Cornell Tag

“Medical schools are actually worse than higher ed in general when it comes to CRT”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 30, 2022 12 Comments

My interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow, where we talked about numerous topics covered at Legal Insurrection, including CRT in medicine, the Gibson's Bakery case, the attacks on Supreme Court Justices, and what it's like to be an outspoken conservative on...

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Appeals Court Judge: Allegations Of Prof. Denied Tenure “Reveal a Grotesque Miscarriage of Justice at Cornell University”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 05, 2022 22 Comments

Hon. José A. Cabranes: Higher education procedures in Title IX cases "have been compared unfavorably to those of the infamous English Star Chamber."...

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Cornell University to Hire Social Justice ‘Equity Librarian’ for Science Library

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 18, 2022 3 Comments

"The job listing also includes information about Cornell’s dedication to diversity, equity and inclusion."...

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Cornell Considers Eliminating or Replacing Dean’s List Honors

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 03, 2022 4 Comments

"Currently, each of Cornell’s colleges has its own criteria for determining which students earn the Dean’s List honor on their transcripts each semester."...

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Campuses of Columbia, Cornell, and Brown Evacuated Following Bomb Threats

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 08, 2021 6 Comments

"building sweeps are in progress"...

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2021 FIRE Campus Free Speech Survey: Widespread College Student Support For Censorship, Including Violence and Disruptions

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 21, 2021 28 Comments

Two-thirds of students say it is acceptable to shout down a speaker to prevent them from speaking on campus, almost one in four say it is acceptable to use violence to stop a campus speech, sharply up 5 percentage points from last year’s 18%....

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“the most important Social Justice Warrior in Ithaca”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 18, 2021 24 Comments

Campus Reform reports how conservative student groups nationwide have trouble finding faculty advisors. At Cornell, I end up being faculty advisor to most right-of-center student campus groups because there is no one else to do it. Does this make me "the most important Social Justice...

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Liberal Cornell Students Decry “Campus Hostility Towards Free Speech and Open Dialogue”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 31, 2021 14 Comments

Confirms what I have been pointing out for years: "many Cornellians are scared to challenge the progressive status quo and speak in opposition to those pushing ideological conformity"...

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Cornell University Restricts Accommodations For Faculty Seeking Remote Teaching

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 14, 2021 15 Comments

"Scholars questioned the legality and the wisdom of Cornell's stance in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic."...

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Astronomy Course at Cornell Draws Connection Between Black Holes and Racial Blackness

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 23, 2021 20 Comments

"Conventional wisdom would have it that the 'black' in black holes has nothing to do with race."...

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Cornell University – FIRE’s Speech Code of the Month

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 10, 2021 7 Comments

“Elevated Risk & High-Risk Events”...

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The FIRE Warns Of “Threat to Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression at Cornell” From CRT Mandates (Update)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 07, 2021 11 Comments

Foundation for Individual Rights In Education: "the proposal raises concerns that faculty will be compelled to affirm and promote certain views as a condition of their employment and eligibility for promotion and tenure, contrary to Cornell’s robust promises of free expression and academic freedom."...

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My Cancel Culture Experience Revisited

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 05, 2021 2 Comments

My interview on the Can We Talk About It podcast with Debi Ghate....

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Cornell Approves Dual-Degree Program With Peking University

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 01, 2021 2 Comments

“The knowledge-sharing and real-world solutions that these relationships produce benefit the citizens of our partner countries”...

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Cornell Hot Woke Mess – No Clear Mandate for Critical Race Theory Mandates Emerges From Faculty Senate Voting

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 18, 2021 15 Comments

The ball is in the court of President Martha Pollack, and possibly the Board of Trustees, whether to impose these destructive mandates on the university where not even the Faculty Senate could come to a clear, consistent, or overwhelming consensus....

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Woke Higher Ed Is A Mixture of “Cancel Culture, Critical Race Theory, and Cruelty”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 16, 2021 20 Comments

My appearance on the Freeborn & Liberty Podcast: "There are real consequences to this movement that we're seeing, which is a combination of cancel culture, Critical Race Theory, Marxism, and just mean-spiritedness of the type that people can be very cruel to each other when...

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Cornell University Librarian Declares Dewey Decimal System is Racist

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 14, 2021 35 Comments

"Libraries are predominantly white fields, and Cornell is no exception in this regard."...

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Faculty Fear At Cornell: “I worry every day I enter class that I will say something that a student will find offensive”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 29, 2021 51 Comments

Anonymous faculty member opposing proposed Critical Race Theory mandates: "I no longer teach topics that I taught only a couple of years ago, and which I taught without anyone complaining that I was being offensive...

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