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U. Arizona student reported to bias response team for drawing person picking cotton

Christian Schneider - Senior College Fix Reporter — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 04:08:32 +0000

A University of Arizona student was reported to administration for attempting to get her friends to guess the word “cotton” during an online drawing game, according to the school’s bias response team reports recently obtained by The College Fix. “While she claimed that she did not specifically denote the race of the person, the witnesses claimed that she chose a dark brown color for their skin…

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Under Biden, Education Department quietly shut down Trump-era ‘free speech hotline’

Christian Schneider - Senior College Fix Reporter — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 04:40:15 +0000

Two dozen complaints filed with hotline before it was shut down, according to newly released documents exclusively obtained by The College Fix through a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit The U.S. Department of Education shut down its “free speech hotline” without fanfare or public announcement in July 2021 after the communication channel received about two dozen complaints during its eight…

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Researchers argue ‘structural racism’ linked to higher rates of Alzheimer’s in black Americans

Christian Schneider - Senior College Fix Reporter — Thu, 11 Aug 2022 04:04:35 +0000

‘Racism impacts brain health and contributes to the unfair burden of Alzheimer’s disease in marginalized groups’ New research recently presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference suggests “structural racism” is linked to higher incidences of Alzheimer’s disease and memory loss in elderly African Americans. In a study of 1,000 middle-aged adults…

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Princeton mum on whether it will investigate prominent professor accused of plagiarism

Christian Schneider - Senior College Fix Reporter — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 04:08:44 +0000

The administration at Princeton University isn’t answering questions about whether it has plans to investigate a prominent professor who has been accused of plagiarizing passages for both his doctoral dissertation and a 2015 book. Kevin Kruse, a professor of history at Princeton, was accused of plagiarism by historian Phillip Magness, who found multiple instances where Kruse used the work of…

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CUNY deletes article bragging about grad who served on Johnny Depp’s legal team

Christian Schneider - Senior College Fix Reporter — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 16:23:57 +0000

The City University of New York recently deleted an an article on its website that boasted of a recent graduate who served on actor Johnny Depp’s legal team, citing “strong negative emotions” by some readers. The school further apologized running the newsletter article in the first place. “We appreciate everyone who shared their concerns about an article in our newsletter featuring a recent CUNY…

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Regents refuse to fire tenured professor accused of racial insensitivity

Christian Schneider - Senior College Fix Reporter — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 04:06:16 +0000

The Western Kentucky University Board of Regents on Friday voted unanimously to retain a professor students had accused of saying black students learn better by chanting and singing because their brains are wired differently. Jeanine Huss, a professor of teacher education, is also accused of requiring students to “dress as a diverse person” for a day and tell the story of that imaginary person’s…

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African students flood Confucius Institutes to bolster their future job prospects

Christian Schneider - Senior College Fix Reporter — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 18:53:44 +0000

Under attack in America, Chinese government shifts focus to Africa Despite the rapid decline in the number of Confucius Institutes at American universities, African students are now flocking to the Chinese-founded programs in order to bolster their chances of finding future employment. According to the Kenyan newspaper The Standard, over 500 students at the University of Nairobi are enrolled…

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Portland State student files complaint against campus police for listing race of suspect on the loose

Christian Schneider - Senior College Fix Reporter — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 04:08:47 +0000

‘The email seems reckless and could cause serious harm just telling PSU to be on the look out for a general black man,’ student stated A Portland State University student filed a bias complaint against the campus police department for mentioning the race of a potentially dangerous individual on the loose. “The email uses problematic language to identify the suspect,” the student complained in…

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Penn law school dean calls for ‘major sanction’ against controversial Professor Amy Wax

Christian Schneider - Senior College Fix Reporter — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 04:05:34 +0000

The dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School has called for a “major sanction” against a tenured professor known for making controversial statements about race and sexual identity. In late June, Law School Dean Ted Ruger sent a 12-page letter accusing Professor Amy Wax of “incessant racist, sexist, xenophobic and homophobic actions and statements.” “Academic freedom for a tenured…

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Gender activists push to bar anthropologists from identifying human remains as ‘male’ or ‘female’

Christian Schneider - Senior College Fix Reporter — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 04:08:01 +0000

Argue scientists cannot know how an ancient individual identified themselves As soon as ancient human remains are excavated, archaeologists begin the work of determining a number of traits about the individual, including age, race and gender. But a new school of thought within archaeology is pushing scientists to think twice about assigning gender to ancient human remains. It is possible to…

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