Isaac Willour – Grove City College – The College Fix

WVU requires faculty ‘encourage change for the greater good,’ sparking free speech concerns

Isaac Willour - Grove City College — Mon, 28 Aug 2023 04:04:35 +0000

‘In this matter WVU must abide by the First Amendment and Constitution and as such they cannot be overly broad or vague,’ civil liberties group argues New faculty hires at West Virginia University in Morgantown are signing on for more than a paycheck and a teaching opportunity. They’re also asked to step in line for the “greater good”—an undefined phrase that the university has not clarified.

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Conservative students appear blackballed from top law reviews

Isaac Willour - Grove City College — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 04:08:41 +0000

ANALYSIS: ‘They use the diversity statement to find out who we are and keep us off’ A dearth of conservative students among law review mastheads at three of the country’s top law schools has prompted accusations that center-right students and members of the Federalist Society are discriminated against when it comes to access to the prestigious publications. The problem matters because law…

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At Grove City College post-Roe conference, panelists urge strategy to win hearts and minds

Isaac Willour - Grove City College — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 04:03:16 +0000

The Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson kicked off a “new phase of the fight against abortion.” That according to Alexandra DeSanctis, a prominent journalist for National Review and one of several panelists and pro-life speakers who discussed how the pro-life movement should proceed at a “Post-Roe America” conference held at Grove City College on Thursday and Friday.

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The conservative case for the liberal arts

Isaac Willour - Grove City College — Sat, 11 Feb 2023 17:06:14 +0000

ANALYSIS: Scholar makes strong argument to defend, revive traditional higher education: ‘The liberal arts became not just for free men, but the arts capable of making men free’ In the course of current battles over higher education, the liberal arts have become a prime target for attacks from the right, the left, and the apolitical. From the right, liberal arts colleges are seen as prime…

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Reformers propose college civics literacy test as grad requirement

Isaac Willour - Grove City College — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 05:00:52 +0000

Almost one in six Americans age 18 to 29 believe the Cold War was defined by the struggle for oil in the Middle East. Almost one in three think Benjamin Franklin was the “Father of the Constitution,” and another one in four believe the Supreme Court is responsible for impeaching the president. These survey results, as well as other examples of civic illiteracy among Americans…

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From scavenger hunt to job hunt: Syracuse student suspended over hazing allegations

Isaac Willour - Grove City College — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 05:01:53 +0000

Peers said they were not uncomfortable with tasks like kissing fellow students and licking a campus statue A Syracuse University student has found her academic career derailed after organizing a fateful scavenger hunt she planned as something fun for her peers to do. Her case is represented by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, which has called Eriendeep Uppal’s situation a…

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I attend a conservative college — but I haven’t given up on intellectual pluralism

Isaac Willour - Grove City College — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 04:01:55 +0000

OPINION: The marketplace of ideas becomes soulless when we focus on what we’re not selling In the same way a perfect university to some on the left is one free of conservatives, a perfect university to some on the right is one purged of liberals. Such a conservative campus is held up by some on the right as ideal, a university where we don’t have to hear from “woke, Marxist leftists” or take…

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Some scholars call maskless students ableist and racist even as COVID cases drop

Isaac Willour - Grove City College — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 04:01:34 +0000

SUNY New Paltz Professor Jessica Nydia Pabón-Colón drew online ire in early August after a tweet surfaced of a portion of her syllabus regarding her intent to enforce mask-wearing policies in her classroom for the fall semester. “Refusing to mask indoors is a manifestation of ableism and racism … that tells the most vulnerable that their health does not matter,” wrote Pabón, a women’s…

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Former Ed Secretary Betsy DeVos: ‘I don’t think the Department of Education should exist’

Isaac Willour - Grove City College — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 04:11:24 +0000

‘Conservatives can be for empowering families with education freedom’ WASHINGTON, D.C. — “I don’t think the Department of Education should exist.” That according to former U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who served under President Donald Trump from 2017 through January 2021. DeVos made the comment during a talk Tuesday at the American Enterprise Institute as she promotes…

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UCSB student government approves resolution supporting reparations for black students

Isaac Willour - Grove City College — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 04:01:22 +0000

The UC Santa Barbara student government recently approved a resolution in support of reparations for black students in an effort to help back a larger statewide movement underway in California to provide reparations to its African American residents. “It’s symbolic, not only because it is something that we have been fighting for for generations but also something that here students face…

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