Politics – The College Fix

Professor who belittled Christopher Rufo’s Harvard degree ‘apologizes’

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 16:43:57 +0000

Says original remarks were ‘clearly phrased badly’ The Harvard professor who made fun of conservative journalist Christopher Rufo’s Harvard Extension School degree as “not the same” as those earned by “normal” Harvard students … has offered an apology. Sort of. Jennifer Hochschild, a professor of government and African/African American Studies whose work was plagiarized by former Harvard…

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The ‘OK, boomer’ arrogance strikes again

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 16:21:31 +0000

Four years ago I took issue with the phrase “OK, boomer,” and the resulting feedback is the most I’ve ever gotten regarding a column to date. The Fix comments alone numbered almost 600, and there were many responses on social media — mostly unfavorable. Of the negative reactions, the one with the most merit was how discipline and behavior have deteriorated over the decades. Indeed…

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UMass students arrested for illegal sit-in complain they now aren’t allowed to study abroad

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 13:32:20 +0000

‘It never felt right to me that I got arrested for that’ Several University of Massachusetts Amherst students arrested for an illegal sit-in protest in October are miffed that they’re now not permitted to enroll in study abroad programs. Fifty-six students and faculty were charged with trespassing during an anti-Israel occupation of the Whitmore Administration Building after closing hours…

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Professor says ‘suppress’ Joe Rogan, Douglas Murray to ‘counter terrorism’: report

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 22:04:36 +0000

Whistleblower: Class ‘confirmed my fears,’ overemphasized ‘right-wing extremism’ A British university course for government employees on “Countering Terrorism” included a call for the suppression of popular podcast host Joe Rogan and journalist Douglas Murray while lecturers downplayed Islamist extremism, a whistleblower said this week. Anna Stanley, who recently left the UK Foreign Office…

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Ohio House overrides DeWine’s veto of bill restricting transgender sports, sex changes

College Fix Staff — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 22:30:35 +0000

‘Kids should not be carved up or drugged into sterility and adolescent boys should not play girls’ sports’ A majority of lawmakers in the Republican-controlled Ohio Statehouse voted Wednesday to override GOP Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of a bill that prohibits biological males from competing in women’s sports as well as restricts sex-change treatments. “The House voted 65-28 to override DeWine’s…

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Trans professor trains IRS in ‘cultural inclusion’

College Fix Staff — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 16:02:32 +0000

‘CRT and poststructural scholar’ leads progressive training A transgender professor who at various times has used “they/he,” “ze/zim/zer,” and “he/him/his,” pronouns reportedly provided “cultural inclusion” training to Internal Revenue Service criminal investigators. D-L Stewart (previously Dafina Lazarus-Stewart) trained the IRS agents, according to slides obtained by Judicial Watch.

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Michigan Tech professor back in class after Young Americans for Freedom rant

Jack Applewhite - University of Georgia — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 05:04:20 +0000

Professor called YAF group ‘racist’ for fake Berlin Wall A Michigan Technological University professor will return to the classroom this spring despite being reprimanded during the fall semester for comments he made in the classroom about the campus Young Americans for Freedom group. Professor Carl Blair is set to teach several classes in the upcoming spring semester after facing dismissal…

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Retired faculty protest hiring of Republican as new Youngstown State president

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 22:12:58 +0000

Letter demands trustees ‘put away your selfish interests,’ rescind job offer Dozens of retired Youngstown State University faculty and staff protested the hiring of Republican Congressman Bill Johnson as its new president in a letter Monday to the Board of Trustees. In the letter, former employees of the Ohio public university criticized Johnson’s voting record and called on the trustees to…

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Policy experts, right-to-left, weigh in on taxing university endowments

Rachel Lalgie - University of Florida — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 05:02:51 +0000

Only a handful of colleges have significant endowments President Donald Trump has suggested taxing the endowments of large private universities to pay for a free, online “American Academy.” Increasing the tax on endowments has won support from other Republicans and conservatives. The College Fix surveyed several policy experts to discuss the pros and cons of the idea.

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UNLV aids illegal immigrants with Soros-linked group

Tate Miller - Liberty University — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 05:02:54 +0000

UPDATED Program ‘legitimizes illegality,’ policy center director said A Nevada university’s illegal immigrant assistance program promotes scholarships in partnership with an organization tied to George Soros and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas’s Undocumented Student Program “provides services, resources, and support to undocumented students and mixed…

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