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Modern Language Association passes motion in support of anti-Israel faculty

David Glasser - Florida State University — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 05:00:58 +0000

A top academic group has passed an “emergency motion” advocating for the protection of college faculty who condemn Israel. The Modern Language Association, considered America’s top professional association for language scholars, passed the motion at its annual convention held last week in Philadelphia. The motion calls on the MLA to “take immediate steps to urge university administrations to…

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Citing campus antisemitism, popular Jewish computer scientist resigns from MIT

David Glasser - Florida State University — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 05:03:04 +0000

UPDATED A prominent computer scientist at MIT has resigned after accusing the university of failing to protect and defend Jewish students and staff from extreme campus antisemitism that followed the October terrorist attacks against Israeli citizens. Mauricio Karchmer, a lecturer at MIT since 2019, announced his resignation in a LinkedIn post Jan. 3 that stated it was a difficult decision…

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MIT debaters clash over whether STEM is ‘systemically racist’

David Glasser - Florida State University — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 05:04:09 +0000

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math are either exclusive fields difficult for people of color to break into or opportunities available to all Americans regardless of skin color, according to a panel of scholars who recently debated the proposition that STEM is systemically racist. Panelists Chad Womack of the United Negro College Fund and Jaret Riddick, senior fellow at the Center for…

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New College of Florida works to enroll more male students as shake-up continues

David Glasser - Florida State University — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 04:01:18 +0000

New College of Florida ‘rebalancing’ heavily female campus Eight months after Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida fired and replaced more than half of New College of Florida’s board of trustees, his appointees are leading an effort to “rebalance” the ratio of male to female students at the school. As of 2022, two-thirds of New College of Florida’s student body was composed of women. This year…

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Mississippi university refuses to fire band director who criticized transgenderism

David Glasser - Florida State University — Mon, 14 Aug 2023 04:02:12 +0000

A Mississippi university interim band director and minister who came under fire for criticizing transgenderism while co-hosting a podcast will remain in his job. Steven Hugley was hired by Delta State University as its band director in June 2023, but in the weeks that followed a highlight reel of some of his most controversial comments while co-hosting the “Always Right” podcast circulated and…

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Fired Christian biology professor files religious discrimination complaint

David Glasser - Florida State University — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 04:00:17 +0000

A former Texas biology professor has filed a religious discrimination charge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against his former employer, St. Philips College, alleging administrators fired him for teaching sex is determined by X and Y chromosomes. The EEOC complaint is the first step in filing a lawsuit against the school. Former adjunct Professor Johnson Varkey…

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Window dressing? Some universities appear to cut DEI — but quietly keep it

David Glasser - Florida State University — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 04:09:48 +0000

Efforts in Texas, Arkansas and Florida to cut diversity, equity and inclusion programs may not be all that they appear, as some observers argue the attempts amount to window dressing while DEI remains behind the scenes. In one method, it appears campus leadership simply reworded a job title to eliminate DEI verbiage. At UT-Austin, the formerly titled “Outreach & Inclusion” director in the…

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Major benefactor pulls $400,000 annual donation from ASU, cites ‘left-wing hostility and activism’

David Glasser - Florida State University — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 04:09:52 +0000

UPDATED ‘I was shocked and disappointed by the alarming and outright hostility demonstrated by … faculty and administration’ A major benefactor is pulling funding from Arizona State University amid the firing of an ASU staff member who hosted an event featuring conservatives Charlie Kirk and Dennis Prager. Tom Lewis of the T.W. Lewis Foundation previously helped fund ASU’s T.W.

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Texas professor fired after teaching sex is determined by chromosomes: legal group

David Glasser - Florida State University — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 04:06:54 +0000

A biology professor in Texas says he was fired after teaching that sex in humans is determined by X and Y chromosomes. St. Philip’s College, a public historically black community college in San Antonio, fired Dr. Johnson Varkey in January 2023. Varkey taught human anatomy and physiology at the college for 20 years, according to a letter sent to the school by the legal group First Liberty…

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Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action in landmark decision

David Glasser - Florida State University — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 15:28:28 +0000

UPDATED The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the use of affirmative action in higher education, outlawing college admissions decisions based on an applicant’s race. The development came through two landmark decisions, ruling in favor of the plaintiffs in a pair of cases that targeted these policies at the University of North Carolina and Harvard University. Writing for the majority…

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