Lowe’s creates ‘debt-free’ skills program for employees
Employees at Lowe’s home improvement stores across the country can now take advantage of a program to further their career by adding new skills. Read more
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UCF must reinstate professor it fired after tweeting about ‘black privilege,’ arbitrator rules
The University of Central Florida must give a professor it fired after tweeting about “black privilege” his job back, an arbitrator has ruled. Read more
Feds award $6.6M to liberal college activists through prestigious scholarship program
Are you deeply interested in “menstrual equity?” Do you worry about the “gendered impacts of uranium mining?” Have you ever hosted a discussion group on “cisgender women’s sexual anatomy and right to pleasure?” Read more
Harvard professor finds remote school led to massive learning loss
Remote and hybrid learning during the COVID pandemic led to large declines in academic achievements, especially in high poverty districts, according to a study from Harvard University economist Thomas Kane. Read More
New Middle Ages book aiming for inclusivity accused of still being too white
A relatively new book about the Middle Ages that includes the stories of women and minorities has been accused of whitewashing history and centering white males, prompting a lively debate among medieval scholars. Read more
Cloud of fear grips University of Washington as DEI tenure requirement advances
This is how Cliff Mass, Seattle media personality, meteorologist and professor of atmospheric science described the climate at the University of Washington in a recent phone interview with The College Fix as a proposed diversity, equity and inclusion requirement for tenure inches closer to becoming a reality for faculty. Read more
Syracuse dedicates spending $50 million on DEI as it hikes tuition
Syracuse University, a private institution in New York, is raising student tuition nearly 5 percent as it kicks off a new diversity and inclusion plan estimated to cost more than $50 million. Read more
Drake University denies Turning Point club for third time in six years
For the third time in the past six years, the Drake University Student Senate chose to not recognize the Turning Point USA chapter as an official club. Read more
College requires students, faculty to agree they’ve benefited from white privilege
A Canadian college is under fire after social media users discovered the school required students and faculty joining a Zoom call to agree they have benefited from white privilege and vow to engage in acts of “decolonization.” Read more
Grad speaker sparks controversy for criticizing ‘the world’s strongmen’ like Trump
The commencement speaker for a private liberal arts college in Ohio talked about how “viral information” and hyper-masculine “strongmen” create challenges for graduates, leaving some parents dissatisfied with the speech. Read more
