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UNLV aids illegal immigrants with Soros-linked group

Tate Miller - Liberty University — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 05:02:54 +0000

UPDATED Program ‘legitimizes illegality,’ policy center director said A Nevada university’s illegal immigrant assistance program promotes scholarships in partnership with an organization tied to George Soros and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas’s Undocumented Student Program “provides services, resources, and support to undocumented students and mixed…

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Northwestern gets green light for stadium rebuild despite Native American opposition

Tate Miller - Liberty University — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 05:02:51 +0000

Decision followed six-hour city council meeting The Evanston, Illinois city council voted Monday to allow Northwestern University to rebuild its athletic stadium despite opposition from local people and Native American groups. A Monday university news release stated “the project’s approval comes after extensive dialogue with community members, reflecting Northwestern’s commitment to…

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UMich looks to advance DEI in every part of university over next 5 years

Tate Miller - Liberty University — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 05:02:02 +0000

‘Process’ goals aim at ‘creating effective systems for reporting bias,’ and ‘establishing dedicated DEI committees and/or roles with new levels of accountability’ The University of Michigan launched a five-year effort to integrate DEI into every aspect of the university and beyond, including through hiring committed faculty, bias reporting, and “de-emphasizing singular Western historical…

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Activist professor, DEI officer build ‘sexist objects’ campus collection inspired by racism museum

Tate Miller - Liberty University — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 04:02:49 +0000

‘We also developed new themes, such as Silencing Women and LGBTQ+, that were designed by Ferris students,’ museum lead faculty said A feminist historian and a DEI vice president at a public university in Big Rapids, Michigan, have assembled a “museum of sexist objects” inspired by a preexisting museum focused on racism. The Museum of Sexist Objects at Ferris State University “began when David…

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Students unsuccessfully protest tuition payment enforcement at historically black university

Tate Miller - Liberty University — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 04:02:20 +0000

COVID funding allowed the university to clear outstanding tuition balances through January 2023 A small, private Nashville-based university dropped students with large unpaid tuition balances from classes rosters and plans to kick them off campus despite a student protest and petition. Fisk University student Tamaya Kimble told The College Fix she realized she had been unenrolled from her…

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Politically polarized universities alienate Republicans, professor says

Tate Miller - Liberty University — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 04:02:30 +0000

UPDATED ‘Those on the right are increasingly disliked and viewed as enemies when they are on campuses today,’ political science professor says About twice as many Democrats as Republicans “strongly agree” that public four-year colleges and universities are “for people like me,” according to a new survey. Forty-four percent of Democrats surveyed “strongly agreed” that public four-year…

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Leave ‘neutrality behind,’ Soros-funded UT Austin journalism program says

Tate Miller - Liberty University — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 04:04:40 +0000

Tech giants Google and Facebook are among financial supporters The “Solidarity Journalism Initiative” at University of Texas at Austin teaches students to “convey outrage” and and abandon neutrality with the funding of top tech companies and George Soros’ Open Society Foundations. The initiative, which is part of the University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Media Engagement…

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California scholars issue reparations report demanding cash payouts, free tuition

Tate Miller - Liberty University — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 04:01:46 +0000

UPDATED Proposed project would cost more than $500 billion The California Reparations Task Force, composed of academics, policymakers and activists, submitted a nearly 1,100-page report to the state legislature laying out harms committed against black people and recommending compensation. “The African American story in the United States is marked by repeated failed promises to right the…

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UCLA refused public records request for job denied to scholar who criticized DEI

Tate Miller - Liberty University — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 04:02:31 +0000

Dozens of graduate students opposed hiring a DEI-critical professor The University of California at Los Angeles recently refused a public records request regarding a scholar it declined to hire following an outcry over his opinions expressed elsewhere questioning the usefulness of diversity statements. UCLA decided against hiring psychologist Yoel Inbar after more than 60 students signed a…

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Not asking about college applicants’ criminal history may backfire, some scholars say

Tate Miller - Liberty University — Fri, 19 May 2023 04:02:07 +0000

Experts identified drawbacks to ‘banning the box’ to indicate criminal background Asking college applicants about their criminal history can have mixed results for colleges looking to reduce racial bias, experts say. Though higher education experts recommend colleges refrain from asking applicants about their criminal history to avoid bias, some scholars suggest the policy may backfire because…

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