This happens as a Yale professor claims Trump’s response to the pandemic is ‘close to genocide.’
The College Fix reports:
Taiwanese professor forced to apologize for using term ‘Wuhan virus’
A professor at Taiwan’s Chun Yuan Christian Univers...
Taiwanese Prof Forced to Apologize for Using Term ‘Wuhan Virus’
Yale Professor Claims Trump Response to Coronavirus Pandemic is ‘Close to Genocide’
Dr. Gregg Gonsalves is a professor of epidemiology at Yale University. He recently suggested on social media that Trump’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic is “close to genocide.”
This is Alex Jones level rhetoric, coming from an Ivy League professor.
Duke University to Suspend Contributions to Employee Retirement Funds
This just goes to show the crisis is affecting schools large and small. Everyone is feeling the pain.
The Duke Chronicle reports:
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Georgetown Gives Grad Student Union Members a Raise After Receiving Stimulus Cash
Millions of Americans are out of work but Georgetown is handing out raises. The optics of this are terrible.
Campus Reform reports:
Georgetown gives raises after getting millions in coronavirus aid
People around the country have experienced job loss by the millions as the coronavirus continues to loom over the nation. In April alone,...
Coronavirus Crisis Could Present New Challenges for Free Speech on Campus
This is bad news because free speech on campus was already an ongoing issue before the pandemic.
The College Fix reports:
Campus officials may use COVID-19 as cover for restricting free speech, activists say
Colleges might use the coronavirus pandemic to excuse censorship against conservatives when students return to college campuses in the fall,...
Northwestern U. Furloughs 250 Workers and Plans Cuts Due to Budget Shortfall
The school has even stopped contributing to retirement funds for employees. Wow.
CBS News Chicago reports:
Northwestern University Furloughs 250 Workers Amid Budget Shortfall
Northwestern University has furloughed 250 workers and suspended contributions to employee retirement funds as it reports a $90 million budget shortfall due to the coronavirus pandemic, officials announced Monday.
The university...
U. Arkansas Prof Arrested for Alleged Wire Fraud and Failing to Disclose Ties to Chinese Government
There is going to be a crackdown on this sort of thing. It has been going on for a few months already. This professor is facing 20 years in prison, if guilty.
FOX News reports:
Arkansas professor allegedly hid China ties to secure NASA grant money
A University of Arkansas engineering professor was charged...
Dan Crenshaw: Maybe College Students Will Laugh at Microaggressions After Pandemic
Crenshaw is suggesting that after students have lived through a real crisis, maybe they’ll drop all the SJW stuff. Not likely.
Breitbart reports:
Dan Crenshaw: After Coronavirus, College Kids Might Laugh at Microaggressions
“Maybe college kids will go to school next year and laugh at the idea of microaggressions, because maybe they actually lived...
‘Female-Only’ Programs in Education Are Coming Under Increasing Scrutiny
You can’t say you want ‘equality’ and then advance programs for women only. More and more people are noticing this reality.
From Real Clear Investigations:
The Growing B...
Prof Wins Free Speech Victory After College Panicked About Test Questions on Islamic Terrorism
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education got involved here and helped make the difference.
From the FIRE blog:
VICTORY: Chancellor affirms professor’s academic freedom after Arizona college panicked over test questions about Islamic terrorism
Scottsdale Community College’s mishandling of a professor’s academic freedom drew an apology from the district’s interim chancellor Monday, just...
Higher Education in America Added More Than Half a Million Administrators From 1987 to 2012
This is one of the most obvious reasons for the massive increases in the cost of college tuition.
From the Heritage Foundation:
Why College Costs Are Out of Control
American colleges and universities are failing in one of their most basic missions: to equip students with the tools they need for a career.
Many students...
Model Predicts Up to a Third of Private Four-Year Colleges Are Now at High Risk Financially
Many schools in the United States were already at risk, but the Coronavirus crisis has thrown everything into high gear.
WBUR reports:
One Third Of Private 4-Year Colleges Are At High Risk Financially, Model Predicts
A model developed by Boston startup Edmit finds that more than a third of private four-year colleges in the...
UVA President Unsure What College Football Season Will Look Like This Year
College football fans might be disappointed this fall. No one seems to know at this point how the season will proceed, if it even does at all.
NBC Sports Washington reports:
UVA president Jim Ryan thinks if there is a college football season, it won’t be a normal one
In the midst of the...
Professor Jonathan Turley Corrects Obama About ‘Precedent’ in Michael Flynn Case
In Obama’s recent ‘leaked’ phone call, he claimed that there is no precedent for someone charged with perjury getting off scot-free.
In a thread on Twitter, Professor Jonathan Turley of George Washington University offered a free lesson on the subject. See below:
President Obama is being quoted on Flynn, saying “There is no...
Colleges and Universities in New Jersey Hit Hard by Coronavirus Crisis
When it comes to the states, few have been hit as hard by this crisis as New Jersey.
Inside Higher Ed reports:
Pandemic in N.J. ‘Unlike Anything’ Before
New Jersey has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic.
The state has had the second highest number of deaths caused by the virus. The shutdown has...
Ohio State to Pay Over $40 Million to Settle Suits From Students Who Claimed Abuse by School Doctor
This relates to the high profile case of alleged abuses by Dr. Richard Strauss who killed himself in 2005.
NBC News reports:
Ohio St...
University of California May Not ‘Fully’ Reopen in the Fall
The university probably isn’t getting much pressure from the governor’s office.
The College Fix reports:
Report: University of California will not be ‘fully’ open in the fall
The University of California...
