Megan Keller – Claremont McKenna College – The College Fix

Race-neutral admissions is an attack on education itself, college presidents say

Megan Keller - Claremont McKenna College — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 04:30:50 +0000

Contrary to ‘the 21st Century’ Requiring colleges and universities to evaluate applicants without regard to their race is an attack on education itself, presidents and professors told a federal court overseeing an Asian-discrimination lawsuit against Harvard University. “In a nation that is more connected and racially and ethnically diverse than ever,” a ruling in favor of the Asian-American…

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Economists approve statistical model that finds Harvard discriminates against Asians

Megan Keller - Claremont McKenna College — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 04:48:01 +0000

‘Methodologically sound’ Harvard University has the support of the higher education establishment, and Students for Fair Admissions has the support of statistics that the establishment would prefer to ignore. That’s the narrative told in friend-of-the-court briefs that side with SFFA in its lawsuit against Harvard’s race-conscious admissions policy, which claims that Harvard discriminates…

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This autistic student asked for a ‘fist bump’ and a selfie. He got two Title IX investigations.

Megan Keller - Claremont McKenna College — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 04:26:52 +0000

‘Goes to the whole problem with disability issues with Title IX’ A “fist bump” and a selfie may have ended Marcus Knight’s educational career right as it started. The student, who has autism, cerebral palsy and a shunt to relieve fluid pressure on his brain, was not allowed to defend himself against allegations in two Title IX investigations this past fall, his mother told The College Fix.

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Universities block movie that tells ‘untold story’ of Roe v. Wade from filming on campus

Megan Keller - Claremont McKenna College — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 05:32:52 +0000

UPDATED ‘The most-lied about cause in our country today’ He’s spent four years fighting his celebrity ex-fiancée Sofia Vergara (right) for legal custody of the frozen embryos they created together. Now Nick Loeb is fighting with two universities over another embryo-related issue: their alleged bias against the Roe v. Wade movie he’s shooting in the New Orleans area. The film stars Jon…

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Title IX doesn’t protect father against retaliation for defending his accused son, judge rules

Megan Keller - Claremont McKenna College — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 05:56:30 +0000

‘There’s no direct precedent (one way or the other)’ A university trustee who was fired after trying to defend his son in a Title IX proceeding can’t sue Drake University under the “novel” argument that the father is also covered by the education law, a federal judge ruled last month. Tom Rossley did not suffer retaliation under Title IX because he wasn’t excluded from an “education program or…

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Judge forces Cal State to overturn expulsion of accused student: withheld allegations and evidence

Megan Keller - Claremont McKenna College — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 04:19:57 +0000

‘Structural error … permeated the entire disciplinary process’ California State University-Chico did not give a graduate student a chance to defend himself in the course of a lengthy Title IX proceeding, a state judge ruled, overturning his expulsion. “John Doe” was barely alerted to the evidence against him before he was found responsible for sexually assaulting an undergraduate female…

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University accidentally exposes rape accuser as liar by misreading Uber receipt: lawsuit

Megan Keller - Claremont McKenna College — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 04:22:02 +0000

‘The university can’t be counted on to follow its own rules’ Newly obtained evidence in Title IX-related litigation against George Washington University suggests that the school does not understand that a rideshare vehicle does not pick you up the instant you book the ride. The key question in the private university’s investigation into Gillian Chandler’s allegations against “John Doe…

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Journalist runs for Yale trustee to take on ‘busybody’ bureaucrats, trigger warnings, ‘mob’ justice

Megan Keller - Claremont McKenna College — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 04:02:30 +0000

‘There’s this real festering wound’ from Halloween 2015 James Kirchick noticed something was amiss as a student at Yale University in the mid-2000s. Though campus conservatives could invite a polarizing figure with no attempted shoutdowns, liberal students were only a minor presence in the Political Union, a debate club. More than a decade later those seeds of indifference toward opposing…

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Campus anti-Semitism fighter confirmed to Education Department, compared to white supremacists

Megan Keller - Claremont McKenna College — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 06:07:23 +0000

Democrats shut him out Progressive and Palestinian activist groups are denouncing the U.S. Senate for confirming the founder of a group that battles campus anti-Semitism to an Education Department post. Not one Democrat voted for Kenneth Marcus to become assistant secretary for civil rights. He was previously “delegated the authority” of that position as an education official in the George W.

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University blocks appeal by accused student after accuser caught inventing evidence: lawsuit

Megan Keller - Claremont McKenna College — Thu, 24 May 2018 05:02:41 +0000

It cost him a spot in graduate school, but ‘the university doesn’t care’ George Washington University is refusing to grant an appeal to a student it found responsible for sexual assault, choosing to ignore the revelation that his accuser fabricated a key piece of evidence and likely mischaracterized her inebriation. “John Doe” filed a motion for partial summary judgment in his lawsuit against…

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