College Insurrection Tag

Profs Warn Against Promoting the Work of Straight White Men

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 17, 2017 6 Comments

“white heteromasculinism”...

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U. Kentucky Prof Calls Betsy DeVos a Powerful Handmaiden to the Patriarchy

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 17, 2017 8 Comments

“A powerful handmaiden to a hegemonic white supremacist"...

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This is Evergreen State College: “I was told that I couldn’t go into the room because I was white”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on July 16, 2017 28 Comments

McKenzie Kyger is a white Evergreen State College student who made news when she appeared at a public legislative hearing about the problems at Evergreen related to Prof. Bret Weinstein. Kyger told the legislators about her experience with pervasive anti-white racism being taught as part of the integral model of social justice learning currently foregrounded in American universities. We covered her testimony in the post Evergreen Student: ‘I’ve been told I’m not allowed to speak because I’m white’. Here is the moving video of her appearance:

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There Are No Safe Spaces for College Grads in the Business World

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 16, 2017 2 Comments

“They will have to adapt or perish”...

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Professor Reportedly Resigns After Being Accused of Harassing Pro-Trump Student

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 16, 2017 4 Comments

"He stared at me until I acknowledged what he was saying.”...

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NYU Librarian Has ‘Fatigue’ from Presence of White People

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 16, 2017 18 Comments

"dealing with the micro- and macro-aggressions that inevitably occur"...

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Cal State East Bay Seeks Prof to Bring Social Justice to Shakespeare

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 15, 2017 7 Comments

Zounds!...

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Will Ben Shapiro be Allowed to Speak at UC Berkeley?

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 15, 2017 0 Comments

“Ben Shapiro v. Berkeley”...

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College Diversity Officers Make More Than Professors

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 15, 2017 0 Comments

"average of $175,088 per year is more than three times the average American’s salary of $44,980"...

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Crisis of Confidence Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 15, 2017 2 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

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Psych Profs Call Trump Mentally Unfit, Want Congress to End His Presidency

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 14, 2017 20 Comments

“alarming psychological instability”...

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Columbia Settles Lawsuit With Student Accused by ‘Mattress Girl’

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 14, 2017 3 Comments

"Columbia’s investigation had found Nungesser not responsible"...

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Mizzou Student Body President: Founding Fathers Would Have Approved of Protests

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 14, 2017 5 Comments

“The protests were entirely peaceful and nonviolent”...

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Evergreen Student: ‘I’ve been told I’m not allowed to speak because I’m white’

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 14, 2017 39 Comments

The Trustees of Evergreen State College heard testimony from students and faculty this week, due to the campus protests of the spring which cast a national spotlight on the school.

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Faculty Committee at Harvard Proposes Ban on Frats and Sororities

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 13, 2017 4 Comments

"Students found to have violated the rule would face disciplinary action."...

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U. Wisconsin Madison Center for Social Justice Gives Award to Fan of Hugo Chávez

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 13, 2017 0 Comments

"praised Chávez for distributing his favorite book rather than food to his starving people"...

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Student Op-Ed: Colleges Should Screen Speakers for Hate Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 13, 2017 3 Comments

Who gets to do the screening?...

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Israeli Universities Look to Asia Amid Boycott Threats in West

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 12, 2017 0 Comments

“Israeli universities and Israel [as a whole] are very highly regarded in Asia”....

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