New K-12 standards bear similarity to higher ed claims that math is racist
The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) recently published its second version of “Minnesota K–12 Academic Standards in Mathematics.” Read more
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‘Out of Gas’: College town gas station stops sales to protest high prices
A small-town gas station and service shop near three college campuses in Amherst, Massachusetts, announced it will no longer sell gas since the price has become too high to charge. Read more
Apologize every year for past ‘death and destruction,’ new bill tells SF university
An Assembly Bill before the California legislature would require the University of California (UC) Hastings College of the Law to recognize the "atrocities" committed by its founder nearly 170 years ago. Read more
Students claim they got lower grades for challenging leftist arguments in Multicultural Education course
The "Multicultural Education" course at the University of Mount Union instructs future educators to incorporate racial and LGBT-focused lessons in their classrooms. Read more
27 of top 30 universities are increasing tuition again after COVID-era rate hikes
A Campus Reform analysis of tuition figures from the U.S. News & World Report found that Vanderbilt University increased its tuition the most in that timeframe. Read more
Female athletes defend Title IX outside White House
A battle of the sexes erupted outside the White House Thursday morning as activists clashed over anticipated Title IX revisions and the state of women's sports. Read more
Students want to remove Clarence Thomas from law school teaching position
The petition is in response to Thomas’s decision last Friday in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned the landmark abortion cases Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Read more
Fat studies is the field that teaches students to view obesity as ‘oppression’
Fat Studies is an academic field that “confronts and critiques cultural constraints against notions of ‘fatness’ and ‘the fat body," the Popular Culture Association states on its website. Read more
University fails to impose DEI requirements
A proposed revision to the University of Washington’s faculty code requiring professors to commit to diversity, equity, and inclusion has failed to pass the Seattle institution's faculty senate. Read more
Columbia embroiled in controversy over alleged fraud in foreign students program
Yocasta Brens, former Director of the Office of International Students and Scholars at Columbia’s Teachers College, recently filed a lawsuit against the university for the alleged fraud. Read more
