College Insurrection Tag

U. Utah Students Object to Addition of Campus Police Office at Student Union

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 29, 2020 7 Comments

“This is supposed to be our safe space”...

New Policy at UCLA Will Ban All Single-Use Plastic Items

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 29, 2020 14 Comments

“As a biology major, I’ve studied how critical a healthy ocean is in fighting climate change, in carbon capture, biodiversity and as an ecosystem”...

https://twitter.com/tonyblacknews/status/1232800331265867776

Standoff in Syracuse Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 29, 2020 5 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

VIDEO: Student Protesters at Syracuse University Block Traffic

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 28, 2020 6 Comments

“No justice! No peace! No racist police!”...

U. Tennessee Prof Charged With Lying About Connection to University in China

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 28, 2020 1 Comment

"charged with three counts of wire fraud and three counts of making false statements"...

Law Students at U. Washington Complain School’s Diversity Initiatives Not Enough

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 28, 2020 2 Comments

“more diverse student body, faculty, and core curriculum”...

Trump administration sides with Asian American students in discrimination suit against Harvard

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 27, 2020 40 Comments

Harvard University discriminates against students of Asian ethnicity in admissions. That much is beyond doubt. Harvard is far from alone. Study after study have shown that Asian students need to outperform other students, particularly other non-white minorities, on standardized tests and grades in order to obtain admission.

https://twitter.com/KOCOChristine/status/1232671189287325697

U. Oklahoma: Anti-racism Protesters Demand Provost Resign and University Bring Popeyes to Campus

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 27, 2020 78 Comments

Protesters from the Black Emergency Response Team (BERT) at the University of Oklahoma have staged sit-ins at interim President Joseph Harroz's office in Evans Hall to demand the resignation of Provost (senior administrative official) Kyle Harper. The protesters claim Harper "allows racism to fester on campus" after two professors used the n-word in classrooms, the College Fix reports.