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Praising ‘intifada’ just means supporting Palestinian tax evasion, Columbia activists explain

Madison Iszler - The Kings College — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 04:03:13 +0000

Office of Public Safety denies it investigated Facebook post Hundreds of Columbia University students, faculty and alumni signed a petition condemning an anti-Israel campus group for its “dismissal of terrorism as ‘civil disobedience’” on Facebook. They were joined by a Jewish member of Congress whose district includes Columbia, who took a broader swipe at the boycott…

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Professor fired for cussing sues Louisiana State for saying she sexually harassed students

Madison Iszler - The Kings College — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 05:03:22 +0000

All because of the Department of Education’s ‘unconstitutional definition of sexual harassment’ A Louisiana State University professor who was fired for using swear words and making sex jokes in front of students is suing the administration. LSU had said Teresa Buchanan, an early-childhood education scholar with tenure, violated sexual-harassment rules with her behavior, which included “verbal…

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REPORT: Fossil-fuel divestment uses students in ‘Astroturf’ campaigns, doesn’t help environment

Madison Iszler - The Kings College — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 05:51:38 +0000

Efforts funded by the ‘equivalent of a Charles or David Koch’ Students are being used as “pawns” to pressure their universities into making environmentally meaningless divestments from fossil fuels, according to a new report by the National Association of Scholars. Inside Divestment: The Illiberal Movement to Turn a Generation Against Fossil Fuels is the sequel to this spring’s NAS report on…

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Students who squelch ‘hate speech’ make themselves ‘dumb and dogmatic,’ left-wing U.K. author says

Madison Iszler - The Kings College — Mon, 02 Nov 2015 06:02:23 +0000

‘Let yourself be offended because it’s really good for you’ Colleges have it backward: “Hate speech” should not only be accepted but embraced, because allowing it to flourish is the best way to prevent “conspiratorial” thinking from taking hold, according to a controversial U.K. author. Spiked editor Brendan O’Neill told The College Fix that enacting speech codes…

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Professors teach students how to stifle academic freedom, U.K. scholar argues in new book

Madison Iszler - The Kings College — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 04:19:00 +0000

Those who conform stay in the classroom and become the next generation of educators Contrary to the popular view that hypersensitive millennials are to blame for attacks on academic freedom, it’s actually their professors who are setting the example, at least in the United Kingdom. That’s what Joanna Williams, director of the Centre for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Kent…

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LAWSUIT: Official in charge of sexual misconduct hearing screened ‘The Hunting Ground’ right before

Madison Iszler - The Kings College — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 04:51:35 +0000

Text-message evidence once again deemed ‘irrelevant’ The university official in charge of a disciplinary proceeding against a student accused of rape had hosted a showing of a slanted documentary about campus rape the day before the hearing, according to a lawsuit by the accused student. The anonymous “John Doe” student is seeking damages in excess of $75,000 from Clark University in…

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DEFEATED: Union organizers lose bid to represent women’s college professors against their will

Madison Iszler - The Kings College — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 06:16:50 +0000

Better-paid members mean higher dues for the UAW Full-time, non-tenure track faculty at Barnard College won their fight last month against adjunct professors who tried to unionize them without their consent. In early June, Barnard Contingent Faculty-UAW filed a petition to unionize with the National Labor Relations Board. Barnard, a women’s college, is affiliated with Columbia University.

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Law professors line up against New York’s new campus sexual-assault law

Madison Iszler - The Kings College — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 04:01:33 +0000

Critical lawmaker: ‘An uncertain, vague system hurts students’ As “rape culture” continues to grow as a hot-button issue, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has emerged as one of the prominent forces seeking to make college campuses a safer place for students. The Democrat signed the “Enough is Enough” legislation (A08244) earlier this month, which lays out procedures and guidelines that colleges must…

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What would Jesus wear? Christian college’s dress code, rarely enforced, gets scrutiny from student leaders

Madison Iszler - The Kings College — Wed, 15 Jul 2015 06:30:38 +0000

‘Virtue is hard. Clothing is easy’ College students often shuffle into class with tousled hair, stained polos and flip-flops so worn out they barely qualify as footwear. But not at The King’s College in New York City, a Christian liberal arts school that retains that most quaint of college rules: the dress code. The school’s 2014-2015 student handbook requires student to wear business casual…

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Cussing professor fired because students complained she was too hard on them, she says

Madison Iszler - The Kings College — Sat, 04 Jul 2015 06:34:50 +0000

LSU breaks its silence to accuse Teresa Buchanan of ‘intimidation and harassment’ Louisiana State University is swinging back against a professor it fired for swearing and telling sex jokes in front of students, saying the case has nothing to do with academic freedom as portrayed by observers. Only a day after it received a stinging rebuke from the American Association of University Professors…

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