‘Free community college’ is dead, Jill Biden says
First Lady Jill Biden told community college leaders on Monday that the Build Back Better agenda no longer includes complete taxpayer support for an associates degree. Read more
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Scholars argue field of nuclear science is racist
A class offered this semester at Princeton University called “Nuclear Princeton: An Indigenous Approach to Science and the Environment” is among an effort to combat alleged racism in the field of nuclear science. Read more
College assignment tasks students with ‘calling out’ someone for racism or homophobia
An assignment in a course offered at the University of New Hampshire tasks students with “calling out” another person for their alleged racism or offensive language. Read more
My parents fled communism decades ago. But at my elite D.C. university, the ideology is alive and well.
In the 1970s, my father fled Romania, was thrown into a communist labor camp in Yugoslavia, beaten by guards there, and starved. He eventually got out, made his way to Austria, and applied for asylum to the United States. Read more
University: white males have the ‘power,’ equity needed for ‘justice to be achieved’
A “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Glossary” published by the University of Central Florida states that while males have the power in the United States and that an “unequal response” of equity can help resolve structural and historical oppression. Read more
Professor resigns from APA, says woke ideology drives organization to harmful policies, ‘garbage therapy’
Modern psychology’s emphasis on identity politics and progressive worldviews above personalized treatment approaches helped drive Christopher Ferguson, professor of psychology at Stetson University, to recently resign his position at the American Psychological Association. Read more
U. Michigan on track to hire 20 new ‘anti-racism’ faculty
An initiative by the University of Michigan to hire 20 new “anti-racism” faculty has moved into the third round of hiring, according to a recent statement from the school. Read more
Law students still work to cancel retired professor who cited Supreme Court case with n-word
The Black Law Student Association at Wake Forest University School of Law had lodged a complaint over a renown professor emeritus taking part in a recent campus law symposium because when he actively taught at the school he cited a Supreme Court case with the n-word. Read more
Pro-lifers work to stop chemical abortions at UMass Amherst
Students for Life of America said it will try to stop a public university in Massachusetts from giving out chemical abortion drugs starting in the fall semester. Read more
College student and son of legal immigrant runs for statehouse to protect the American dream
A University of West Georgia student running for the statehouse recently shared with The College Fix why he wants to get elected. Read more
