New Supreme Court case could make it easier for students to defend free-speech rights
The Supreme Court voted on Thursday to hear a case which could make it easier for students to sue their schools even after they have graduated.
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Penn to stop displaying 190-year-old skull collection to fight racism
The University of Pennsylvania recently announced that it will stop publicly displaying a collection of skulls after some students decried the display as racist.
Colleges coerce students to sign contracts that ban them from campus for not social distancing (everywhere)
Still mulling that potential gap year? Maybe this will push you toward a decision.
Juniata College calls cops on student for sending email that mocked diversity demands
A Pennsylvania liberal arts college suspended a student and reported him to police for sending an email that mocked demands for a stronger bias response team and required classes on systemic racism, among others.
Princeton professor who challenged illiberal demands of faculty to be honored as ‘hero of intellectual freedom’
Joshua Katz criticized Princeton University colleagues who made a host of illiberal demands, including higher pay and longer sabbaticals for only nonwhite faculty and ideological conformity among nonwhites.
Oregon professors denounce Trump, state’s racist past re: Portland protests
With the violent protests continuing in Portland, Oregon, some professors from the state’s universities have zeroed in on President Trump and the state’s history of racism as a catalyst.
New York Times podcast argues ‘white parents’ main problem with public education system
Why is the public education system failing students of color? A new podcast from The New York Times claims to have the answer — “white parents.”
New York Times spun ‘fictional tale’ about Liberty University spreading COVID, libel lawsuit says
A New York Times reporter “made up” the purported facts in an article about Liberty University endangering its community by reopening amid COVID-19 this spring, according to a $10 million defamation lawsuit against The New York Times Company by the Christian school.
University of Georgia system mandates everyone on all 26 campuses wear masks
The massive University of Georgia system recently announced that it will require everyone on campus to wear masks when indoors.
Republican attorneys general argue Trump’s Title IX rules follow the law better than Obama’s
Responding to a lawsuit by several state Democratic attorneys general, nearly as many of their Republican counterparts are coming to the defense of the Department of Education’s new Title IX rules.
