College Insurrection Tag

Weill Cornell Medicine Deletes Pledge Supporting Gender-Affirming Care for Youth From Website

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 08, 2025 1 Comment

"The move follows an executive order from President Donald Trump directing federal entities to withhold funding from medical providers that offer gender-affirming treatments to individuals under 19 years old."...

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Mandatory Class on ‘Indigenous Health’ for U. Alberta Nursing Students Teaches ‘Systemic Racism’

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 08, 2025 2 Comments

"As Canadians, we have an obligation to incorporate this important part of our history into the basic curricula of all health professionals"...

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UConn Women’s Center Holding ‘Rope Bondage’ Workshop for ‘Sex Liberation Week’

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 08, 2025 7 Comments

"basic knot techniques, discuss proper rope handling, and how to communicate with rope partners in a safe and supportive space"...

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Dismantling the Department of Education Week in Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 08, 2025 17 Comments

Your weekly report on education news....

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Students for Justice in Palestine at Bowdoin College Form Encampment, Occupy Campus Building

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 07, 2025 2 Comments

"This action makes Bowdoin SJP the first known group of students to form a pro-Palestine encampment on a college campus this year."...

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Appeals Court Blocks Order to Reinstate Louisiana State U. Prof Who Was Removed Over Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 07, 2025 3 Comments

"But the appeals court also allowed other parts of the district court’s restraining order to stand."...

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NCAA Bans Males From Female Sports After Trump Executive Order

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 06, 2025 13 Comments

"To that end, President Trump's order provides a clear, national standard."...

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Cooper Union Must Face Lawsuit Over Its Failure to Address Pro-Hamas Protests, Court Rules

Posted by Jane Coleman on February 06, 2025 21 Comments

Court: "These events took place in 2023—not 1943—and Title VI places responsibility on colleges and universities to protect their Jewish students from harassment, not on those students to hide themselves away in a proverbial attic"...

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Diversity Staffers at Eastern Illinois U. Raise Black Lives Matter Flag for Black History Month

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 06, 2025 2 Comments

“Kicking off our start of Black History Month at EIU by raising up the Black Lives Matter flag!”...

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‘Intersectional Feminist’ Class at Ithaca College Teaches How to ‘Resist Abortion Bans’

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 06, 2025 3 Comments

“the subjugation of women and members of the LGBTQ community, historical and contemporary”...

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Coalitions Are Forming to Fight Trump’s Ban on DEI in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 06, 2025 3 Comments

"They want a judge to declare that the executive orders are unconstitutional and to block the government from further enforcement."...

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U. Arkansas-Walmart BIPOC-Only Program Paused After Equal Protection Project Challenge

Posted by James Nault on February 05, 2025 4 Comments

University spokesman: The program "is not currently active, and participants are not currently being solicited or chosen.  If the program relaunches in the future, changes will occur to further clarify that participation is open to any interested students."...

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Purdue Student Newspaper Deletes Names of Anti-Israel Protesters to Protect Students From Trump

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 05, 2025 14 Comments

"will no longer be a place where that government will be able to find the names of its targets"...

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Brown University Medical School Places More Importance on DEI Than ‘Clinical Skills’ for New Hires

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 05, 2025 5 Comments

"Doctors who reviewed the criteria were alarmed, saying they reflect an unusually frank admission that merit is taking a back seat to DEI."...

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Teacher Union Chief Randi Weingarten Panics Over Idea of Trump Closing Dept. of Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 05, 2025 44 Comments

"Weingarten claimed that Trump intends to use the money directed toward public schools and allocate it toward tax cuts for billionaires."...

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George Mason U. Students Win Lawsuit After Criticizing Plan to Put Tampons in Men’s Restroom

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 05, 2025 1 Comment

"Universities—especially law schools—should be places of debate and discussion, and GMU has shown its commitment to this ideal with the settlement it reached"...

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Court Tosses Faculty for Justice in Palestine “McCarthyism” Lawsuit Against UPenn

Posted by Jane Coleman on February 04, 2025 7 Comments

The court dismissed the faculty group's claims with prejudice, closing the door to a future lawsuit....

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NYU ‘Climate Action’ Event Features ‘Plant Meditation’

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 04, 2025 1 Comment

“Free plants and a climate action yap session? Yes, please!”...

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