Wisconsin college cancels Mike Pence as commencement speaker, citing Kenosha unrest
Wisconsin Lutheran College on Thursday announced that Vice President Mike Pence has been removed as its keynote speaker for Saturday’s commencement ceremonies.
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At Chapman, effort to remove Reagan, Thatcher and Rand busts meets resistance, divides a campus
Chapman University tour guides always point out the abundance of exotic flora and palm trees many associate with Southern California. For some, it is a sight to behold as they tour the well-manicured grounds of the private campus nestled in the heart of Orange County.
University removes statues of Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin
It didn’t take a protest. It didn’t take a petition. It didn’t even take an official request.
English class focused on antiracism forbids ‘disparaging commentary’
An English 101 class offered this semester at University of Louisville is focused on antiracism and forbids “disruptive language” and “disparaging commentary,” according to its syllabus.
UMich TAs hold ‘die-in’ to protest university reopening amid COVID
Graduate student instructors at the University of Michigan on Monday held a “die-in,” complete with homemade tombstones and the melancholy playing of Taps, to protest the school’s reopening plan amid COVID-19.
Loyola University Chicago explores blacks-only freshman housing plan
Loyola University Chicago recently said it continues to contemplate a proposal for a residential community for black students only.
UCLA students demand removal of computer science department chair who chided ‘PC police’
Eliezer Gafni, the recently appointed chair of University of California Los Angeles’s Computer Science Department, has barely completed his first month on the job and students are already calling for his replacement.
Anonymous professors’ new ‘Intellectual Dark Web’ website aims to publish controversial work
A new website called the “The Magazine of the Intellectual Dark Web” recently started up.
Clinton-era law, if enforced, would give many American students a massive tuition discount
President Donald Trump can support American students by enforcing a 24-year-old law signed by President Bill Clinton.
‘Dismantling anti-black linguistic racism in Shakespeare’ guide earns support from academia
A Chicago-based director is leading an effort to dismantle “anti-black language” in the plays of William Shakespeare, a worthwhile effort, several college professors told The College Fix.
