Curriculum – The College Fix

Yale junior says grade inflation ‘a good thing’

College Fix Staff — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 23:28:50 +0000

Grade inflation has been an issue for some time at American universities. One of The College Fix’s earliest articles reported that 43 percent of all college grades were As, while Ds and Fs were “few and far between.” In 2023, reports detailed how As were almost 80 percent of the grades given at Yale and Harvard. And it’s not just higher ed; one study showed that in 1966 just 19 percent of…

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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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‘Great progress’ made on new UNC Civic Life and Leadership school

Mark Habelt - Arizona State University — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 05:00:37 +0000

Bari Weiss and Frank Bruni set to discuss ‘objectivity in journalism’ this spring The School of Civic Life and Leadership at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has made “great progress” in its effort to create opportunities for open debate and inquiry, a campus official recently told The College Fix. The university board approved the creation of the center one year ago…

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University of Florida offers ‘honors’ course on Taylor Swift

Rachel Lalgie - University of Florida — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 05:02:49 +0000

Harvard University also will study pop music star University of Florida’s Honors Program is offering a course this upcoming semester on Swift – not esteemed author Jonathan Swift, but pop music star Taylor Swift. Harvard University will also host a class this upcoming semester on the singer, as will several other universities. At least one school, the University of South Carolina…

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Columbia students call Hillary Clinton class huge disappointment

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 19:07:06 +0000

Felt like ‘late-night talk show’ audience, waited hours to ask questions Hillary Clinton’s fall class at Columbia University felt more like being in a “late-night talk show” audience than a college course, one of many complaints from underwhelmed students, according to a Huffington Post op-ed published Sunday. Clinton did not read students’ assignments, attend discussion sessions…

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NIU hosts seminar on ending ‘White Linguistic Hegemony’

Daniel Nuccio - Northern Illinois University — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 05:08:40 +0000

Black students should not be penalized for using “Black Language” and college courses should critically interrogate “white linguistic hegemony and anti-Black linguistic racism,” said a scholar who gave a presentation recently at Northern Illinois University. “People’s language experiences are not separate from their racial experiences,” the University of Michigan’s April Baker-Bell told an…

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UF Western Civ center wraps up second semester, plans dozens of new classes for spring

Rachel Lalgie - University of Florida — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 05:04:02 +0000

UPDATED Center made ‘exciting progress this semester,’ director says A classical education center at the University of Florida wrapped up its second semester of classes and programming, with dozens of new courses planned for the spring semester. The Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education “has been making exciting progress this semester in advancing our mission of research and…

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Nearly 80% of Yale grades were A’s

College Fix Staff — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 15:39:56 +0000

About eight percentage points higher than five years prior A supermajority of undergraduate grades given out at Yale University were an A or A- according to a new report from the student newspaper. The Yale Daily News obtained a copy of the 2022-23 grades report from an economics professor at the Ivy League university in Connecticut. The dean of Yale College, the undergraduate branch of the…

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These classical teaching programs meet a growing demand

James Samuel - Drexel University — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 05:02:28 +0000

‘Existing masters programs in education [are] obviously inappropriate,’ classical educator said As the classical education K-12 movement gains steam, Christian and conservative universities have set up programs to form more teachers in the tradition. Director John Peterson of the Classical Education Graduate Program at the University of Dallas, a Catholic institution, told The College Fix via…

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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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