Ohio State employs 150 diversity officials. Now it will hire 50 professors focused on social and racial justice.
Ohio State University recently announced it plans to hire 50 faculty members focused on addressing social equity and racial disparities.
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Intellectual magazine removes professor’s column critiquing critical race theory
A lengthy column by a professor that critiques critical race theory and the concept of “whiteness” and “blackness” was removed by an online intellectual magazine after it generated controversy.
Loyola University Chicago students demand 100 percent renewable energy usage within four years
Student activists at Loyola University Chicago have sent a list of demands to the administration, including moving the university to 100 percent renewable energy use by 2025 and a complete fossil fuel divestment by July 2022.
Assumption University student government asks peers to take ‘anti-racist’ pledge
Students at Assumption University in Massachusetts have been asked to take a pledge to be actively anti-racist.
Newly unveiled Greta Thunberg statue rankles students, local community
A recently unveiled statue of teen climate activist Greta Thunberg has miffed Winchester University (U.K.) students and local residents alike.
Brown University students vote in favor of slavery reparations
By an overwhelming margin, Brown University students have voted in favor of reparations for descendants of slaves affiliated with the school and its founders.
Students told to nix Easter egg hunt idea, told it’s not inclusive enough
An idea to host an Easter egg hunt in the dorms was shot down at Western Carolina University because it’s not inclusive enough, with a housing director telling student RAs “we can’t assume that all of our residents celebrate Easter.”
Cornell University to require students get COVID vaccine
Cornell University has become the latest institution to require students get the COVID vaccine to return to campus.
Prestigious political society at Princeton votes to revoke Ted Cruz’s achievement award
Student members of Princeton University’s prestigious political society have voted to revoke an honor given to Senator Ted Cruz.
This professor refused to take mandatory diversity training. His university backed down.
In August 2020, Converse College Professor Jeffrey Poelvoorde was sent a letter from a provost with an ominous message.
