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Study Finds COVID Reaction Is Threatening Campus Free Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 18, 2021 15 Comments

If you follow higher education news, you know that free speech on college campuses has been an ongoing issue. It's hard to imagine what could make the situation worse. It turns out the COVID pandemic is one such thing.

Harvard Cancels Course on Innovative Policing Strategy After Activists Complain

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 18, 2021 4 Comments

"would have explored a policing strategy known as Counter-Criminal Continuum policing, sometimes referred to as C3, which aims to build trust between police, community leaders, landlords and business owners"...

New Bill in Virginia Would Require Teachers to Undergo ‘Cultural Competency’ Training

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 18, 2021 5 Comments

"History and social studies teachers applying for a license would also need an endorsement in African American history."...

FIRE Names The Ten Worst Colleges for Free Speech in 2021

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 18, 2021 3 Comments

"This year’s worst-of-the-worst list includes a college that fired a history professor for teaching history"...

Student Lawsuit: U. Central Florida Treatment of Prof. Charles Negy Chilled Campus Free Speech

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 17, 2021 15 Comments

The University of Central Florida has been in the news for its punitive actions against Professor Charles Negy after he tweeted opinions that went contrary to campus and social justice politics. We have covered the Negy case extensively:

Faculty at Stanford Thinks the School is Admitting Too Many Wealthy Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 17, 2021 9 Comments

"the Faculty Senate recently adopted two proposals designed to de-emphasize wealth in admissions"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XNqyHbGyyg

U. Michigan Athletes Object to Gretchen Whitmer COVID Quarantine on Sports

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 17, 2021 1 Comment

"we believe that this mandate from the [Michigan Department of Health and Human Services] is unnecessary and should not only be reconsidered, but overturned"...

Public University Hosts Workshop for White People and ‘Other Practitioners of Racial Bias’

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 17, 2021 6 Comments

"[N]ow is not the time to be passive about racism. It is time for EVERYBODY to be uncomfortable about the time in which we live."...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnmKc8UdXYI

Cornell Law Professor William Jacobson On Allie Beth Stuckey Podcast Talking Critical Race Training

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 16, 2021 21 Comments

I appeared last week on Allie Beth Stucky's Relatable Podcast (video and transcript below), to talk about the new website developed by the Legal Insurrection Foundation, criticalrace.org.

Marquette University Cutting Staff to Close Budget Deficit Caused by COVID

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 16, 2021 4 Comments

"part of a yearlong effort to close a $45 million budget deficit"...

Harvard Square Institution ‘The Border Cafe’ Closing Permanently

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 16, 2021 5 Comments

"It had served food for nearly 33 years before spending another dozen months vacant"...

MIT Grad Student Wanted for Questioning in Shooting of Yale Student

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 15, 2021 3 Comments

"Kevin Jiang, 26, a second-year graduate student at the Yale School of the Environment, was shot and killed outside his car in New Haven Saturday night, according to police."...

Baylor U. Students Want Christian Lecturer Fired for Questioning Biden Transgender Policies

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 15, 2021 2 Comments

“cancel culture with millennials is very real and very time-consuming”...

New Hampshire State Rep. Introduces Bill to Ban Critical Race Training

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 15, 2021 0 Comments

"says the idea for the bill came from a state university professor who wishes to remain anonymous"...

Will Cornell Apologize To Chemistry Prof. David Collum After Charges Dropped Against Buffalo Cops?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 14, 2021 21 Comments

Cornell University Chemistry Professor David B. Collum was targeted in one of the earliest examples of campus cancel culture after the death of George Floyd. The attacks on me would follow by just a few days, though I didn't know it when I wrote about Prof. Collum.

Bluefield College Students Protest National Anthem at Football Game

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 14, 2021 2 Comments

"students protested by kneeling underneath the flag pole at Mitchell Stadium"...

Professor Working for Biden Admin Advocates for ‘Green Banks’ to Fight Climate Change

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 14, 2021 5 Comments

Said that she sees “the issues of the energy and environment through the prism of George Floyd"...

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