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Professor who belittled Christopher Rufo’s Harvard degree ‘apologizes’

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 16:43:57 +0000

Says original remarks were ‘clearly phrased badly’ The Harvard professor who made fun of conservative journalist Christopher Rufo’s Harvard Extension School degree as “not the same” as those earned by “normal” Harvard students … has offered an apology. Sort of. Jennifer Hochschild, a professor of government and African/African American Studies whose work was plagiarized by former Harvard…

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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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UMass students arrested for illegal sit-in complain they now aren’t allowed to study abroad

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 13:32:20 +0000

‘It never felt right to me that I got arrested for that’ Several University of Massachusetts Amherst students arrested for an illegal sit-in protest in October are miffed that they’re now not permitted to enroll in study abroad programs. Fifty-six students and faculty were charged with trespassing during an anti-Israel occupation of the Whitmore Administration Building after closing hours…

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Jewish students sue Harvard alleging inaction against ‘rampant’ antisemitism

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:48:50 +0000

‘It became so unbearable that this was our only option,’ student says Six Jewish students accused Harvard University of “selectively” enforcing its anti-discrimination policies by allowing “rampant” antisemitism to continue on campus in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday. Their complaint alleging “severe and pervasive” antisemitism at Harvard is the latest in a growing list of similar lawsuits.

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University of Florida criticizes own professor for ‘policing pronouns’

College Fix Staff — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 16:14:33 +0000

‘Displaying your pronouns helps others know how to address you respectfully, even if you feel like your pronouns should be ‘obvious’ to other people’ The University of Florida told The College Fix it does not believe in “policing pronouns” in response to a report that one of its professors was offering extra credit to students who displayed them in their class profile.

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Johns Hopkins rescinds DEI memo calling white, Christian, English-speaking people privileged

College Fix Staff — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 03:52:31 +0000

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine on Wednesday rescinded an email sent recently from its diversity, equity and inclusion chief that called white, Christian, English-speaking people privileged, among several other “social identity groups,” according to screenshots of the memo posted on X. Others listed on the privileged list included: able-bodied people, heterosexuals, cisgender people…

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Professor says ‘suppress’ Joe Rogan, Douglas Murray to ‘counter terrorism’: report

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 22:04:36 +0000

Whistleblower: Class ‘confirmed my fears,’ overemphasized ‘right-wing extremism’ A British university course for government employees on “Countering Terrorism” included a call for the suppression of popular podcast host Joe Rogan and journalist Douglas Murray while lecturers downplayed Islamist extremism, a whistleblower said this week. Anna Stanley, who recently left the UK Foreign Office…

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Former Stanford president retracts ‘groundbreaking’ Alzheimer’s paper

Maggie Kelly - Assistant Editor — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 23:01:37 +0000

Retraction is his fourth in four months Former Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne, who resigned in July of last year after an investigation found flaws in his research, retracted a 2009 science paper formerly described as “groundbreaking.” The prestigious science journal Nature announced the retraction in a December 18 article signed by Tessier-Lavigne (pictured)…

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Ohio House overrides DeWine’s veto of bill restricting transgender sports, sex changes

College Fix Staff — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 22:30:35 +0000

‘Kids should not be carved up or drugged into sterility and adolescent boys should not play girls’ sports’ A majority of lawmakers in the Republican-controlled Ohio Statehouse voted Wednesday to override GOP Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of a bill that prohibits biological males from competing in women’s sports as well as restricts sex-change treatments. “The House voted 65-28 to override DeWine’s…

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Trans professor trains IRS in ‘cultural inclusion’

College Fix Staff — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 16:02:32 +0000

‘CRT and poststructural scholar’ leads progressive training A transgender professor who at various times has used “they/he,” “ze/zim/zer,” and “he/him/his,” pronouns reportedly provided “cultural inclusion” training to Internal Revenue Service criminal investigators. D-L Stewart (previously Dafina Lazarus-Stewart) trained the IRS agents, according to slides obtained by Judicial Watch.

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