Provost reprimanded for using word ‘mantra,’ cited as biased against Buddhists
In November of last year, University of Washington Provost Mark Richards sent a campuswide email to rally students and faculty to support his mission.
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In November of last year, University of Washington Provost Mark Richards sent a campuswide email to rally students and faculty to support his mission.
Some professors and activists argue 2+2 can sometimes equal 5, a controversial claim recently brought to light in a series of tweets that has sparked a robust debate among education watchdogs and others.
Even though some students are already back on campus, Congress remains deadlocked on the federal policies needed to ensure schools, including universities, can reopen safely in the fall without opening themselves up to costly and onerous lawsuits over the coronavirus.
The University of Northern Texas denies that its investigation into an academic journal accused of racism will chill the academic freedom of faculty.
A professor of counseling psychology at the University of Massachusetts-Boston is collecting data on how students at the school are “triggered,” in their own words.
The University of Texas’ flagship campus in Austin recently announced a ban on all on-campus parties as part of its new coronavirus guidelines. It also warned students not to host off-campus parties, even though the city’s guidelines allow for gatherings up to 10 people.
George Washington University law Professor Jonathan Turley recently warned that Antifa is already on college campuses and said its members should be expelled if they commit violence.
Mandatory diversity training doesn’t have a good track record of facilitating conversations on race. A study published in the Harvard Business Review even found it can harm job prospects for women and underrepresented racial and ethnic groups.
A pair of Minnesota professors say one of the ways in which white parents can demonstrate a commitment to “anti-racism” is to keep their children in public schools.
An open letter to the University of Iowa president on behalf of student groups that interact with the school’s English department demands that black professors be given priority to teach certain literature classes.