College Insurrection Tag

George Mason U. Students Demand Brett Kavanaugh be Fired as Visiting Prof

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 03, 2019 6 Comments

“terminate AND void ALL contracts and affiliation with Brett Kavanaugh at George Mason University”...

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FIRE Releases Statement About U. Arizona Students Charged for Harassing Border Patrol Agents

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 03, 2019 8 Comments

"guiding principles should be restated"...

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Two Members of the Hampshire College Board of Trustees Have Resigned

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 03, 2019 2 Comments

"tensions within the board as Hampshire charts a course forward amid financial hardship"...

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University of Hartford Student Accused of Stabbing Classmates During Acting Exercise

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 02, 2019 15 Comments

A University of Hartford student named Jake Wascher was acting out a scene from a movie when he allegedly stabbed two classmates. He fled the scene, but was arrested later and now faces criminal charges.

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Villanova’s Teaching Evaluations Now Include Ratings for Diversity and Cultural Awareness

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 02, 2019 3 Comments

“students are being asked to rate professors according to their perceived agreement with progressive political opinion on bias and identity"...

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Male student lawsuit against Oberlin College dismissed despite possibly flawed sexual assault disciplinary decision

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 02, 2019 11 Comments

In 2017, Oberlin College was sued by an expelled male student who had been found responsible for sexual assault in a campus disciplinary hearing. The student, identified only as John Doe, alleged a seriously flawed hearing process as well as discrimination on the basis of sex because the process allegedly was biased against men. We first covered the case, and the motion to dismiss filed by Oberlin, in Lawsuit: Oberlin College sexual assault hearing process rigged, 100% conviction rate:

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Academics Who Predicted Closure of Private Colleges Stand By Their Analysis

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 02, 2019 6 Comments

"Nearly every week brings the news of another college closing or looking to merge."...

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Berkeley Law School Dean Says Trump’s Free Speech Executive Order is Unconstitutional

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 02, 2019 10 Comments

"order is so vague and ambiguous, it makes compliance by colleges and universities extremely difficult"...

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U. Arizona Students to be Charged After Disrupting Border Patrol Event With Shouts of “Murder Patrol”

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 31, 2019 17 Comments

Last week, two border patrol agents were speaking to a small group of students at the University of Arizona when the event was interrupted by a student calling them the KKK and "murder patrol." She was eventually joined by other students, and now they're facing charges.

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Wheeling Jesuit University Slashing Programs and Faculty in Effort to Survive

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 31, 2019 2 Comments

“We will work with every student to complete their education”...

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Student Govt. at USC Proposes Making Campus a Sanctuary for Illegal Immigrants

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 31, 2019 4 Comments

“Sanctuary University Resolution”...

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Will Penn Rename Biden Center Following Allegations Against the Former VP?

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 31, 2019 2 Comments

"Joe Biden is the namesake of the private university’s Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement"...

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Hiwassee College to Close at End of Spring 2019 Semester

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 30, 2019 0 Comments

"It's just very similar to a death. Everyone is in the midst of the grieving process."...

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Hofstra University Students Renew Effort to Remove Thomas Jefferson Statue From Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 30, 2019 1 Comment

"it is about what the statue represents"...

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FIRE Sues UCLA for Hiding Public Records About Disruption of Trump Official’s Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 30, 2019 1 Comment

"The taxpayer-funded government institution is more than a year late on its legal obligations"...

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Legal Nightmares Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 30, 2019 2 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

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My visit to the White House in support of campus free speech

Posted by Pietro S. Geraci on March 29, 2019 4 Comments

I was honored and humbled to be present at the White House last week to witness President Trump sign an executive order designed to protect free speech in higher education. Public colleges and universities must now stop trampling upon students’ First Amendment rights, or risk federal cuts to their research dollars. I hope the order goes a long way in securing students’ freedom of expression.

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Beloit College Cancels Speech After Student Protesters Block Stage With Furniture

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 29, 2019 5 Comments

"hosted by Young Americans for Freedom, a conservative student organization"...

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