College Insurrection Tag

NYU Journalism School Hires Former New Yorker Writer Who Falsely Claimed ICE Agent Had Nazi Tattoo

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 22, 2019 2 Comments

"I don’t know why someone who had to quit their journalism job for falsely implying someone is a Nazi should be teaching at NYU"...

Conservative Christian Student Blocked from Serving in Student Govt. at UMass Amherst

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 22, 2019 1 Comment

"believes his peers were biased against him, noting he is highly qualified for the position"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG-rXwd0uvE&t=3s

Trump Signs Executive Order to Improve Transparency and Accountability at Colleges and Universities

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on March 21, 2019 17 Comments

"We're here to take historic action to defend American students and American values. They've been under siege," said Trump Thursday before he signed an executive order meant to, "enhance the quality of postsecondary education by making it more affordable, more transparent, and more accountable."

University in the UK Cancels Jordan Peterson’s Visiting Fellowship for Not Being Inclusive

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 21, 2019 5 Comments

"[Cambridge] is an inclusive environment and we expect all our staff and visitors to uphold our principles"...

Telling Jokes at Portland State Could Get You Reported to the Bias Response Team

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 21, 2019 2 Comments

"Two bias reports filed at the public institution last fall were against people making jokes"...

Lawsuit: Conservative Student Claims He Was Forced to Advocate Liberal Policies

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 21, 2019 2 Comments

"his professor required him to lobby the state legislature for progressive 'social and economic justice' policies"...

New Research Finds Trigger Warnings Have ‘Little Effect’

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 20, 2019 3 Comments

“This is the first piece of empirical work directly examining if [trigger warnings] have their intended effects”...

47 Percent of Faculty Offered Buy-out at University of Akron

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 20, 2019 2 Comments

"Taking a 'voluntary separation or retirement' offer would pay a faculty member 100 percent of 2019-20 base pay, split into two installments."...

College of the Atlantic in Maine Promoted ‘Climate Strike’ in Support of Green New Deal

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 20, 2019 0 Comments

“denial is not policy”...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btQ_l-S3T0c

More Lawsuits Launched in Wake of College Admissions Scandal

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 19, 2019 3 Comments

"USC, Stanford, the University of San Diego, the University of Texas at Austin, Wake Forest University, Georgetown University and Yale University are all named"...