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Columbia tight-lipped as student official suggests conservative events need pre-approval

Jackson Richman - George Washington University — Fri, 03 Nov 2017 04:08:18 +0000

College Republicans president: The goal is ‘eradicating’ us Administrators and student government leaders at Columbia University have gone dark since a student official suggested applying a litmus test to the activities of its College Republicans chapter. The head of the club is daring the school to act on the proposal by Nicole Allicock, vice president of policy for the Columbia College…

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Professor injured in Middlebury riot tells Congress free speech is ‘national security’ issue

Jackson Richman - George Washington University — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 04:35:51 +0000

Anticommunists came after committee chairman’s professor WASHINGTON, DC – A Senate committee tasked with preventing the collapse of the Obamacare exchanges took on another looming crisis Thursday: worsening threats to free speech on college campuses. The threat is not simply to intellectual diversity on campus, according to the professor who was injured trying to protect a campus speaker from…

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‘Creating inclusive communities’ college training uses stereotypes to assign ‘privilege’

Jackson Richman - George Washington University — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 04:27:04 +0000

Overwhelmingly white female audience WASHINGTON, DC – American University has dealt with bananas hung from nooses, posters urging women to “make me a sandwich” and contrarian feminists in the past several months. In an effort to make sure that its students, staff and faculty can respond to such challenges to inclusivity, the private institution’s Center for Diversity &

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College imposes gender quotas on conference panels to prevent ‘sausage fests’

Jackson Richman - George Washington University — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 04:02:27 +0000

UPDATED Why not race and class quotas too? In an effort to enforce diversity and inclusion, George Washington University’s international affairs school will no longer permit any “multi-speaker event” that does not meet a female quota, even if attempts are made to ensure women participate. “For any panel, symposium, or multi-speaker event (3 or more speakers) held at the Elliott School…

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College leaders flood their undocumented students with help after Trump’s DACA plan

Jackson Richman - George Washington University — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 16:56:12 +0000

Fight against the ‘soul-sucking, lawless regime’ Universities are pulling out the stops to protect their students and employees who are in the country illegally, following the Trump administration’s decision Tuesday to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in six months. College officials nationwide released statements protesting President Donald Trump’s request to…

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Dean’s ‘Nazi’ essay suggests he won’t help students who want jobs in Trump administration

Jackson Richman - George Washington University — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 04:16:34 +0000

George Washington University stalls, won’t explain dean’s intentions Two weeks ago, the leader of a high-ranked international affairs school suggested that students who want to intern in the Trump administration shouldn’t ask for his help. George Washington University has refused to clarify his comments or make him available for an interview since then. Reuben Brigety, dean of GWU’s Elliott…

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Harvard’s federal funding at risk as Trump administration reviews anti-Asian preferences

Jackson Richman - George Washington University — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 05:41:53 +0000

UPDATED Why should Obama’s kids ‘have preference over a Chinatown cook’s son?’ When Harvard University faced a regulatory complaint in 2015 about alleged quotas that held down Asian-American admissions, the Obama administration gave it a pass, citing ongoing litigation on the subject. Now that the Trump administration is in charge, Harvard is facing a battle over its affirmative action…

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Using its Harvard playbook, anti-affirmative action group targets UT for Asian discrimination

Jackson Richman - George Washington University — Tue, 16 May 2017 04:02:35 +0000

UPDATED ‘There was an angle that wasn’t really being discussed’ In 2013 and 2016, the Supreme Court ruled against a white female in lawsuits against the University of Texas-Austin for its affirmative action policies. That didn’t stop the group behind those lawsuits, Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), from taking a different tack at Harvard. More than two years after it accused the Ivy…

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Free speech resolution withdrawn at Bucknell, where professor called Milo organizers ‘fascists’

Jackson Richman - George Washington University — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 05:49:53 +0000

‘Impose a steep and lasting price’ on them Less than two months after a professor said students should pay “a steep and lasting price” for bringing Milo Yiannopoulos to campus, a faculty resolution in support of free expression was withdrawn with no explanation. Bucknell University faculty were scheduled to vote on the resolution, which was “adapted and abridged” from more expansive statements…

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Students could opt out of paying for liberal campus programs under Gov. Scott Walker’s budget

Jackson Richman - George Washington University — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 05:03:00 +0000

Accused of attacking student democracy University of Wisconsin students would not only get lower tuition under Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s latest budget, but they could also stop paying for groups or services they dislike or simply don’t want to fund. Along with a 5 percent tuition cut for in-state undergraduates starting in 2018-19 and a $42.5 million increase in performance-based spending…

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