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University orders student groups to ban members for ‘discriminatory’ behavior

Ben Decatur - University of Michigan — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 04:05:41 +0000

School does not appear to define such behavior, does not have official ‘process’ for removal Starting next fall, George Washington University in Washington, DC will require student organizations to ban group members accused of “discriminatory” behavior, though the school apparently has not explicitly defined what constitutes “discrimination” in this context. Nor does the university have a…

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UW-Madison music clinic gives 11-year-olds chance to identify gender as ‘zie,’ ‘zirs’ and ‘something else’

Ben Decatur - University of Michigan — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 05:04:38 +0000

Policy stems from parent and student requests for ‘more inclusive language’ A university’s summer program asks 11-year-old participants to self-identify their own gender, giving them choices that include “zie,” “zirs,” and “something else.” On its application form for its 2018 Junior Session summer music clinic, the University of Wisconsin-Madison allows students to check the appropriate box…

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Student senate strips funding from ‘multicultural student government’; protest follows

Ben Decatur - University of Michigan — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 05:05:32 +0000

Ongoing controversy reveals tensions between student government and liberal offshoot An ongoing spat between the Multicultural Student Government and the Student Senate at the University of Kansas intensified last month, with the MSG’s new president urging members not to wage a protest against the Student Senate after the Senate cut the MSG’s funding. Formed in response to racial protests…

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Yale University teaches students ‘counternarratives around whiteness’

Ben Decatur - University of Michigan — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 05:06:40 +0000

Course looks at ‘whiteness’ as ‘culturally constructed and economically incorporated entity’ Yale University is offering a course this semester which aims to help students understand and counteract “whiteness,” exploring such topics as “white imagination,” “white property” and “white speech.” According to the syllabus for “Constructions of Whiteness” obtained by The College Fix…

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Georgetown works with slave descendants group amid demands for cash reparations

Ben Decatur - University of Michigan — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 07:20:13 +0000

Group says university’s efforts thus far ‘symbolic’ and ‘insufficient’ Georgetown University leaders have done much in recent times to make amends for the institution’s involvement in slavery, but after a cadre of slave descendants recently said those efforts are not enough — they still want cash — campus leaders have pledged to continue to work “toward reconciliation.

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Despite threats, black student group at UC Santa Cruz backs off ‘reclamation’ threats

Ben Decatur - University of Michigan — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 05:05:46 +0000

UPDATED The group and university are ‘working collaboratively’ to settle dispute Though the group openly threatened to “reclaim” the campus unless its administration acceded to its demands, the African/Black Student Alliance at the University of California, Santa Cruz never struck the university with additional campus takeovers even though administrators have apparently failed to meet the…

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Bronx professors work to teach Western Civ to some of the nation’s poorest students

Ben Decatur - University of Michigan — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 05:03:16 +0000

UPDATED Program encourages ‘thoughtful, self-knowing reflection’ on foundational texts Located in the South Bronx, Hostos Community College is in the middle of the poorest urban congressional district in the United States. Hostos aims to improve the quality of life for its 6,500 students who seek to escape poverty through education. In that spirit, Hostos professors Gregory Marks and…

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Duke University offers scholarship that excludes heterosexual students

Ben Decatur - University of Michigan — Wed, 08 Nov 2017 05:04:58 +0000

Scholarship appears exclusive to ‘students who identify as a sexual minority’ Duke University is offering a scholarship that appears to exclude heterosexual students. The Carolinas LGBT Scholarship Fund is awarded annually to a Duke University student who “identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender,” according to the university’s website. The scholarship is awarded based on…

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University offers degree in marijuana studies

Ben Decatur - University of Michigan — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 04:03:16 +0000

Northern Michigan University’s Medicinal Plant Chemistry billed as first-of-its-kind Northern Michigan University now offers a degree in Medicinal Plant Chemistry in what seems to be the first four-year undergraduate degree program of its kind. “The historical stigma associated with cannabis is quickly vanishing, and although there is a surge in businesses related to the marijuana economy…

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Southern Oregon University’s sexual misconduct policy keeps innocents on file for five years

Ben Decatur - University of Michigan — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 17:59:49 +0000

University justifies record-keeping practice by citing unclear state law Southern Oregon University students who are cleared of sexual misconduct at the school do not have the accusation immediately expunged from their record. The public university keeps a record of all accused students, not just those “found responsible,” for several years, an administrator confirmed to The College Fix.

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