College Insurrection Tag

Nikole Hannah-Jones Refuses to Start New Job at UNC-Chapel Hill Unless She Gets Tenure

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 24, 2021 21 Comments

“will not take the position without tenure.”...

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Miss New Jersey Contestant Slams Campus Censorship on Stage

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 23, 2021 18 Comments

“The mere words ‘I’m offended’ are now being used as an excuse to silence students, fire professors and cancel people simply because they do not know the popular line of thought."...

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Sen. Josh Hawley Calls Critical Race Theory ‘State Sanctioned Racism’

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 23, 2021 15 Comments

Republican Missouri Senator Josh Hawley called out Critical Race Theory as divisive and un-American on the Senate floor on Tuesday morning. Hawley drew on his own experience in higher education. He worked as an associate professor at the University of Missouri School of Law at one point.

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U. of Oklahoma Instructors Receive Training on How to Censor, Indoctrinate Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 23, 2021 21 Comments

Explosive recordings obtained by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) show how higher education continues to censor and indoctrinate students. This is another example of political bias on college campuses. Students are being told what to think and what not to think.

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Study: Majority of Liberal College Students Prefer Socialism, Not Proud to be From U.S.

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 23, 2021 4 Comments

"We don’t know why college students answered in this way"...

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STEM Scholarship at Technical College Allegedly Discriminates Against White Men

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 23, 2021 3 Comments

"You must be a resident of Racine County — and not a white male whose family made over $50,000 last year."...

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“Parents Will Prevail” – Rhode Island Mom Nicole Solas Reacts To Resignation of Pro-Critical Race School Board Member Who Smeared Her

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 23, 2021 27 Comments

South Kingstown (RI) School Committee Chair Emily Cummiskey resigns. Solas: "I am still owed a public apology and retraction but Cummiskey's resignation sends a new message: parents will prevail. Retaliation against parents seeking information about their child's education will backfire...

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Astronomy Course at Cornell Draws Connection Between Black Holes and Racial Blackness

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 23, 2021 20 Comments

"Conventional wisdom would have it that the 'black' in black holes has nothing to do with race."...

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Critical Race Theory: Loudoun County School Board Meeting Erupts

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 23, 2021 46 Comments

“We came here to dissent, and this is our house, we’re going to dissent.”...

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Monmouth University Requiring Masks Next Fall, Even for Vaccinated Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 22, 2021 5 Comments

"in all classrooms, labs, and libraries"...

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Bard College Program Declared ‘Undesirable Threat’ by Russia

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 22, 2021 2 Comments

"Following the examination of materials, received on June 21, the Prosecutor General’s Office decided to recognize the Bard College foreign-based educational NGO undesirable on the Russian territory"...

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Virginia Military Institute Contemplates Adding Racial Sensitivity Training

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 22, 2021 4 Comments

"If VMI refuses to think critically about its past and present, and to confront how racial and ethnic minorities and women experience VMI, it will remain a school for white men"...

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CRT Battlefront: Rhode Island School Superintendents’ Plan To Limit Public Records Requests Runs Into Possible ACLU Roadblock

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 21, 2021 12 Comments

I recently posted about a behind-the-scenes effort by the Rhode Island School Superintendents Association (RISSA), together with unions and friendly legislators, to curtail public rights under the RI Access to Public Records Act (APRA), in reaction to voluminous public records requests filed by South Kingstown mom Nicole Solas seeking information about Critical Race and Gender teaching in school.

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Harvard Expands University-Sponsored Programming for Pride Month

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 21, 2021 8 Comments

"programming included Harvard’s first-ever University-wide Lavender Graduation"...

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SCOTUS Rules Unanimously NCAA Violates Antitrust Law by Limiting Athlete Education Compensation

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 21, 2021 33 Comments

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Chapman University to Host Racially Segregated ‘Cultural Graduation Celebrations’

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 21, 2021 8 Comments

“People claiming to be fighting racism are the ones unintentionally re-popularizing it”...

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Brown University Economics Prof Says Reparations Would Be Disastrous for the Country

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 21, 2021 3 Comments

"Let's make the country a good country for everybody and we'll be on the right track."...

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RI School Superintendents Group: “We all know many of our citizens live in a separate news reality with Fox, Newsmax and their ilk”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 20, 2021 76 Comments

The South Kingstown, Rhode Island, School Committee triggered a national controversy when it threatened to sue local mother Nicole Solas, who has a child enrolled in kindergarten for the fall, alleging Solas was serving too many public information requests regarding Critical Race and Gender efforts in the schools.

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