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Furman ‘culture of intolerance’ prompts alumni to form free speech group

Therese Joffre - Hope College — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 06:48:44 +0000

‘I believe the culture at Furman is one of intolerance, but to only right-winged views’ A series of cancel culture incidents at Furman University has prompted some alumni to form a free speech group to lobby campus leaders to allow — and protect — intellectual diversity on campus. Jeff Salmon said he was inspired to start the Furman Free Speech Alliance to promote free expression…

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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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Vanderbilt has 1 administrator for every 2 students: analysis

Maggie Kelly - Assistant Editor — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 05:08:47 +0000

ANALYSIS: DEI commitment includes a recent $17 million faculty initiative, ‘identity centers,’ and more Vanderbilt University employs more than one full-time administrator for every two students, a College Fix analysis found. During the 2021-22 academic year, the most recent for which data are available, the private Nashville university employed 3,516 full-time administrators and support staff…

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Ocean sciences must incorporate DEI, scholars argue

Maria Thomas - Indiana University Bloomington — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 05:05:27 +0000

Researchers should embrace DEI, ‘anti-racist’ training Ocean science researchers must work “towards equity and justice” in their field, according to a group of scholars. Their academic paper includes a call for scholars to “[a]dvocate for and actively create opportunities for your BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, disabled, and female colleagues, even when this means personally stepping aside/

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UC board chair stands strong against cancel attempt for supporting Israel

Hudson Crozier - University of North Texas — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 05:08:56 +0000

Hundreds at UC want him gone for liking pro-Israel posts The chair of the University of California system’s Board of Regents has not backed down as a coalition pressures him to resign over his engagement with pro-Israel social media content. “The moral bankruptcy and bigotry of UC Regents Chair Richard Leib is not welcome in our university community, and we will remain steadfast in our demands…

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Doctors protest proposed DEI emphasis in Canadian medical school training

Brayden Dean - University of Georgia — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 05:02:04 +0000

‘It will lead to worse care for patients,’ create doctors who ‘care more about ideology’ than patients: watchdog group A draft report from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Canada that recommends medical schools focus more on “anti-racism” and “oppression” is causing an uproar among many in the medical community. The proposed alterations to CanMEDS, the framework that shapes…

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UT Dallas removes free speech rock display, raising censorship concerns

Josiah Sullivan - Clemson University — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 05:00:43 +0000

Spirit rocks removed after students paint ‘Free Palestine’ and ‘USA Stands with Israel’ University of Texas at Dallas leaders’ recent decision to remove popular free speech campus spirit rocks after students painted a series of pro-Palestine and pro-Israel slogans on them has prompted censorship concerns. The three boulders, installed in 2008, were initially designed to tout “event…

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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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Michigan Tech professor back in class after Young Americans for Freedom rant

Jack Applewhite - University of Georgia — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 05:04:20 +0000

Professor called YAF group ‘racist’ for fake Berlin Wall A Michigan Technological University professor will return to the classroom this spring despite being reprimanded during the fall semester for comments he made in the classroom about the campus Young Americans for Freedom group. Professor Carl Blair is set to teach several classes in the upcoming spring semester after facing dismissal…

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Featured – The College Fix

Furman ‘culture of intolerance’ prompts alumni to form free speech group

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

Vanderbilt has 1 administrator for every 2 students: analysis

Ocean sciences must incorporate DEI, scholars argue

More Christian colleges promote abortion post-Dobbs, research finds

UC board chair stands strong against cancel attempt for supporting Israel

Doctors protest proposed DEI emphasis in Canadian medical school training

UT Dallas removes free speech rock display, raising censorship concerns

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

Michigan Tech professor back in class after Young Americans for Freedom rant