College Insurrection Tag

New Law in Kentucky is a Huge Win for Free Speech on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 28, 2019 0 Comments

“This legislation champions the rights of students across the political spectrum"...

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Diversity Training at American University Forces Students to Examine the Race of Their Friends

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 28, 2019 7 Comments

"mandatory first-year course known as the American University Experience"...

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Yale is First School to Rescind Student’s Admission Following Admissions Scandal

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 27, 2019 48 Comments

Fallout continues to happen after the exposure of a national college admissions scandal. On Monday, twelve defendants were arraigned in federal court in Boston. Now Yale has rescinded the admission of a student allegedly admitted under fraudulent circumstances.

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‘Mutant Rabbit’ Goes Missing at University of Michigan Laboratory

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 27, 2019 12 Comments

“an animal caretaker noted that a transgenic rabbit was missing from the vivarium”...

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College in New York City Promotes Democrat Presidential Campaign Jobs

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 27, 2019 1 Comment

"get a great first job working for the Democratic presidential nominee and fighting to win across the country in 2020"...

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Student Govt. at UC-Berkeley Demands Suspension of Officers Who Arrested Black Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 27, 2019 4 Comments

"An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us."...

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Three Students Arrested for Setting Fire to Dorm Room Door of Conservative Student Leader

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 26, 2019 7 Comments

"All three were arrested late Saturday and booked into the Orleans Justice Center jail"...

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Twelve Defendants in College Admissions Scandal Arraigned in Boston Federal Court

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 26, 2019 19 Comments

Legal proceedings have begun for the college admissions scandal that shocked the nation and rocked the world of higher education in recent weeks. Twelve people, including coaches, were arraigned in a Boston federal court on Monday.

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LGBT Groups at Oregon State Claim Student Veteran Group Jeopardizes Well Being of Others

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 26, 2019 4 Comments

"called for Veteran Student Association (VSA) members to be barred from moving into an on-campus student lounge"...

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University of Maryland Appoints New Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 26, 2019 1 Comment

She "will work closely with senior leaders, faculty, staff, students and external constituencies to advance diversity, equity, inclusion and respect as core institutional values."...

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Students and Faculty at University in Texas Object to Finalist for School President

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 24, 2019 8 Comments

“They just didn’t give a damn about the interests and the values of the student body at the university"...

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Florida Republican Introduces Bill to Protect Free Speech on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 24, 2019 0 Comments

"the Free Right to Expression in Education (FREE) Act"...

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U. Mississippi Plans to Remove Confederate Statue from Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 24, 2019 2 Comments

"in discussion with historic preservation officials on moving the monument elsewhere"...

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College of St. Joseph to Close After Spring 2019 Semester

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 23, 2019 2 Comments

"It is with heavy heart and great disappointment that I must deliver the news"...

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NYU Study Recommends Providing Government Benefits to Illegal Immigrants

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 23, 2019 0 Comments

"strategies presented include ways to assist illegal aliens with evading ICE"...

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Course on ‘American Political Thought’ at CU Denver Removes White Men from Curriculum

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 23, 2019 4 Comments

"absolutely zero mention of the Founding Fathers"...

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Protecting Free Speech Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 23, 2019 1 Comment

Your weekly report on campus news....

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Cambridge University’s Ugly Failure to Protect Free Speech, Jordan Peterson Edition

Posted by Charles Lipson on March 22, 2019 19 Comments

The suppression of free speech on campus is not just an American problem. This week, Cambridge University, one of the world’s oldest and greatest, showed it is just as feckless as Yale, Berkeley, and Middlebury. Cambridge decided to cancel an invited speech by Jordan Peterson, a prominent psychology professor at the University of Toronto. Portland State couldn’t have done it better.

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