China: End to undergraduates’ cushy lives
Saying goodbye to make-up exams will not be easy
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Journals cave to pressure over ‘potentially sexist’ study
Two academic journals accepted, and then refused, a research paper on differences in intelligence between the sexes.
Syracuse University opens $5 million social justice center
Syracuse University in New York plans to open a $5 million Social Justice Center within its School of Education on Friday, thanks to an alumni donation.
College: Prof’s refusal to write Israel letter ‘disappointing’
A professor at the University of Michigan is facing claims of antisemitism as a result of his refusal to write a student a letter of recommendation to study abroad in Israel.
Georgetown prof: ‘Kreepy Kavanaugh,’ ‘GOP doesn’t care about women…F*** them’
A Georgetown University professor went on a profanity-laced Twitter tear to voice her opposition to Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman more than 30 years ago.
University demands student org passwords, then backtracks
A new policy at Southern New Hampshire University asks student organizations to share login information, including passwords, to social media accounts. But university officials have made conflicting statements regarding whether or not the new procedure is mandatory.
Emails show Yale profs cancel class for Kavanaugh hearing
More than a dozen Yale Law School professors canceled or rescheduled classes on Monday because of the Judge Brett Kavanaugh hearing.
Class canceled, students excused for Kavanaugh accusers ‘moment of silence’
Mississippi State professors canceled class or excused students so that they could attend a "moment of silence" for Brett Kavanaugh accusers.
California university ditches ‘offensive’ Gold Rush themed mascot
California State University, Long Beach announced on September 20 that it will "retire" its Prospector Pete mascot after a decades-long debate over the figure's political correctness.
Yale prof: Communism is a ‘religion’ with ‘sloppy theology’
Panelists at Princeton University condemned communism on Tuesday, likening it to a “religion” with “extremely sloppy theology” and honing in on its “inhuman” nature.
