Middlebury College Tag

Grounds for Expulsion Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 16, 2021 3 Comments

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Middlebury College May Rescind Rudy Giuliani’s Honorary Degree for ‘Fomenting Insurrection’

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 12, 2021 6 Comments

"fomenting the violent uprising against our nation’s Capitol building"...

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Two Sets of Rules Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 24, 2020 0 Comments

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Middlebury College Exempted BLM Protest From Coronavirus Rules After Punishing Others

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 23, 2020 4 Comments

"Four days before the college rolled out the red carpet for an event that explicitly violated its own policies, Middlebury announced that 22 students had violated its COVID-19 policies."...

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Student Newspaper Rejects Demands From Mob to Hide Identity of Protesters

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 09, 2020 3 Comments

"Not only did it publish the names and charges of students taken into custody, but the Phoenix also tweeted videos ...

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Coronavirus on Campus Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 21, 2020 2 Comments

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Widespread Vandalism Reported at Middlebury College Ahead of Campus Closure

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 17, 2020 10 Comments

"One worker said he has seen items like fans and microwaves thrown out of windows"...

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Inequality on Campus Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 01, 2020 2 Comments

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Charles Murray Returning to Middlebury College at Invitation of College Republicans

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 28, 2020 2 Comments

"We believe that the way the administration and the protestors handled the 2017 event was a stain on Middlebury’s reputation"...

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Campus Shout Downs Have Led to an Increase in Laws Protecting Free Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 17, 2019 2 Comments

"Lawmakers, mainly Republicans, from states all over the country have subsequently intervened in matters of free speech in academe"...

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Free Speech for Some Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 04, 2019 0 Comments

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Prof Asks if Students Should Still Learn About ‘Dead White Man’ Henry David Thoreau

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 02, 2019 2 Comments

“The Whiteness of Walden: Reading Thoreau with Attention to Race”...

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Middlebury College Student Govt Demands Students be Able to Approve Campus Speakers

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 27, 2019 36 Comments

Middlebury College in Vermont has a recurring problem. When conservative speakers come to campus, all hell breaks loose. Now the student government has proposed a solution. They want the right to vet speakers before they come to campus in order to assure that the speaker's values match those of the campus community.

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No Free Lunch Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 27, 2019 0 Comments

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Middlebury College Students Sneak Previously Cancelled Conservative Speaker Into Poli-Sci Class

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 23, 2019 1 Comment

"Word got out on social media, and other students trickled in. Mr. Dickinson estimates about 45 students attended."...

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Conservatives on Campus Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 20, 2019 3 Comments

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Middlebury College Cancels Lecture on Totalitarianism by Conservative Philosopher

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 18, 2019 3 Comments

"some Middlebury students and professors wrote an open letter demanding the university rescind its sponsorship"...

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My visit to the White House in support of campus free speech

Posted by Pietro S. Geraci on March 29, 2019 4 Comments

I was honored and humbled to be present at the White House last week to witness President Trump sign an executive order designed to protect free speech in higher education. Public colleges and universities must now stop trampling upon students’ First Amendment rights, or risk federal cuts to their research dollars. I hope the order goes a long way in securing students’ freedom of expression.

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