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UMich shuts down dueling student votes to either condemn Israel or seek peace

Garrett Marchand - University of Alabama — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 05:00:20 +0000

UPDATED University of Michigan leaders canceled voting on two dueling student petitions, one of which called on administrators to condemn Israel as committing “genocide” and another urging them to promote “grace and empathy” on campus amid the Israel-Hamas war and tensions on campus. The decision came as the Ann Arbor campus remains rife with tension, with pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel…

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Meet the libertarian professor who raised a ruckus at USC

Garrett Marchand - University of Alabama — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 04:05:09 +0000

Professor, now retired, promises to continue to call out school for illiberalism “The progressive monolith hates being called out for the intolerant structure that it is.” That according to University of Southern California emeritus Professor James Moore, who said that despite the fact that an offer to teach during retirement was rescinded by USC, he still plans to keep his longtime employer…

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Wisc. universities keep DEI positions despite GOP gutting budget by $32 million

Garrett Marchand - University of Alabama — Mon, 04 Sep 2023 04:12:41 +0000

UPDATED University of Wisconsin campus leaders have not cut diversity, equity and inclusion positions from their campuses despite losing $32 million in funding from the GOP-led state legislature earlier this summer in an effort to see such programs axed. However, system leaders are in the process of requesting a partial reimbursement to the tune of $15 million from the Wisconsin State Assembly’…

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New ‘Bruin Alumni in Defense of Free Speech’ group to pressure UCLA to improve

Garrett Marchand - University of Alabama — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 04:06:44 +0000

A newly founded group of alumni dedicated to advancing free speech at its alma mater, UCLA, plans to lobby campus leaders into adopting principles that defend academic freedom and open discourse. Jerry Mosley, a co-founder of Bruin Alumni in Defense of Free Speech, said the first course of action for the budding organization is to add members and spread the word as to the state of free speech at…

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Influential conservative think tank calls on Congress to reform college accreditation

Garrett Marchand - University of Alabama — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 04:01:47 +0000

A new report from an influential conservative think tank calls on Congress to fix the college accreditation process and end accreditors’ stranglehold on higher education. With the stated aim of returning “accreditation to its original function as a mechanism for quality assurance and improvement,” the report asks lawmakers to adopt several changes to the Higher Education Act as they work through…

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Professors fret ‘right-wing campaigns’ against higher ed are gaining steam nationwide

Garrett Marchand - University of Alabama — Fri, 12 May 2023 04:02:30 +0000

‘Hateful legislation and executive orders have swept the country’ A group of humanities professors from across the country held a recent virtual panel to discuss what they see as the rising right-wing threat facing higher education today. Scholars at the May 2 event, “Defending Academic Freedom from Anti-Woke and Anti-Queer/Trans Attacks,” also discussed what they believe should be done about…

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Professor faces termination for allegedly being disrespectful to colleagues

Garrett Marchand - University of Alabama — Tue, 02 May 2023 04:00:06 +0000

UPDATED Can a professor be fired for showing disrespect to his peers by emailing them on topics they don’t want to hear about? One case at Bowling Green State University in Ohio may just set such a precedent. Christian Coons, an associate professor of philosophy at Bowling Green State University, is facing potential termination. According to a summary of the complaints against him by a…

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Students must face ‘uncomfortable truths’ to truly learn, says top civil liberties attorney

Garrett Marchand - University of Alabama — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 04:00:34 +0000

A prominent civil liberties attorney told a group of Ivy League students that to learn, they must face ideas and concepts they disagree with or oppose. “Your intellectual development, particularly in college, is to be moved outside of your comfort zone to really push you to rethink your assumptions and challenge yourself,” said Devon Westhill, president and general counsel for the Center for…

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Public university provides faculty of color grant money to gain tenure

Garrett Marchand - University of Alabama — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 05:01:48 +0000

Application process appears to exclude white candidates A Minority Recruitment and Retention Committee at Central Connecticut State University offers exclusive access to grant funding for a specific set of untenured and tenure-track faculty. With the stated goal of retaining minority staff, the funds will only be allocated to faculty who “are members of minority and other protected groups,”…

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U. Delaware undergoes FBI searches in Biden classified documents probe

Garrett Marchand - University of Alabama — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 05:00:31 +0000

The so-called Biden Archive at the university contains almost 2,000 documents from Biden’s time as senator In recent weeks University of Delaware officials allowed the FBI to conduct two campus searches related to a probe into classified documents handled by President Joe Biden. “The FBI has conducted two searches at the University of Delaware in connection with the investigation into…

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