Soas students call for director to resign over use of N-word
Adam Habib apologises for causing offence in meeting, adding ‘context matters’
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Federal judge dismisses tuition refund claims brought by students
A federal judge has dismissed most of the claims in lawsuits brought by students at several Rhode Island universities alleging they were entitled to tuition reimbursement when the schools switched to remote learning last spring in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Portland State University put ‘gag order’ on professor’s video exposing academic censorship
Portland State University officials recently filed a copyright strike against a professor’s video that attempted to expose what he calls an effort to shut down academic freedom.
UF spends 38k on ‘anti-racist’ training that discourages ‘All Lives Matter’
Students at the University of Florida are being asked to complete a new diversity training.
This professor warns that anti-racism is ‘the new religion.’ Religion scholars agree – and like it.
Columbia University linguist John McWhorter argues that “the new religion” of anti-racism is reconstructing America’s sense of morality, justice, education, personal expression and national identity.
Strike warning over Birmingham’s ‘up or out’ probation plan
Union claims new career framework could result in academics being dismissed if they do not make senior lecturer within five years, but university says sanctions will be used rarely
Cautious optimism about teaching STEM online
The shift to remote learning forced STEM instructors to increasingly accept online education. But concerns about how to give students meaningful lab experiences remain.
Committee: ‘Eyes of Texas’ not Rracist
University of Texas at Austin report finds its alma mater wasn't originally intended to be racist despite describing "a painful reality of the song’s origin." Observers doubt the findings will keep students from feeling excluded.
RPI researchers reveal new method to reduce cheating
A testing strategy that is cost-effective and less time-consuming may work in combating collusion.
Pro-life activists threaten to sue UC San Francisco for hiding records on fetal harvesting practices
Pro-life activists are “coming closer” to filing a lawsuit against the University of California-San Francisco for stonewalling their public records requests on the medical school’s alleged fetal harvesting and experimentation, one of them told The College Fix.
