Jennifer Kabbany – Fix Editor – The College Fix

Group preps to sue MIT, alleges it rejects male applicants for less-qualified female ones

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 05:10:48 +0000

‘We will challenge what we perceive to be sex discrimination in the admissions policy at MIT,’ spokesman says A group of Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni are working to prepare a lawsuit against the prestigious school that accuses its leaders of unlawfully rejecting male applicants for less-qualified female ones to advance gender parity. The alumni have formed a nonprofit called…

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UMich now has more than 500 jobs dedicated to DEI, payroll costs exceed $30 million

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 05:19:38 +0000

ANALYSIS: ‘UM has become a DEI ideological complex with a university attached’ The University of Michigan continues to exponentially grow the number of staffers dedicated to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion, with at least 241 paid employees now focused on DEI and payroll costs exceeding $30 million annually, according to an analysis conducted for The College Fix.

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Black scholar plagiarized by Harvard’s Gay sends legal demand letter: ‘unlawful copying’

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 18:36:56 +0000

Carol Swain, one of the most prominent conservative black scholars in the nation whose ideas appear to have been lifted and riffed on by Harvard University’s Claudine Gay without credit, has sent a letter to the institution’s leaders demanding answers and “remedies.” The Jan. 3 letter is addressed to Harvard Corporation fellows, who oversee the school, and states Swain’s 1993 book “Black Faces…

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Despite rampant plagiarism, Harvard’s Gay to keep job as professor, earn nearly $900,000 per year

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 22:21:49 +0000

‘It’s unacceptable when you have students at Harvard who would be expelled for plagiarism to allow a faculty member who has nearly 50 examples of plagiarism in their very slim body of academic work,’ GOP rep says Claudine Gay may have stepped down as Harvard University’s president on Tuesday amid plagiarism and antisemitism scandals, but the embattled scholar appears poised to land on her feet.

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Harvard Corporation members should resign in wake of Gay fiasco, watchdogs say

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 05:22:35 +0000

UPDATED ‘Unless the board itself undergoes a revolution, nothing at Harvard will change’ Members of the Harvard Corporation must also resign, say a growing chorus of observers and watchdogs just hours after news broke Tuesday that President Claudine Gay was stepping down in disgrace amid plagiarism and antisemitism scandals. Gay announced Tuesday she would resign as president after only five…

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College pays fired conservative professor $185,000 to avoid free speech lawsuit

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Wed, 27 Dec 2023 05:56:37 +0000

A political science professor and former police officer effectively fired by St. Philip’s College earlier this year after allowing debate on topics such as gender ideology and police brutality has received a $185,000 settlement. The college’s agreement with Will Moravits also included a neutral job recommendation, and in turn he agreed to not work for any Alamo Colleges District schools in the…

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The College Fix’s top 10 most read stories of 2023

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 05:03:26 +0000

It was another busy year at The College Fix. There is never a dull moment in higher education and trying to keep up with campus craziness often feels like drinking from a firehose. Over the last 12 months, in addition to outrageous stories that made jaws drop, the recent spate of extreme antisemitism on colleges and universities, and the nearly 20 campus hate crime hoaxes we’ve covered…

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SDSU punter who lost NFL gig vindicated as accuser drops rape claim against him

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 06:03:36 +0000

Matt Araiza’s 16-month nightmare looks to be finally coming to an end. The former San Diego State University and Buffalo Bills punter was recently dropped from a civil lawsuit alleging he raped a then-17-year-old intoxicated girl at an off-campus party in 2021, and with that he said he plans to return to the NFL to reignite his punting career. “When I was cut, I was an NFL starter…

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The College Fix’s top 10 most outrageous stories of 2023

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 05:28:24 +0000

There’s never a dull moment reporting on higher education, and 2023 was no exception. In no particular order, here are the top 10 most outrageous stories The College Fix published this year: Universities greet students with ‘Queering Menstruation,’ ‘Anal 101’ events Nothing says “Welcome to college, kids” like a good old fashioned anal sex workshop. But that’s how things roll in today’s…

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Okla. governor’s executive order slashes DEI programs, outlaws mandates in higher ed

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Thu, 14 Dec 2023 18:38:19 +0000

‘We’re taking politics out of education and focusing on preparing students for the workforce,’ governor said Massive cuts to diversity, equity and inclusion programs and mandates in Oklahoma’s colleges and universities are in the offing thanks to an executive order signed Wednesday by Gov. Kevin Stitt. The order requires public higher education institutions in the state “to initiate a review…

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