Perhaps American colleges and universities should just remove all statues from campus. It seems as though no one is acceptable enough to have a monument.
The Washington Times reports:
Gandhi statue under fire at Fresno State
Officials at California State University-Fresno are facing increasing pressure to remove a statue on campus depicting the late...
The school says this is about the difficulty of scheduling tests due to the Coronavirus, but one has to wonder if it isn’t also about loosening requirements due to worries about low enrollment.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune reports:
University of Minnesota...
It looks like the racism accusation is just being used to silence a critic. This is a common tactic of the left.
The College Fix reports:
Stanford Daily refuses to run College Republican’s op-ed, accuses it of ‘anti-blackness’
Stanford University’s student-run newspaper, The Stanford Daily, refused to publish an opinion piece written by Stephen...
Back in 2016, Harvard essentially banned membership in single-sex clubs for students. They enforced this policy by barring non-compliant students from leadership positions in sports and other campus activities, and by restricting access to certain scholarships.
The school has now ended the policy.
The school was accused of not accounting for the way it used some federal grant money. It was a pretty expensive mistake.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports:
University of Virginia to pay $1 million in settlement with U.S. government
Authorities said Tuesday that the University of Virginia has agreed to pay $1 million to settle...
This is good news but it’s stunning that this was ever even a question.
Campus Reform reports:
UW-Madison says Abraham Lincoln statue will stay
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has opted not to remove its Abraham Lincoln statue, despite student protests of the 16th president.
“The university continues to support the Abraham Lincoln statue on our...
Student activists have been trying to remove this statue for years. The school finally caved and agreed to move it to another location on campus, but that’s not good enough for the students.
The College Fix reports:
Hofstra U. relocates Thomas Jefferson statue, student activists remain unsatisfied
Hofstra University has finally buckled to student...
Oberlin College has filed its Brief appealing the $11 million compensatory and $33 million punitive damage verdicts (later reduced to $25 million under Ohio tort reform caps) won by Gibson’s Bakery. The Bakery also has filed its Cross-Appeal Brief seeking reinstatement of the full punitive damages verdict.
College and university presidents should be deeply concerned about this. Online classes amid the pandemic affected public opinion about the cost and value of higher education.
Inside Higher Ed reports:
Presidents’ Growing Worry? Perceived Value of College
As Inside Higher Ed has surveyed college and university presidents several times over the course of this...
The school is anticipating a budget shortfall of over a quarter of a billion dollars.
Mass Live reports:
Boston University to furlough or lay off 250 employees amid economic fallout from coronavirus pandemic
Boston University says it is laying off or furloughing 250 employees amid the continued economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
The cuts...
It has come to this. Supporting the police is unacceptable for student leaders. Absolute madness.
The College Fix reports:
Incoming student government president under fire for participating in pro-police march
Marilyn Lambert believes #PoliceLivesMatter, and she isn’t afraid to say it publicly.
For that perceived sin, the incoming student government president at the College of...
It has been a while since we wrote about the case of John Doe No. 1 against Oberlin College. (Because there now is a second John Doe case against Oberlin College, we are now referring to this case as John Doe No. 1.)
This is due to the Coronavirus crisis and the plan is for these layoffs to be temporary.
WBUR reports:
UMass Lowell Cuts 100 Jobs — For Now
UMass Lowell, the second-largest public university in Massachusetts, will lay off about 100 members of staff.
University officials said the cuts to personnel — which are now deemed...
This isn’t surprising but one has to wonder how George Washington would feel about it.
Professor Jonathan Turley writes at his blog:
George Washington University Declares Support For D.C. Statehood
George Washington University President Thomas LeBlanc surpr...
#CancelYale has been trending on Twitter for a couple of weeks. It was mainly pushed by conservatives, but the sentiment behind it is real, given Elihu Yale’s involvement in the slave trade. Yale isn’t interested.
From the Yale Daily News:
“Cancel Yale”? Not likely.
Amid nationwide calls to remove symbols with ties to racist...
If this happens, Yale will come under increasing pressure to do the same.
WSLS News reports:
Washington & Lee University potential name change draws criticism from former president’s descendant
A woman with ties to Washington & Lee University’s founding is not happy about the recent name change proposal.
“I’m very angry,” said Tina Tabor, who...
The conservative group is the Federalist Society. This is a glimpse of what’s coming. The left wants to redefine reality to label all forms of conservatism as toxic and unacceptable.
Campus Reform reports:
University apologizes for highlighting conservative group after students insist it’s ‘racist,’ ‘sexist,’ ‘fascist’
A student group that seeks to “preserve freedom”...
