Middlebury College Tag

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.

Lawsuits and Settlements Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 23, 2018 0 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

Some Students at Middlebury College Say They’re Afraid to Disagree

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 22, 2018 2 Comments

"saying they feel pressured to vocally disagree without really listening"...

Profs Deem Scholar’s Work Centrist – Didn’t Know it Was Written by Charles Murray

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 10, 2018 4 Comments

"neither controversial nor conservative"...

Accusations of Racism Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 05, 2018 4 Comments

Your weekly report on campus news....

http://www.kptv.com/clip/14313348/signs-posted-in-grant-high-school-bathrooms-accusing-students-of-sexual-assault

Signs Posted in Oregon High School Accuse Male Students of Sexual Assault

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 03, 2018 63 Comments

Signs were recently posted in hallways and bathrooms at Grant High School in Oregon which read "trigger warning: sexual assault" then the word "BEWARE" followed by the names of five male students. This story is an example of the perpetuation of "rape culture" we have often covered on college campuses. Now it's trickling down to high schools, apparently.

Middlebury College Offers Course on ‘Anti-Capitalist Feminisms’

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 02, 2018 4 Comments

"it is more epistemologically and politically powerful to state that our feminism is anti-racist and anti-capitalist"...

Unfair and Unbalanced Week in Higher Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 10, 2018 1 Comment

Your weekly report on campus news....

Middlebury College Students Traumatized by Photo of Charles Murray

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 08, 2018 5 Comments

"I wish to explain the photograph on page A1 to the readers"...

Middlebury College Student Describes Hell of False Rape Allegation

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 27, 2018 3 Comments

"students seemed to be jumping to the conclusion that I was guilty of something"...

#MeToo need not apply: Faculty support Ithaca College President after disclosure of 2001 sexual abuse conviction

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 03, 2018 35 Comments

On July 1, 2017, Shirley Collado became President of Ithaca College, where she also serves as a professor in the Department of Psychology. Collado's Ithaca College page describes her prior accomplishments, including:

Middlebury Student Faces Expulsion for Publishing List of Alleged Campus Sexual Assaulters

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 01, 2018 5 Comments

“Men to Avoid”...

Mike LaChance’s 10 Craziest Higher Education Stories of 2017

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 30, 2017 3 Comments

2017 was a wild year for news and politics in higher education. Let's all take a look back and have some fun. I already did a top 10 list about Trump Derangement Syndrome on campus, so this list will exclude that topic. Here are the top 10 craziest stories from colleges and universities across the country that I covered in 2017 in chronological order.