Florida State University refuses to cancel namesake of football stadium
The Florida State University Seminoles will kick off their 2021 season in Doak Campbell Stadium once again, after university officials refused to cancel the stadium’s namesake.
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Student debunks professor’s claim that universities are right wing
On May 19, University of Massachusetts Amherst history Professor Asheesh Kapur Siddique, who has developed a penchant for feuding with conservative college students on Twitter, published an op-ed in Teen Vogue arguing that “universities are right-wing institutions.”
College senior earns degree with thesis celebrating ‘Mao Zedong’ and ‘Black Marxism’
A Scripps College senior has earned a degree in organizational studies with a thesis on how the successes of “Mao Zedong’s Marxism” helped the Black Panther Party defeat “American militarism.”
California public universities abandon standardized tests, other schools ditch ‘test optional’
The Board of Regents at the University of California system voted on May 21 to make all of their schools “test blind” for the 2023-24 school year, and to not use the SAT or ACT standardized tests after that.
Beloit College creates blacks-only space for students to hang out
Beloit College, a small liberal arts college in Southern Wisconsin, has transformed a campus coffee shop into a gathering place for black students, according to the school’s website.
This woke anti-racism activist and scholar was canceled for ‘offensive’ speech
Perhaps the most woke individual on the Santa Barbara City College campus is a woman by the name of Joyce Coleman, vice president of the School of Extended Learning.
UVA to remove Revolutionary War officer’s statue, erase inscription on its Whispering Wall
On the same day that the University of Virginia’s Board of Visitors endorsed a new statement on freedom of expression and freedom of inquiry, it also announced that it’s putting its statue of Revolutionary War officer George Rogers Clark in storage and erasing an inscription on its Whispering Wall.
New movement teaches American kids how to think, not what to think
An American educator is persuading schools to implement viewpoint diversity in the classroom.
Native American tribes quarrel with colleges over land, free tuition
Campus conversations regarding reparations for African Americans in the U.S. have made headlines. Much less in the limelight are discussions about compensation for Native Americans for perceived stolen land.
Chemistry, biology textbooks overrepresent male scientists, educators say
Several science educators are calling for increased gender diversity representations in widely used science textbooks after they reviewed chemistry and biology textbooks and determined the books mostly cite male scientists.
