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Australian professor claims ‘unlawful’ firing for criticizing Greta Thunberg

Matthew Giffin - Middle Tennessee State University — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 05:02:45 +0000

‘When they want you out, they just push you out,’ former professor said An Australian academic says his university unlawfully terminated him for criticizing Gen Z climate activist Greta Thunberg using his personal account on X. Former Deputy Dean of Research and Innovation Andrew Timming was fired from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, days before Christmas for “exercising [his]…

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Students demand return of colonial studies professor suspended for stalking

Matthew Giffin - Middle Tennessee State University — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 05:02:56 +0000

UPDATED Prof. Yvonne del Valle reportedly confirmed she vandalized another professor’s apartment hallway, door, and car Students at University of California Berkeley are calling for the reinstatement of a professor suspended by the school for alleged sexual harassment and stalking, whom they argue is herself the victim of abuse. “We have witnessed the harsh and unfair treatment that our most…

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Scientists urge clearer publishing standards to reduce bias, regain public trust

Matthew Giffin - Middle Tennessee State University — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 05:02:02 +0000

‘The fact that something is published in a journal doesn’t mean it’s true,’ scientist said Scientific censorship mainly comes from well-intentioned scientists, not from media outlets or activists, a group of authors wrote in a recently released study in a major academic journal. Thirty-eight academics, including Glenn Loury, John McWhorter, and Steven Pinker, co-authored a paper in the…

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Even red state colleges are folding to antisemitism. I experienced it firsthand.

Matthew Giffin - Middle Tennessee State University — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 05:08:34 +0000

OPINION: As editor-in-chief of my student newspaper, I tried to publish a profile of a student worried about his friends in Israel. The fallout was typical. In the weeks since the Hamas invasion of Israel on Oct. 7, students and faculty at colleges across the U.S. have given way to the pressures of antisemitic, pro-Hamas voices, abandoning moral clarity and sound judgment.

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Harvard students fight for control of journals, despite some being inactive for years

Matthew Giffin - Middle Tennessee State University — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 04:02:07 +0000

‘The journals operate like wasteful, disjointed class projects that no one reads,’ one student reportedly said Students at Harvard’s public policy school called on the university to preserve the “AntiRacism Policy Journal” and 13 others that will be merged into one publication. Many of the journals for which the Harvard Kennedy School students are fighting have been defunct for months or…

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New College enrolls more students, looks to cut gender studies

Matthew Giffin - Middle Tennessee State University — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 04:02:20 +0000

Changes to liberal arts college since January have generated ‘remarkable’ excitement, spokesperson said A small public Florida college has rapidly transformed under Governor Ron DeSantis-appointed trustee board, as liberal faculty have resigned in large numbers, a gender studies major is slated for demolition and admissions numbers rise. Conservative activist and journalist Christopher Rufo…

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Dismantle ‘DEI machines’: political scientist on how to win back trust in higher ed

Matthew Giffin - Middle Tennessee State University — Tue, 25 Jul 2023 04:02:26 +0000

Colleges must ‘demonstrate why investing in a degree is worthwhile,’ political scientist said To restore Americans’ low confidence in higher education, colleges should dismantle the diversity, equity and inclusion bureaucracies and showcase their potential to transform students’ lives, one contrarian political scientist argued in the wake of a poll that found the nation’s confidence in higher ed…

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Student speaks out against ‘Christian privilege’ display at Indiana university

Matthew Giffin - Middle Tennessee State University — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 04:02:00 +0000

Display claimed other religions are ‘disenfranchised, exploited, and victimized’ A Christian student at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis recently spoke out about a hallway display constructed by one of his school’s instructors that decried “Christian privilege.” The display “shocked” and “offended” IUPUI student Jacob Stewart, he said. “Some of the examples [the bulletin…

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‘Embarrassed’ by patriotism: Scholars explain why civics education is failing

Matthew Giffin - Middle Tennessee State University — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 04:03:45 +0000

‘Without a proper education in citizenship … we will not have self-rule,’ historian said Reacting to recent data on many students’ ignorance of U.S. history, scholars pointed to the shortcomings of education from grade school through college. Historian and Hillsdale College Professor Wilfred McClay told The College Fix in an email that history is taught in a distorted way.

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University president apologizes for ‘liking’ tweets criticizing COVID vaccine, child gender surgery

Matthew Giffin - Middle Tennessee State University — Fri, 05 May 2023 04:15:44 +0000

Many observers expressed shock that president was attacked for ‘liking’ tweets The president of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia recently issued an apology and walked back his apparent affirmation of tweets expressing conservative views. “I regret my lack of understanding of how ‘liking’ a tweet is an implied endorsement,” President Mark Tykocinski, who is also a molecular…

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