Wisconsin professor with autism placed on leave for refusing to teach with a face mask
Edgewood College officials have placed a professor on the autism spectrum on leave because she refuses to teach while wearing a face mask. Read more
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Bates College eyes revamping calculus, other math courses to focus on ‘colonialism and privilege’
A working group of professors and students at Bates College has recommended the school require all majors to offer two courses on “race, colonialism, white supremacy, power, and privilege,” Read more
Professors push back on claims their programs provide no return on investment
Center-left think tank Third Way has a report out that analyzes the data on the return on investment of different majors and degree programs. Read more
Biden’s Education Department moves to install racial quotas in school discipline policies
As National Youth Justice Action Month is marked in October, the Biden administration is again voicing allegations of racial disparity in juvenile misconduct prosecution, with a September 30 proclamation decrying such bias. Read more
Meet the two professors working to replace DEI with MFE: ‘Merit, Fairness and Equality’
The mantra of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, or DEI, has become increasingly dominant in higher education, but two professors have created an alternative to DEI called “Merit, Fairness and Equality,” or “MFE. Read more
UMich hiring three ‘Racial Justice & Technology’ professors to battle ‘the new jim code’
As part of an “Anti-Racism Faculty Hiring Initiative” underway at the University of Michigan, the school has announced it will soon hire three “Professorships in Racial Justice & Technology.” Read more
Students clamor for stricter COVID restrictions while partying without masks
College has traditionally been treated as a time for some combination of youthful rebellion, debauchery and self-discovery. Yet, in the age of COVID, most students have come to embrace conditions more akin to those of a psychiatric hospital circa 1962 than the Delta Tau Chi house of Faber College. Read more
College works to fire tenured professor fighting to maintain rigorous math standards
A Nevada community college is taking steps to remove a tenured math professor after he objected to the softening of math standards at the school. Read more
Students, faculty demand Sewanee revoke evangelical Eric Metaxas’ honorary degree
Hundreds of Sewanee faculty, students and alumni have signed on to a letter calling on campus leaders to revoke the honorary degree they gave to popular evangelical author and radio host Eric Metaxas in 2015. Read more
Coastal Carolina theater professor’s job in jeopardy after he declines to show sympathy for fake controversy
A theater professor at Coastal Carolina University has been suspended from teaching his class after he refused to show sympathy for protesters who had walked out of class over a misunderstanding over a list of names written on a school whiteboard. Read more
