Public university tells professors not to grade based on merit
Faculty workshops designed to persuade teachers not to grade based upon merit are popping up at universities from Washington, D.C. to the potato capital of the world.
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Veteran accuses instructor of marking grade down due to anti-military bias: report
An Arizona State University student reported his instructor, a female Ph.D. student, for discriminating against him for his status as a military veteran, according to a complaint lodged with the school’s misconduct reporting system in February.
Some universities are putting expansive gag orders on professors under suspension. Is it legal?
Two public universities in the last year have suspended professors and placed gag orders forbidding them from communicating with students during their suspensions.
Fired conservative professor wins in court — but college’s appeals block his return to classroom
A conservative professor slated to return to the classroom this fall semester after successfully suing his employers for wrongly firing him has been blocked from campus as the college continues to file appeals against several court decisions in the educator’s favor.
Professor says grading, good grammar are examples of white supremacy
Ball State University recently hosted a presentation to “engage with the question of how English language practices in college classrooms contribute to white supremacy.”
How these Christian schools use campus policy to cultivate Christian sexual virtues
Though most universities and colleges take a more-or-less hands-off approach when it comes to student relationships, numerous private Christian universities use their campus policies to ensure their students, while attending school there, abide by Christian sexual values.
NYU refuses to share its files in kangaroo-court lawsuit, tells student to seek gossip instead
When an accused student sought evidence to prove that his due process rights were violated and that anti-male bias played a role in the verdict, his university had a novel suggestion.
UConn officials risk legal liability for punishing students who shouted N-word, lawyers say
The University of Connecticut could be on the hook legally for arresting students under a World War I-era state law that is likely unconstitutional.
University cuts humanities program even as it employs over a dozen people ‘with the title of VP or higher
The University of Tulsa’s trustees recently proposed slashing the school’s humanities department by more than half, but the university’s administrative staff remains notably large, with the school currently looking to hire yet another of more than a dozen “vice” positions already on campus.
College’s tutors don’t correct undocumented students’ grammar, just give ‘culturally sensitive feedback’
Resources recently circulated at Evergreen State College appear to indicate that at its Writing Center proper grammar is not taught to students in the country illegally over sensitivity concerns.
