China stops calling its college propaganda project ‘Confucius Institute’
The Confucius Institute brand has become so toxic for the Chinese Communist Party that it’s rebranding the organization that runs the outposts around the world
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Marquette University threatened to rescind student’s admission over pro-Trump TikTok video
Soon to be Marquette University freshman Samantha Pfefferle has yet to even step foot on campus, yet she said she is already facing possible dismissal from the school.
Student files bias complaint after dry-erase message fails to refer to MLK as ‘doctor’
In January 2019, a student walked into the lobby of the Busch House dormitory on the Ohio State University campus and saw a dry-erase board decorated to honor Dr. Martin Luther King.
Nursing dean fired after telling students ‘everyone’s life matters’
Dr. Leslie Neal-Boylan, dean of the University of Massachusetts-Lowell’s Solomont School of Nursing, was fired in mid-June after writing “everyone’s life matters” in an email to students.
Georgetown student government votes to condemn peer’s ‘I Love America’ column
The student government at Georgetown University has passed a resolution to condemn their peer for writing a column on his personal website that stated “I love the United States of America” and criticized the Black Lives Matter movement.
Professor: Term ‘low-hanging fruit’ is a microaggression because it reminds blacks of lynching
The official definition of the term low-hanging fruit is “a thing or person that can be won, obtained, or persuaded with little effort,” according to the Oxford dictionary.
New Supreme Court case could make it easier for students to defend free-speech rights
The Supreme Court voted on Thursday to hear a case which could make it easier for students to sue their schools even after they have graduated.
Penn to stop displaying 190-year-old skull collection to fight racism
The University of Pennsylvania recently announced that it will stop publicly displaying a collection of skulls after some students decried the display as racist.
Colleges coerce students to sign contracts that ban them from campus for not social distancing (everywhere)
Still mulling that potential gap year? Maybe this will push you toward a decision.
Juniata College calls cops on student for sending email that mocked diversity demands
A Pennsylvania liberal arts college suspended a student and reported him to police for sending an email that mocked demands for a stronger bias response team and required classes on systemic racism, among others.
