Abortion Ban’
• UC-San Francisco Medical Prof Aims to Create a Floating Abortion Clinic

This is crazy.

• Jewish Student Sues Leeds University, Alleging She Got Failing Grade for Being Too Sympathetic to Israel

How inconvenient for the left.

• Findings of Harvard Study Conflict With Liberal Narrative of January 6th Riot

Good for her.

• RI Mom Nicole Solas Sues School District Over Secret Meetings

When does this get resolved?

• Oberlin College Still Refusing to Pay Verdict to Gibson’s Bakery

Probably the right decision.

• Prof Who Was Suspended After Ranting at Students Settles With University and Retires

Really?

• University in the UK Puts Trigger Warning on 800 Year-Old Religious Text

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