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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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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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Professors lament distrust in ‘expertise,’ blame ‘right-wing agendas’

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 16:09:32 +0000

‘Expertise is … premised on the understanding that not all opinions are equally valid’ A pair of Arizona State University professors recently penned an op-ed in which they tell college administrators “Enough with the free-speech rhetoric!” How come? Because such “concedes too much to right-wing agendas.” Richard Amesbury (religious studies and philosophy) and Catherine O’Donnell (history)…

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USC professor banished from campus after anti-Hamas comments go viral

Peyton Sorosinski - CSU Sacramento — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 05:05:43 +0000

An economics professor from the University of Southern California is required to teach via Zoom for the rest of the fall semester after a heated exchange with a group of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, prompting an academic freedom group to demand his full reinstatement. Tenured Professor John Strauss, who is Jewish, “will be teaching his two classes remotely for the rest of the semester…

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Ohio State University prioritized DEI over merit in hiring, documents show

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 03:45:44 +0000

Ohio State University prioritized DEI over merit in hiring, according to a document dump obtained and reviewed by John Sailer, director of university policy at the National Association of Scholars. Sailer obtained 800 pages of “Diversity Faculty Recruitment Reports” through a freedom of information act request and wrote about his findings in a Nov. 20 piece for The Wall Street Journal headlined…

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Over 100 faculty rip Harvard president’s condemnation of slogan ‘from the river to the sea’

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 21:39:16 +0000

On Monday, over 100 Harvard University faculty members signed on to a letter expressing their “profound dismay” over President Claudine Gay’s condemnation of the “pro-Palestine” slogan “from the river to the sea.” On November 9, Gay wrote in an email that the phrase “bear[s] specific historical meanings that to a great many people imply the eradication of Jews from Israel.

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U. Arizona professors: Hamas not terrorists, just an anti-Zionist ‘resistance’ group

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 00:15:16 +0000

UPDATED Hamas merely acting like the Black Panthers did in the U.S. A pair of University of Arizona education professors was recorded telling a “Cultural Pluralism for Young Children” class that Hamas is not comprised of terrorists, but is a “resistance” group merely opposed to Zionism. Rebecca Lopez and Rebecca Zapien (pictured), both of whom teach “teaching, learning &

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Harvard student paper editorial rips Riley Gaines, remains silent on slaughter of Israelis

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 15:00:20 +0000

The Harvard student paper The Crimson late Monday issued an editorial ripping “outspoken critic of transgender female athletes in women’s sports” Riley Gaines. Gaines made an appearance on campus late last month during which she “misgendered and mocked trans athletes” for the crowd’s “entertainment,” the editors say, and “belittled” those who say she is “transphobic.” And cue the ominous music…

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‘Bridging The Divide’ two-day DEI summit at UW-Madison omits antisemitism

Therese Joffre - Hope College — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 05:00:51 +0000

Gathering will also feature anti-Israel artist The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement office is set to host a two-day diversity forum next week called “Bridging the Divide: Realizing Belonging While Engaging Difference.” The topic of antisemitism is not on the agenda, even as tensions at UW-Madison and college campuses nationwide persist in the wake…

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Biden administration targets largest Christian university in U.S., fines it $37.7M

Matthew Xiao - Cornell University — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 04:03:15 +0000

Several federal agencies under the Biden administration seem to be targeting Grand Canyon University in retaliation for the school’s lawsuit against the Department of Education. On Oct. 31, the Department of Education levied a fine of $37.7 million against GCU, accusing the university of “substantial misrepresentations” about the costs to complete its doctoral programs. It’s the latest in a…

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