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DEI staffer alleges U. Wisconsin discriminated against her for being white: lawsuit

Rachel Culver - The Masters University — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 05:01:51 +0000

‘Great educators’ being ‘passed over’ because of skin color, former DEI administrator says University of Wisconsin leaders are accused of discriminating against a white DEI staffer in a new lawsuit as leading state lawmakers call for greater scrutiny of diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Rochelle Hoffman, a former assistant director of the Multicultural Student Services at the UW-Eau…

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Student sues Lafayette College for breach of contract during COVID-19 shutdowns

Rachel Culver - The Masters University — Tue, 28 Nov 2023 05:01:57 +0000

Similar COVID-related class-action lawsuits against colleges and universities remain in litigation, some were dismissed, others settled A former Lafayette College student is suing the school for a breach of contract due to the loss of in-person learning during the COVID-19 shutdowns in the spring of 2020. Julia Jin-Wolfson, a student at the private Pennsylvania institution at the time…

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Northwestern project aims to create ‘gender bias-free’ foreign language classes

Rachel Culver - The Masters University — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 05:05:44 +0000

Research funded by Buffett Institute for Global Affairs Universities are working on ways to incorporate gender equity and inclusion into foreign language learning across the country, including one project funded by billionaire Warren Buffett’s sister. At Northwestern University in Illinois, researchers with the Language Curricula and Gender working group are focused on addressing inclusivity…

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University to offer master’s degree in witchcraft, magic and occult science

Rachel Culver - The Masters University — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 04:08:03 +0000

Professor says she’s seen a ‘surge in interest’ from students A new master’s degree in witchcraft, magic, and occult science is scheduled to be offered September 2024 at the University of Exeter in England as faculty cite growing student interest. The new program will explore “specific interests within the long and diverse history of esotericism, witchcraft, ritual magic, occult science…

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Embattled anthropology prof settles lawsuit with SJSU, gets gig as ‘heterodox’ scholar

Rachel Culver - The Masters University — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 04:05:33 +0000

After an 18-month legal battle with San Jose State University, anthropology Professor Elizabeth Weiss recently agreed to retire from her job to settle a lawsuit she filed against her employers. Weiss, who had been effectively canceled by her department for ardently supporting the studying of Native American remains, will retire at the end of the 2023-24 school year with full retirement benefits…

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Stanford Law refuses comment on fate of DEI dean who helped shout down judge

Rachel Culver - The Masters University — Wed, 19 Jul 2023 04:56:32 +0000

Stanford Law School is refusing to comment on the status of Tirien Steinbach, its diversity, equity and inclusion associate dean who was placed on administrative leave this spring after she helped shout down a federal judge during his guest speech. The College Fix reached out to Stanford Law School for comment six times over the last two weeks through email and phone calls to ask whether or not…

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Supreme Court dissents defending affirmative action riddled with errors, scholars argue

Rachel Culver - The Masters University — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 04:05:05 +0000

Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson’s dissents to the recent groundbreaking decision outlawing affirmative action in college admissions included flaws in not only data and facts but also logic and reasoning, according to numerous conservative scholars who have picked it apart. “Sotomayor and Jackson each wrote dissents against the court’s ruling that…

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Constitutional scholars, black conservatives, Asian Americans praise ruling banning affirmative action

Rachel Culver - The Masters University — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 04:05:03 +0000

A collective cheer rang out Thursday from a variety of constitutional scholars, black conservatives and Asian American students and supporters after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision banning race-based admissions practices as unconstitutional. The nation’s highest court on Thursday released a 237-page opinion in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College…

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Gov. Abbott signs law abolishing DEI offices at Texas colleges, universities

Rachel Culver - The Masters University — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 18:02:58 +0000

Texas becomes second state after Florida to abolish DEI offices in higher education Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed into law legislation that eliminates diversity, equity and inclusion offices at the state’s public colleges and universities. “An institution of higher education may not establish or maintain a diversity, equity, and inclusion office or hire or assign an employee of…

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As universities brace for Supreme Court’s affirmative action decision, experts say more litigation awaits

Rachel Culver - The Masters University — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 21:28:07 +0000

As colleges and universities await the Supreme Court’s decision on the fate of affirmative action, many experts have speculated that a conservative majority of the judges will rule against the practice, but that litigation over the topic of race-based admissions will likely be far from over. The nation’s highest court is reviewing two companion cases brought by Students for Fair Admissions…

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