College Insurrection Tag

Student Activists at URI Threaten Lawsuit if Next School President isn’t a Slave Descendant

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 28, 2020 20 Comments

"if anyone reading this asks why the next president of URI must be an African-American but has never questioned why URI has had 128-years of white presidents then you must be a racist"...

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Law Professor at Chapman University Under Fire for Joining Trump Legal Team

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 28, 2020 3 Comments

"Chapman University President Daniele Struppa attempted to distance the university from Eastman and criticized the professor for using his university contact information in the court filing"...

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Student Mob Takes Over Bryn Mawr College and Gets Appeased by Administration

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 28, 2020 3 Comments

"I kept expecting that, at some point, the administration would take decisive steps to restore order on campus"...

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Vanderbilt University Lists Stressful Incidents as a Form of ‘Workplace Violence’

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 27, 2020 5 Comments

"behavior which create incidents that are stressful or traumatic that interfere with an individual’s or group of individuals’ ability to effectively function in his/her educational work environment"...

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Harvard Medical School Tweet Refers to Women as ‘Birthing People’

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 27, 2020 5 Comments

"We understand the reactions to this terminology and in no way meant for it to erase or dehumanize women."...

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UT-Austin Dropping Bias Response Teams To Settle Free Speech Lawsuit

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 27, 2020 10 Comments

The University of Texas at Austin has changed its free speech policies in the wake of a lawsuit filed by the free speech advocacy group Speech First. The changes have the full support of Texas Governor Greg Abbott and represent a big win for free expression.

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Northwestern Prof Says Unfounded #MeToo Accusations Destroyed His Life

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 27, 2020 4 Comments

"Cancel culture is a phrase but what happens to the real people who are canceled?"...

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Floodgates Opening? Student sues over Critical Race Training at Nevada public charter school

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 26, 2020 35 Comments

During the Legal Insurrection Foundation's online event How Critical Race Training Is Harming Higher Education, I mentioned that lawsuits challenging mandatory training that singled people out by race (e.g., "white privilege" training) would be the new frontier in college-related litigation.

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MIT Disciplines Prof Over Jeffrey Epstein Donations but Will Let Him Keep Teaching

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 26, 2020 3 Comments

"has been on paid leave since January, after a series of revelations about Epstein’s financial ties to MIT and the longtime professor rocked the campus"...

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Joe Biden Announces Plan for ‘Free’ Tuition at Community Colleges and Public Schools

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 26, 2020 16 Comments

"under the Biden-Harris plan, community college will be free — and public colleges and universities will be tuition-free for families earning less than $125,000 a year"...

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Northwestern Scrubs Prof Who Wrote ‘Dr.’ Jill Biden Piece but Keeps Holocaust Denier

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 26, 2020 4 Comments

"Northwestern scrubbed Epstein's faculty profile from its website and issued a statement condemning Epstein’s argument"...

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Critical Race Theory Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 26, 2020 0 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

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University of Kansas Study Finds Microaggression Training Doesn’t Work

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 25, 2020 9 Comments

"Microaggressions seem to have become a catch-all label for anything that causes offense"...

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U. Wisconsin-Oshkosh Student Pulled Over for Car Covered In Christmas Lights

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 25, 2020 5 Comments

"I love your lights, but I’m pulling you over because of the lights"...

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VIDEO: Hillsdale College Choir Performs ‘O Holy Night’

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 24, 2020 7 Comments

This is an old favorite which I've posted every Christmas for a few years now. Watch below and you'll find out why. Merry Christmas!

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Legal Insurrection Appeals SUNY Upstate Medical’s Refusal To Comply With Our Records Request

Posted by Leah M. Baldacci, Esq. on December 24, 2020 8 Comments

Legal Insurrection Foundation ("LIF") has begun its investigation regarding the infiltration of "identity politics" and Critical Race Theory at SUNY Upstate Medical University ("Upstate Medical").

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Colleges and Universities Would Get $23 Billion Under Current COVID Relief Bill

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 24, 2020 0 Comments

“wholly inadequate”...

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Mandatory Anti-Racism Course at U. Pittsburgh Filled With BLM Talking Points

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 24, 2020 2 Comments

"critical theories on race and anti-blackness in everyday life"...

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