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Imperial College London Urges Students to Have ‘Hard Conversations’ With Friends and Family Who Deny White Privilege

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 01, 2023 10 Comments

"If you have friends or family who take a different stance on these issues, now is the time to have a hard conversation with them and ask them to rethink their views."...

West Point To Remove Robert E. Lee Portrait and Other Confederate Artifacts

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 01, 2023 12 Comments

"Lee served as West Point superintendent for several years prior to the Civil War."...

Yale ‘Happiness Prof’ Warns That Capitalism is Destroying Students With Anxiety

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 31, 2022 12 Comments

"There’s an enormous culture around us of capitalism that’s telling us to buy things and a hustle-achievement culture that destroys my students in terms of anxiety" ...

MIT Faculty Adopts Resolution That Protects Free Expression Including Offensive Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 31, 2022 3 Comments

“We cannot prohibit speech that some experience as offensive or injurious” ...

Diversity Equity and Destruction Week in Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 31, 2022 0 Comments

Your weekly report on education news....

Appeals Court Upholds Florida High School “Separating School Bathrooms Based on Biological Sex”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 30, 2022 57 Comments

11th Circuit en banc finds St John's County, Florida, transgender bathroom policy lawful: "separating school bathrooms based on biological sex passes constitutional muster and comports with Title IX."...

28-Year-Old Suspect Arrested in Murders of Four University of Idaho Students

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 30, 2022 31 Comments

Police arrested Bryan Christopher Kohlberger, 28, in Scranton, PA....

U. Utah Terminates Recognition of Kappa Sigma Fraternity Over Policy Violations

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 30, 2022 4 Comments

"faced sexual assault allegations earlier this year, was reportedly placed on an additional administrative suspension for hazing allegations"...

University Declines to Renew Art Prof’s Contract After He Showed Images of the Prophet Muhammad

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 30, 2022 2 Comments

"It is considered by scholars, curators and art collectors a masterpiece of Persian manuscript painting … often taught in Islamic art history classes at universities across the world"...