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Posted by Mike LaChance on March 15, 2017 10 Comments
In the video below, college students are asked for their thoughts on President Trump's Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Their responses sound like they came right off a Democratic Party memo: "DeVos isn't qualified for the position!" and "Anyone but her would have been a better choice!" and "She doesn't know what she's talking about!" Then the interviewer asks the same students for their thoughts on policies like school choice and vouchers for low income families - policies embraced by DeVos - and the students agree with them.

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 14, 2017 19 Comments
Alliance Defending Freedom recently visited the campus of UW-Madison and asked students when it's OK to refuse to do business with someone. Two hypothetical situations presented to students sounded fine to most but a third caused quite a bit of discomfort. Should a designer be forced to work with Melania Trump? Of course not, most students respond. Should a Muslim singer be able to refuse a Christian church's request for service. Most students agree.

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 11, 2017 19 Comments
This is an interesting concept. It seems to be all about getting people to innovate by thinking outside the box. More specifically, by disobeying existing rules and norms. It's also open to multiple disciplines which could make choosing the winner a bit difficult. The announcement was made this week on the MIT Media Lab website:
Rewarding Disobedience On July 21, 2016 we announced the creation of a $250K cash prize award for responsible disobedience. This idea came after a realization that there’s a widespread frustration from people trying to figure out how can we effectively harness responsible, ethical disobedience aimed at challenging our norms, rules, or laws to benefit society...

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 10, 2017 17 Comments
Student and faculty activists at Barnard College have successfully pushed a measure to divest from companies that "deny" climate change. Oddly, they have yet to define what makes one a denier. Toni Airaksinen of Campus Reform reported:
Barnard College to divest from 'climate deniers' The move comes after years of activism by the student group Divest Barnard, which initially campaigned for Barnard to divest entirely from fossil fuel investments, according to The Columbia Spectator. Yet the college will not be divesting from fossil fuels in the traditional sense.
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