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Michigan Tech professor back in class after Young Americans for Freedom rant

Jack Applewhite - University of Georgia — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 05:04:20 +0000

Professor called YAF group ‘racist’ for fake Berlin Wall A Michigan Technological University professor will return to the classroom this spring despite being reprimanded during the fall semester for comments he made in the classroom about the campus Young Americans for Freedom group. Professor Carl Blair is set to teach several classes in the upcoming spring semester after facing dismissal…

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Penn affiliates want merit and ‘intellectual diversity’ to guide university

Jack Applewhite - University of Georgia — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 05:03:31 +0000

UPDATED ‘This proposal for a new constitution for Penn calls for the sort of ideal place of research and learning that Penn should be,’ signer and former administrator says The University of Pennsylvania should reorient itself to support “intellectual diversity” and merit, according to some students, faculty, and alumni. “A Vision for a New Future of the University of Pennsylvania…

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Top business schools push CRT and other progressive ideas, report finds

Jack Applewhite - University of Georgia — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 05:09:41 +0000

‘CRT and ESG are failed ideologies which politicize and racialize education,’ legal scholar says America’s prestigious business schools regularly push leftist ideologies, including critical race theory and environmental, social, and governance standards, according to a new report. The Legal Insurrection Foundation launched the project through its CriticalRace.org database. It details the CRT…

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University of Utah threatens YAF group for not following unenforced rules

Jack Applewhite - University of Georgia — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 05:02:47 +0000

School says YAF should have followed rules the day before they were in effect The University of Utah has threatened to dissolve its Young Americans for Freedom chapter for allegedly violating school rules with event flyers. But the posting rules were not in effect when the posters went up on billboards. The Mountain States Legal Foundation sent a letter to the university’s general counsel…

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Minneapolis teams up with NYU law school to ‘reimagine’ policing

Jack Applewhite - University of Georgia — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 05:08:33 +0000

UPDATED Project wants to end ‘policing as a one-size-fits-all answer’ Minneapolis is shelling out $1,000,000 to a New York University School of Law group to help it implement an “alternatives” to policing plan. The Minneapolis City Council recently approved a partnership with NYU Law’s Reimagining Public Safety, a program of its Policing Project. The initiative wants to “incorporate non…

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After Iowa Board of Regents abolish higher ed DEI initiatives, high-paid deans on chopping block

Jack Applewhite - University of Georgia — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 05:06:12 +0000

University of Iowa’s associate vice president for DEI division makes nearly $375,000 per year Well-paid DEI officials at Iowa State University, the University of Northern Iowa, and the University of Iowa could soon be out of jobs, following a vote by the board of trustees. The Iowa Board of Regents recently approved a proposal to abolish all “diversity, equity, and inclusion” initiatives at…

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Paper finds ‘anti-Asian xenophobia’ in red states, but scholars question design

Jack Applewhite - University of Georgia — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 05:04:35 +0000

The study uses results from the Implicit Association Test and most red state respondents were liberals Conservative states have higher levels of “anti-Asian xenophobia,” according to three New York University researchers, but other scholars questioned the design of the study. “Mapping Anti-Asian Xenophobia: State-Level Variation in Implicit and Explicit Bias against Asian Americans across the…

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Penn affiliates say university violates ‘fiduciary duty’ with oil investments: complaint

Jack Applewhite - University of Georgia — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 05:03:53 +0000

Penn’s investments are ‘imperiling the university’s financial and physical condition’ University of Pennsylvania’s investments in oil, gas, and coal violate the school’s “fiduciary duty,” according to a complaint filed with the attorney general’s office and supported by students, faculty, and outside groups. Attorneys at the Climate Defense Project, an environmental advocacy group that fights…

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UCLA study: Convince white people racism exists by showing them old photos

Jack Applewhite - University of Georgia — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 04:11:09 +0000

Medical reform group says it’s good to teach history, but that does not prove racism today A study recently published by UCLA researchers suggests that showing white people historical photos of racism toward black Americans in the healthcare system helps them believe racism exists today. The study, published by the American Psychological Association, exposed approximately 400 white…

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Yale study: Asians feel ‘invisible’ in med school

Jack Applewhite - University of Georgia — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 04:06:29 +0000

Study claims ‘anti-Asian racism’ is a problem in med school, based on small sample size A group of Yale doctors and other healthcare researchers recently published a small study that stated there is “anti-Asian racism” in medical school programs and concluded that Asian students are “invisible.” However, the researchers who conducted the study rejected the idea that a small sample size and…

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