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Stanford DEI team wants ‘diversity of opinions’ but details unclear

Dakota Powell - Wheaton College — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 05:04:34 +0000

ANALYSIS: Stanford said it wants open debate, but its history and other promises say otherwise Stanford University officials want to see a “diversity of opinions” on campus as part of their new “Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access” plans. But they won’t answer questions on how they plan to do that, particularly as its DEI plan and other projects includes initiatives that appear to support…

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Doctors should practice ‘anti-racist documentation,’ paper argues

Dakota Powell - Wheaton College — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 05:05:31 +0000

‘The New England Journal of Medicine is the world’s leading health journal. It’s troubling that they indulge woke activists at the expense of common sense and scientific rigor,’ anti-woke group says A Georgetown University doctor has produced a paper recommending changes to medicine that would make it a more “anti-racist institution.” Dr. J. Corey Willams, a graduate of Johns Hopkins School of…

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Social justice narratives focus of new Bard College writing center

Dakota Powell - Wheaton College — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 04:05:37 +0000

Communications professor raises concern about ‘ideological drift’ of center A new writing center at Bard College will focus on “publishable narratives on social justice topics” as well as “free expression” and “civil dialogue.” The Center for Ethics and Writing at the New York university will start up with the aid of a $300,000 grant from the Booth Ferris Foundation. “The center aims to…

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Taxpayer-funded ‘inclusive science’ fellowship excludes white faculty

Dakota Powell - Wheaton College — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 04:03:43 +0000

Legal group calls fellowship a ‘blatant violation’ of federal law White faculty are excluded from a National Science Foundation-funded “inclusive science” fellowship, in what one legal group calls a “blatant violation” of federal law. The “Inclusive Science Communication Fellowship” is “supported by a $2.8 million collaborative National Science Foundation grant” and run by the University of…

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‘U.S.-born workers’ without college degrees benefit from low immigration: study

Dakota Powell - Wheaton College — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 04:02:25 +0000

UPDATED ‘Allowing wages to rise, partly by reducing immigration, would certainly help low-income Americans directly and increase the incentive to get back into the labor market,’ expert says Workers born in America make more money when immigration rates are lower, according to an analysis published by an immigration research group. The Center for Immigration Studies looked at weekly earnings…

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‘Can dissenters survive’? Princeton panel explores effect of wokeness on professors

Dakota Powell - Wheaton College — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 04:03:01 +0000

‘The fact that I had to have a bodyguard and had death threats for standing up for life as a physician in medicine shows just how far adrift the culture around medicine has become,’ one panelist said A recent panel at Princeton University explored whether “dissenters” from wokeness can “survive.” The event, hosted by the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions…

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Racial slur investigation closed by Eastern Washington University

Dakota Powell - Wheaton College — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 04:02:46 +0000

Black students allegedly found the graffiti after a dance class The Eastern Washington University Police Department has closed, pending further leads, its investigation into a racial slur left on the mirror in the university dance studio. Sierra Alexander, the president of the Black Student Union, reportedly discovered the graffiti on the mirrors of the dance studio after the group’s time in…

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Professor seeks males for testicle removal study

Dakota Powell - Wheaton College — Thu, 11 May 2023 04:05:12 +0000

What happens if someone’s testicles are removed? This professor wants to know A professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine is actively recruiting 30 gender-dysphoric males to participate in a National Institutes of Health study on the benefits and consequences of testicle removal, also called an orchiectomy. Endocrinologist Sean Iwamoto is chief investigator of the study titled…

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Middlebury College sued by former Vt. governor for canceling donor

Dakota Powell - Wheaton College — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 04:04:52 +0000

‘Learning about Gov. Mead’s life and legacy would be more productive than erasing it,’ governor says Middlebury College is attempting to erase some of the school’s history by removing the name of the benefactor of the campus chapel, according to a lawsuit brought by his estate. The chapel, originally called Mead Memorial Chapel, is now named Middlebury Memorial Chapel. The donor, Gov.

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Academics wants U. Chicago to silence critics of pro-Israel classes

Dakota Powell - Wheaton College — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 04:04:20 +0000

University says a short protest did not disrupt classes A group of pro-Israel professors want to see the University of Chicago do more quell criticism of a course taught by a former Israeli military leader. Students for Justice in Palestine protested outside the classroom and also has used social media to call for a boycott of the pro-Israeli course titled “Security, Counter-Terrorism…

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