College Insurrection Tag

Student Body at American U. Votes to Make School a ‘Sanctuary Campus’

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 14, 2025 7 Comments

"the student body will call on the university to protect the identities of undocumented students if persecuted by federal authorities, as well as banning ICE from school grounds"...

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Students Suing U. Washington Over Covid Shutdown Reach Settlement for $4 Million

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 14, 2025 1 Comment

"Despite sending students home, transitioning to online instruction, and closing its campuses, the University of Washington continued to charge for tuition, and/or fees as if nothing changed"...

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JD Vance Skewers CBS News for ‘Harassing My Mother-in-Law’ Over Their Differing Views on DEI

Posted by Stacey Matthews on March 14, 2025 41 Comments

"This story exists because CBS has decided that harassing my mother in law is a reasonable price in order to attack President Trump."...

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National Institutes of Health Awards $495K to Planned Parenthood Exec to Study ‘Oppression’ and Abortion

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 13, 2025 3 Comments

“Enhancing Policy Impact for Reproductive Health Equity”...

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Anti-Israel Students at Cornell Disrupt ‘Peace Event’

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 13, 2025 8 Comments

“F–k you, war criminals”...

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U. Maine Renames DEI Office as ‘Office of Community Connections’

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 12, 2025 4 Comments

"previously hosted closed events for students of specific demographics, such as Women of Color Wednesday and LGBTQ Game Night"...

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Columbia Under Pressure to Enact Mask Ban Amid Anti-Israel Protests

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 12, 2025 3 Comments

“The use of face masking has emboldened violence by anti-Israel and anti-American activists.”...

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Federal Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit by Prof Who Defended Math Standards

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 12, 2025 2 Comments

“We ultimately conclude that the administrators did violate clearly established law”...

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Mahmoud Khalil – Not a Free Speech Issue

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 11, 2025 103 Comments

"This is not a guy who has respected anybody else's rights, yet we as a country will respect his rights to the extent he has them. This is not a free speech issue...

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Catholic University Prof Supports ‘Scream Sessions’ to Protest Pro-Life Laws

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 11, 2025 11 Comments

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Multiple Colleges Impose Hiring Freezes Over Concerns About Federal Funding

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 11, 2025 1 Comment

"freezes come as some of the U.S.' top institutions of higher learning brace for what could be a loss of millions of dollars in grant funding awarded by the National Institutes of Health for research and studies"...

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Leftists in NYC Protest Planned Deportation of Anti-Israel Activist Mahmoud Khalil

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 11, 2025 45 Comments

"Demonstrators gathered at Foley Square to call for his release. That group of protesters then started marching through Lower Manhattan."...

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Connecticut College Renames DEI Office as ‘Retention and Success’ Division

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 11, 2025 5 Comments

“It’s hard to predict the full impact of the administration’s actions, but it does seem clear that colleges and universities are reconfiguring and rebranding DEI efforts in order to avoid scrutiny”...

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Trump’s Education Dept. Investigating 60 Universities for ‘Antisemitic Harassment and Discrimination’

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 10, 2025 13 Comments

Dartmouth is the only Ivy League school that did not receive a letter....

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Food Service and Hospitality Workers at Northwestern U. Go on Strike

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 10, 2025 1 Comment

"These workers are the heart and soul of Northwestern University and deserve to be treated with dignity and respect."...

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Yale Law Scholar With Alleged Terrorism Ties Placed on Leave Pending Investigation

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 10, 2025 2 Comments

"We take these allegations extremely seriously and immediately opened an investigation into the matter to ascertain the facts"...

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Harvard Profs Claim ‘Democracy is in Peril’ Under Trump

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 10, 2025 16 Comments

"Trump is purging government agencies like the Justice Department, the FBI, the IRS, and the military and packing them with loyalists"...

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Trump Executive Order Restricts Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Program for Public Service

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 09, 2025 1 Comment

“Instead of alleviating worker shortages in necessary occupations, the PSLF Program has misdirected tax dollars into activist organizations that not only fail to serve the public interest, but actually harm our national security and American values, sometimes through criminal means”...

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