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Chicago Public Schools had $23 million in lost/stolen technology in 2021-2022

College Fix Staff — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 13:50:12 +0000

‘Not clear there was an expectation for students to return the devices’ The Chicago Public Schools recently reported it’s in the hole for some $23 million in lost or stolen technology during the pandemic school year of 2021-2022. The CPS Office of Inspector General noted there were over 77,000 lost/stolen devices that year, an “unacceptably high percentage,” FOX-32 reports.

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Australian professor claims ‘unlawful’ firing for criticizing Greta Thunberg

Matthew Giffin - Middle Tennessee State University — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 05:02:45 +0000

‘When they want you out, they just push you out,’ former professor said An Australian academic says his university unlawfully terminated him for criticizing Gen Z climate activist Greta Thunberg using his personal account on X. Former Deputy Dean of Research and Innovation Andrew Timming was fired from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, days before Christmas for “exercising [his]…

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ChatGPT tells jokes about Jews, won’t produce jokes about Muslims

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 05:11:37 +0000

Chicago professor: AI program ‘woke, hypocritical’ The popular AI chatbot ChatGPT won’t generate jokes about Muslims – but Jews, Christians, and atheists are all fair game, a University of Chicago professor found. Emeritus ecology Professor Jerry Coyne’s discovery is just one of many examples of bias in the artificial intelligence program. A study by British researchers…

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UW-La Crosse chancellor fired after making porn with his wife

Matt Lamb - Associate Editor — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 16:53:53 +0000

‘In recent days, we learned of specific conduct by Dr. Gow that has subjected the university to significant reputational harm’ University of Wisconsin – La Crosse Chancellor Joe Gow is out of a job after it was revealed he and his wife made porn videos under the name “Sexy Happy Couple.” The regents made the decision at their meeting yesterday. “Gow, 63, and his wife, Carmen Wilson…

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Texas community college agrees to stop censoring pro-life student

Matt Lamb - Associate Editor — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 16:41:42 +0000

‘We will cease any practice that is not in compliance with the First Amendment as applicable to social media comments’ Pro-life student Madison Evans is free to criticize Planned Parenthood events on campus following intervention from a free speech legal group. McLennan Community College agreed to restore a comment Evans left on an Instagram post promoting an event with Planned Parenthood…

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Professor resigns after post sympathizing with Hamas massacre draws controversy

College Fix Staff — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 05:24:46 +0000

A Wake Forest University professor has resigned after claiming the private university did not give her enough support for her now-deleted pro-Hamas social media post that sympathized with the killing of Israeli civilians. Laura Mullen, chair of the Humanities in Literature and Creative Writing department, posted to X on Oct. 12: “So it’s kind of a Duh but if you turn me out of my house plow my…

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Harvard ‘Social Media Lab’ will explore ‘governance infrastructure’ of Internet

Nicholas Kelley - Boyce College — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 05:02:50 +0000

Nonprofit teams with elite universities in attempt to govern social media A new social media lab at Harvard University will work on the “governance infrastructure” of Big Tech platforms, following a donation from a group called Project Liberty. “Project Liberty is committed to analyzing and developing technical, ethical, and governance infrastructure for emerging technologies…

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Using trans person’s birth name is ‘violent act’: MIT module

College Fix Staff — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:15:56 +0000

‘Deadnaming’ is ‘violent act,’ can ‘trigger a trauma response’ A professor who calls a person by their birth name and not their new chosen name commits a “violent act,” according to an LGBT training offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The “LGBTQ 101+” training is one of three sexual harassment modules offered to faculty, staff, and graduate students at the private university…

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Texas community college censors pro-life student on Instagram

Matt Lamb - Associate Editor — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 12:39:36 +0000

UPDATED Student criticized Planned Parenthood event A free speech group is asking a Texas community college to stop censoring a pro-life student who criticized an event with Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion vendor. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression gave McLennan Community College in Waco until Friday to respond to concerns that the school is censoring pro…

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Gen Z wants action movies, not woke storylines: UCLA study

Rachel Lalgie - University of Florida — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 05:02:15 +0000

Black adolescents also want to see white people portrayed as villains Gen Z would rather see movies that show two men fighting each other, rather than kissing one another, according to a new survey from the University of California Los Angeles. The younger, college-aged generation ranked superhero movies and action films high in their interest list, along with “hopeful…

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