So the students are going to get a less dynamic experience but the school wants them to pay more?
The College Fix reports:
Oregon State rewards incoming students with higher tuition for worse experience under COVID-19 restrictions
You’d think public universities would appreciate the fact that mandatory online classes during the COVID-19 outbreak are...
The school is also dipping into reserve funding. Sounds serious.
KGW8 News reports:
Portland State University enacts hiring freeze amid falling enrollment
In a letter sent to students and staff Thursday, Portland State University Interim President Stephen Percy announced the school will immediately enact a hiring freeze and will spend $12 million of its...
Concordia has announced it is closing this spring. The students are suing because they claim they would not have paid tuition of they knew the school was in trouble.
KGW8 News reports:
More than 50 students join lawsuit against Concordia University
Many students are left wondering what their next step for their education is...
Another school bites the dust. How many more will there be this year?
Oregon Live reports:
Portland’s Concordia University will close at end of spring semester
Concordia University announced Monday it will close this spring after 115 years in operation.
The private, nonprofit Lu...
This story is just as bizarre as the headline suggests.
Oregon Live reports:
Ex-University of Portland employee pleads not guilty in baseball bat attack on college VP
A former University of Portland employee who was angry about how the college handled his daughter’s sexual assault allegation has pleaded not guilty to a single assault...
How is the study of science improved through the addition of identity politics?
The College Fix reports:
Portland State University offers ‘queer ecologies’ class
A class at Portland State University allows students to study “queer ecologies,” with numerous queer-centric topics discussed through a “queer lens” in order to understand “queer identity and experience.”
A flier...
This is a public school. How can this even be legal?
The College Fix reports:
Public university bans whites from weekly ‘feminist’ gathering
Do you want to learn about feminism...
Portland State University did not fully cave as it agreed to keep armed police officers, but it will also “double the number of unarmed campus officers.”
Yes, the school will continue to use these unarmed officers and spend money to “improve training on how to control dangerous civilians without firing bullets at...
This is one of the reasons why many people look forward to the collapse of our entire system of higher education.
The Salem Reporter has the story:
Thousands of university workers in Oregon prepare for strike
As thousands of public university workers in Oregon prepare to strike at the end of the month, the...
If you have followed this story, you know that Professor Peter Boghossian is being punished for the crime of exposing the insanity of left-wing academia. Back story here.
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Scalia Law School professor F.H. Buckley thinks the attack on writer Andy Ngo provided a tipping point against Antifa.
He writes at the New York Post:
It’s time for a federal civil rights intervention in Portland
The savage beating of journalist Andy Ngo in Portland by far-left antifa rioters last Saturday shocked everyone. Well,...
Independent journalist and Quillette editor Andy Ngo was brutally attacked by a mob of antifa thugs in Portland, Oregon on Saturday, and Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) called for federal investigation of and action against Portland’s mayor, Ted Wheeler (D).
On Saturday, independent journalist and Quillette editor Andy Ngo was brutally attacked by an antifa-fascist mob in Portland, Oregon. Since then, reaction has been mixed, with leftists actually expressing delight over Ngo being assaulted in broad daylight on a crowded city street and conservatives expressing outrage and demanding that people be...
If you’ve been reading Legal Insurrection for a while, you are familiar with independent investigative journalist and Quillette editor Andy Ngo. We frequently feature his work.
Today, I am horrified and saddened to report that Ngo was attacked by antifa-fascists in Portland, Oregon.
The school’s board of trustees is actually considering this measure.
The College Fix reports:
University trustees delay decision on whether or not to...
This professor was part of a small group that embarrassed progressives in academia. Full back story here.
Campus Reform reports:
EXCLUSIVE: PSU poised to punish prof who proved point with hoax ‘dog rape’ article, despite receiving global praise for prof
Hundreds of academics, students, and other individuals have sent letters in support of the...
