Matt Lamb – Associate Editor – The College Fix

Veteran and business owner leaves behind helpful student loan guide: book review

Matt Lamb - Associate Editor — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 05:04:16 +0000

OPINION: A business owner and veteran created a quality college loan guide for parents and students Retired Air Force Colonel David Shutler wanted to create a book people like him could have used when talking to high schoolers about picking and paying for post secondary education. Colonel Shutler (pictured) did that with his book, “Graduate Debt Free,” but he died last fall before he could see…

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Pro-abortion Notre Dame professor loses defamation lawsuit against student newspaper

Matt Lamb - Associate Editor — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 13:37:50 +0000

‘Dr. Kay’s defamation claim fails and the statements in the Articles were lawful,’ judge rules A pro-abortion University of Notre Dame professor lost her lawsuit against the conservative Irish Rover, a student publication. Professor Tamara Kay originally sued the Rover last May, claiming it defamed her and misrepresented her quotes. The National Review, however, reviewed audio and largely…

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Professor plagiarized by Gay attacks Rufo for Harvard Extension School degree

Matt Lamb - Associate Editor — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:32:16 +0000

‘Those students are great – I teach them- but they are not the same as what we normally think of as Harvard graduate students’ The ongoing fallout from the resignation of Claudine Gay as president of Harvard University includes rehashing an old argument against conservative journalist Christopher Rufo and his degree from the institution. Rufo has a master’s degree from Harvard Extension School…

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UC Berkeley builds wall, calls in cops to stop construction protestors

Matt Lamb - Associate Editor — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 16:17:07 +0000

Activists oppose the new residence hall development University of California Berkeley officials have built a wall using cargo containers and barbed wire to keep out protestors of a proposed residence hall. UC Berkeley deployed at least 100 police officers to guard People’s Park, the proposed site of the new residence hall, according to the student newspaper. The university plans to operate 24…

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Media hyped up ‘brain drain’ from red states, higher ed reporter says

Matt Lamb - Associate Editor — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 05:03:55 +0000

‘Media hyped a brain drain,’ Inside Higher Ed reporter says Give credit to Ryan Quinn with Inside Higher Ed – even though his publication leans left and is sympathetic to complaints about conservative politicians, he analyzed the data and concluded it is unlikely there is a mass “brain drain” of professors leaving red states. “News articles and opinion pieces have raised alarms that…

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Claudine Gay will resign as Harvard president

Matt Lamb - Associate Editor — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 18:34:46 +0000

UPDATED Lasted just over six months in office Claudine Gay will resign as president of Harvard University, the Ivy League school announced today. She has repeatedly faced plagiarism accusations, including a fresh complaint filed just yesterday. Gay appeared to blame the criticism at least partially on “racial animus” toward her as a black woman. “My deep sense of connection to Harvard and…

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Harvard ‘Honor Council’ member calls on Gay to resign, cites ‘double standard’

Matt Lamb - Associate Editor — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 17:02:14 +0000

UPDATED President Claudine Gay should resign due to the numerous instances of plagiarism, a member of Harvard University’s Honor Council recently wrote. Several days later, the university announced Gay would resign. The anonymous member wrote that Gay is being treated with a different standard than students who face plagiarism accusations. The council “review[s] possible violations of the…

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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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Charges dropped against UChicago ‘United for Palestine’ sit-in trespassers

Matt Lamb - Associate Editor — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 13:27:20 +0000

Students still face university discipline Cook County will not pursue misdemeanor charges against students and faculty who staged a sit-in, prosecutors announced during a recent hearing. During the Dec. 20 hearing, “state prosecutors dropped all charges against the 26 students and two faculty members arrested during a sit-in of Rosenwald Hall on November 9 organized by UChicago United for…

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72 things higher ed declared racist in 2023

Matt Lamb - Associate Editor — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 05:06:02 +0000

ANALYSIS: Actual racism is rare today, but academia continues to find it Racism is still alive and well in society – if you ask academia. The College Fix reported on 72 things this year that were declared racist or in need of “anti-racist” action, thus indicating they currently suffer from racism. Actions Not wearing a mask Animals Robert E. Lee’s horse Black people Black cops who…

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