How long will it be before someone can actually major in diversity? You know it’s coming.
The College Fix reports:
Multiple universities offer ‘cultural diversity scholarships’
Several institutions of higher education are offering “cultural diversity scholarships” to their students, aid packages meant to increase the socio-ethnic diversity of the campuses in question.
On Utah Valley...
The left’s agenda takes precedence over the subject matter. We see this happening in multiple disciplines.
George Leef writes at National Review:
Ano...
The conference agenda reads like a parody of the left.
Campus Reform reports:
Public univ. sponsors social justice conference to address ‘white accountability,’ ‘microaggressions’
The University of Rhode Island sponsored a “Social Justice in Higher Education” conference, with speakers discussing topics such as “White Accountability,” “Addressing Microaggressions,” and more.
The conference was put on Wednesday...
For the last few years campus progressives, most notably at Hofstra University, have been trying to erase Thomas Jefferson from the public square. Now 2020 Democratic hopeful Pete Buttigieg has joined the effort.
The College Board is trying to make the SAT more ‘fair’ for everyone by taking social and economic factors into account.
This is really just the latest attempt to institutionalize the concept of social justice into higher education. But this process is pernicious — the students who are assigned a socioeconomic score...
I’ve been making this point for years and now more and more people are beginning to notice the same thing.
Christian Schneider writes at the New York Post:
Secular universities now demand a ‘profession of faith’
Many religious universities have historically used “statements of faith” to uphold their religious mission. But while such policies...
Mandatory diversity has a rather Orwellian ring to it, doesn’t it?
The College Fix reports:
American U. students wising up to mandatory diversity/inequality/rac...
The Turning Point USA chapter at Rider set up an event to disprove “white privilege.” Not only would the school not promote it, they scheduled a counter event for the same time.
Campus Reform reports:
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This sounds like a weird experiment in social engineering. It does not sound like anything that has to do with the pursuit of scholarship.
The College Fix reports:
American University forced us to admit most of our friends are the same race
Student activists and their administrative enablers often demand that students, faculty and...
Gross! A 26-year-old California sex coach who goes by Demetra Nyx splattered pictures of herself smeared with menstrual blood all over Instagram to celebrate her “beautiful and powerful” periods.
She said:
I used to spend my time worrying about what other people thought of me… And yet. It turns out none of that was...
If you had asked me a week before the Oscars ceremony who was likely to walk away with the Best Picture award for 2018 film releases, I would’ve given you two answers: Black Panther or Blackkklansman. In the age of #OscarsSoWhite, where progressive politics rule over Hollywood like the Eye of...
Is this what passes for the pursuit of scholarship now? Sex work?
Campus Reform reports:
‘Social justice fest’ promotes sex work advocacy, boycotting Wendy’s
Brandeis University will host a week-long series of social justice events, including ones led by “advocates for sex workers” and ones informing students how they can support a boycott...
Colleges and universities already offer a ton of courses in this area, it’s inescapable. Was this really necessary?
MLive reports:
2 University of Michigan students help cre...
This has nothing to do with the pursuit of scholarship. It’s just mandatory political indoctrination.
The College Fix reports:
Public university hosts ‘Social Justice January’ daylong tra...
Imagine a world where students are paid to educate others about the Constitution. We actually have a need for that.
Campus Reform reports:
UW-Madison pays students to ‘advance social justice issues’
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking to hire three social justice interns to help with social justice efforts around campus.
According to...
One has to wonder how the real Lewis and Clark would feel about the concept of toxic masculinity. Has that question occurred to anyone at this school?
Campus Reform reports:
College teaches ed. students how to ‘combat toxic masculinity’
Students at Lewis and Clark College’s Graduate School of Education can take a course in...
Monday, I blogged about Gillette’s new ad which used the 30 year birthday of their slogan “the best a man can get” to shame all decent men for the actions of sleaze bags.
