Christopher Tremoglie – University of Pennsylvania – The College Fix

Want to take a tour of Penn’s slavery connections? There’s an app for that.

Christopher Tremoglie - University of Pennsylvania — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 05:02:22 +0000

The University of Pennsylvania recently debuted an app that allows people to take a tour through the Ivy League campus to learn more about its “role and complicity in the institution of slavery,” its creators say. The Penn & Slavery Project’s Augmented Reality Campus Tour App was rolled out in mid-February and created to “elevate the stories and experiences of enslaved people whenever possible.”…

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Stanford Med professor: Race-based priority for COVID vaccine could harm minorities

Christopher Tremoglie - University of Pennsylvania — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 05:05:35 +0000

CDC advisory committee approves racial considerations over lives saved Two Ivy League medical professors are facing backlash for recommending that COVID-19 vaccine distribution should be prioritized based on skin color rather than risk level. The University of Pennsylvania’s Harald Schmidt and Harvard University’s Marc Lipsitch have since somewhat walked back their comments to The New York…

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Asian-American activists expect Supreme Court to counter Biden on college race preferences

Christopher Tremoglie - University of Pennsylvania — Mon, 30 Nov 2020 05:05:37 +0000

‘Good chance of reaching the Supreme Court’ Asian-American activists who oppose affirmative action are planning their next steps after a victory and setback on opposite sides of the country. While California voters rejected a ballot measure that would have overturned the state’s 24-year-old ban on racial preferences in public college admissions, a federal appeals court upheld Harvard’s…

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Penn keeps ‘grieving’ Walter Wallace after bodycam shows him ignoring police commands to drop knife

Christopher Tremoglie - University of Pennsylvania — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 05:02:14 +0000

‘Weeping’ for non-student who threatened to shoot a woman The University of Pennsylvania is not revisiting the premise of its statement mourning the death of a knife-wielding man after bodycam footage showed police warned him 11 times as he advanced on them. The Ivy League school, located near the West Philadelphia neighborhood where police shot Walter Wallace, jumped to conclusions when it…

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350 law professors demanded vote on Obama’s last Supreme Court nominee. Four say the same for Trump’s.

Christopher Tremoglie - University of Pennsylvania — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 06:38:21 +0000

‘Interesting (and perhaps somewhat sad)….’ When Mitch McConnell stonewalled President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee four years ago, 350 law professors signed a letter urging the Senate majority leader to give Merrick Garland a “prompt and fair hearing and a timely vote.” The Senate was failing its “constitutional duty” otherwise. Now that President Trump has nominated another jurist for the…

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Mandatory diversity statements are incompatible with viewpoint diversity, higher ed ‘blueprint’ says

Christopher Tremoglie - University of Pennsylvania — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 04:15:07 +0000

Expect resistance to reforms from ‘a very vocal minority of the academic community’ Colleges have to get rid of mandatory diversity statements if they want to foster viewpoint diversity, according to a “blueprint for reform” devised by a right-learning academic freedom group. The Martin Center for Academic Renewal also recommends that colleges create first-year orientation programs featuring…

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Civil rights groups cheer Justice Department for finding Yale discriminates against Asians, whites

Christopher Tremoglie - University of Pennsylvania — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 04:05:56 +0000

‘The merit-based principle should not be compromised to satisfy a political agenda’ Civil rights organizations for racial minorities cheered the Justice Department’s finding that Yale University discriminates against Asian Americans and white applicants in admission. The federal government also ordered Yale not to use race or national origin in this academic year’s admissions…

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Student activists demand college end academic freedom because professor quoted n-word

Christopher Tremoglie - University of Pennsylvania — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 04:15:10 +0000

Department chair reserves judgment, cites ‘openness to dialogue’ Student activists are calling on a small liberal arts school in Iowa to end academic freedom in the name of racial justice. The response from the administration and department chairs? Crickets. Grinnell College did not respond to College Fix queries about whether it will commit to retain its policy on “academic freedom and…

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University of Minnesota unconstitutionally showers student money on left-wing groups: lawsuit

Christopher Tremoglie - University of Pennsylvania — Wed, 27 May 2020 04:05:51 +0000

Administration implies plaintiffs want equality of ‘outcome,’ not viewpoint neutrality A student group and two students are challenging the University of Minnesota’s process for distributing mandatory student fees and the absence of “written standards” and an “appeal process” for determining which student organizations receive preferential treatment. In a federal lawsuit…

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Public college refuses to overturn potentially unconstitutional rejection of conservative student club

Christopher Tremoglie - University of Pennsylvania — Wed, 22 Apr 2020 04:08:36 +0000

‘Blatant viewpoint discrimination’ Civil liberties groups are warning Santa Barbara City College that it must overturn a student government decision to deny recognition to a student club if it was based on viewpoint. The Associated Student Government unanimously voted to reject a club charter for Turning Point USA last month after telling its leaders that their views were unpopular on campus.

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