The last president resigned abruptly in April. The person who takes on this role will have their work cut out for them.
Mass Live reports:
Hampshire College begins search for president
Financially struggling Hampshire College is seeking a new president, who would be...
Hampshire College is currently fighting for its life but that hasn’t caused them to rethink their left wing politics.
Mass Live reports:
Hampshire College commencement speaker rails against ‘white-supremacist capitalism’
Ericka Hart – a social justice practitioner, sexuality educator, descendant of slaves and cancer survivor – delivered Saturday’s keynote commencement address at Hampshire College.
Hart...
A pro-Israel student group at Williams College called ‘Williams Initiative for Israel’ or WIFI, has struggled to gain recognition on campus.
Until now. The student government at the Massachusetts school blocked WIFI, but the administration went around them in order to provide recognition for them.
Hampshire isn’t the only small school in Massachusetts struggling for survival.
Inside Higher Ed reports:
Liberal Arts Cuts, Evangelical Edition
Gordon College, an evangelical Chr...
At what point do the leaders at Hampshire decide this just isn’t worth it?
Boston.com reports:
Hampshire College announces incoming class of 15 students
Hampshire College has always had relatively small class sizes, but never anything like this.
The financially struggling Amherst liberal arts school announced Wednesday that its incoming freshman class will be just...
The situation at Hampshire College is not improving. There’s not even a guarantee that these cuts will be enough to make a difference.
Mass Live reports:
Hampshire College cuts 82 positions
Hampshire College announced Tuesday that 58 of its faculty are retiring or taking reduced roles as the college continues to deal with an...
The fact that this guide was created by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion is rather telling, isn’t it?
The Daily Hampshire Gazette reports:
Release of language guide roils Amherst College campus
In 2001, the late author and Amherst College alum David Foster Wallace wrote about the political battles that take place in an...
In addition to the stink bomb, a large group of students stood up and walked out together. So mature, aren’t they?
The College Fix reports:
Jeff Sessions...
Williams College in Massachusetts is trying to embrace the free speech policy put forth by the University of Chicago. It’s a widely respected position on the issue which has even been endorsed by FIRE (the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education).
Thursday, Massachusetts District Court Judge Shelley M. Richmond Joseph and now retired Court Officer Wesley MacGregor were indicted on one count of obstruction of justice in relation to allegations from 2018 in which the pair is accused of helping an illegal immigrant sneak out the back of the courthouse to avoid...
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA), who is known for criticizing his own party, became the 20th Democrat presidential candidate after he announced his decision on Good Morning America:
“I’m here to tell you, and to tell America, that I’m running for president of the United States,” Moulton told ABC News Chief Anchor George...
If this happens, it’s very difficult to see how Hampshire College survives.
New England Public Radio reports:
Hampshire College Faces Risk Of Loss Of Accreditation
H...
Higher education seems to be doing all it can to reverse the gains made by the civil rights movement.
The College Fix reports:
Student newspaper editorial board endorses nonwhite segregated housing
The editorial board of a campus newspaper has endorsed a student proposal to establish segregated housing on campus, claiming that such housing will...
Diversity is the focus of virtually everything in higher ed now. It’s the unofficial religion.
Mass Live reports:
Diversity emphasized at opening of $62M UMass Business Innovation Hub
Diversity and inclusiveness was a recurring theme during the ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday at the newest addition to the University of Massachusetts Isenberg School of Management.
The $62...
The police chief didn’t even write things on Twitter that angered students. He just liked them.
The Daily Wire reports:
Campus Police Chief Put On Leave After Student Outrage For Liking NRA And Trump Tweets
On Wednesday, Mount Holyoke College announced that the newly-selected campus police chief Daniel Hect was placed on administrative leave...
No matter how hard she tries, and she is trying really hard, Elizabeth Warren cannot seem to gain traction with voters.
I surveyed Warren’s dismal landscape recently, Elizabeth Warren’s increasingly dramatic proposals reflect a campaign struggling to stay relevant.
Two members of the board of trustees have already stepped down as well. This will not come to a happy ending.
Inside Higher Ed reports:
Hampshire President Quits; Board Votes to Try to Stay Independent
Hampshire College’s president, Miriam E. Nelson, announced Friday that she was leaving her position, effective immediately.
In a letter to...
