Benjamin Rothove – University of Wisconsin Madison – The College Fix

Music education ‘remains inherently racist,’ scholars say

Benjamin Rothove - University of Wisconsin Madison — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 05:05:55 +0000

‘Anti-racist war machines’ needed Music education programs in the United States “serve a White-normative, Eurocentric model,” and the admissions process for those programs “remains inherently racist,” according to a recent academic paper. The paper, titled “Disrupting Racism in Music Education: Conceptualizing Admissions Processes Through the State and the War Machine,” was authored by Erika…

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VCU med school sought to ‘work around’ affirmative action ban: documents

Benjamin Rothove - University of Wisconsin Madison — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 04:03:04 +0000

‘VCU is pushing political priorities over quality medical education,’ former Penn med school dean says Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine explored ways to “work around the [Supreme Court] ruling on affirmative action” during the creation of a scholarship program, according to public records documents obtained by Do No Harm. “VCU and other medical schools are trying their…

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STUDY: YouTube’s recommendation algorithm contains left-leaning political bias

Benjamin Rothove - University of Wisconsin Madison — Tue, 12 Sep 2023 04:00:29 +0000

The YouTube algorithm for video suggestions contains a left-wing political bias that is present “even when the user does not have a watch history,” according to a recent study. The results “raise questions on whether the recommendation algorithms of social media platforms in general, and YouTube, in particular, should exhibit political biases, and the wide-reaching societal and political…

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‘Legal’ concerns halt NIH $154 million ‘false information’ program

Benjamin Rothove - University of Wisconsin Madison — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 04:05:56 +0000

Federal court case takes aim at Biden-Big Tech partnership The National Institutes of Health halted a $154 million research program intended to study “equitable health communication” and combat alleged medical misinformation. The “pause” came “in the context of the current regulatory and legal landscape around communication platforms,” according to a website for the initiative.

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Tax universities to pay for student loan bailout, policy analyst argues

Benjamin Rothove - University of Wisconsin Madison — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 04:04:18 +0000

‘I think it’s a net positive, however, to weaken the power of woke universities to choose the nation’s next set of elites’ Congress should impose a larger tax on universities to offset the financial burden of student loans borne by taxpayers and borrowers, according to the Independent Women’s Forum. Policy analyst Inez Stepman told The College Fix via email “there is general interest [among…

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UMich, NIH to spend nearly $80 million as part of ‘DEI 2.0’

Benjamin Rothove - University of Wisconsin Madison — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 04:06:59 +0000

UPDATED NIH puts in $15.8 million to hire ‘minoritized individuals’ The University of Michigan announced a new initiative to “enhance inclusion and equity across the biomedical and health sciences community,” which includes hiring 30 new professors. With a $15.8 million investment from the National Institutes of Health and a $63.7 million investment from the University of Michigan…

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Some illegal immigrants will get free college tuition in Minnesota

Benjamin Rothove - University of Wisconsin Madison — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 04:04:14 +0000

Minnesota’s free college program includes illegal immigrants Illegal immigrants in Minnesota will soon get free college tuition if their families are below a certain household income level. The “North Star Promise” program “will create a tuition and fee-free pathway to higher education for eligible Minnesota residents at eligible institutions as a ‘last-dollar’ program by covering the balance…

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