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Thomas Sowell Calls Diversity in Higher Ed a Fraud

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Posted by  ▪  Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 1:30pm 12/22/2016 at 1:30pm
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The great Thomas Sowell has written a new column which focuses on diversity in higher education as a meaningless buzz word.

From Investor’s Business Daily:

Thomas Sowell: We’re Being Fooled By The ‘Diversity’ Fraud

My own first encounter with the idea of geographic diversity occurred more th...

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Colorado State Hires ‘Racial Battle Fatigue’ Counselor

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Posted by  ▪  Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 12:00pm 12/22/2016 at 12:00pm

Why would college students need such a person on campus? Could it be because higher education is obsessed with race and racial strife?

The Daily Caller reported:

Colorado State Hires Counselor To Treat ‘Racial Battle Fatigue’

Colorado State University (CSU) has hired a counselor to assist students suffering from “racial battle fatigue,” the school...

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Cal Poly Students Claim Bias Reporting is Necessary Because of Trump

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Posted by  ▪  Thursday, December 22, 2016 at 9:00am 12/22/2016 at 9:00am

Who is handling the election worse, the media or college students? It’s a tough call, isn’t it?

Campus Reform reports:

Students demand bias reporting system before Trump takes office

Students are demanding that California Polytechnic University institute a “discrimination reporting” system to protect them once Donald Trump becomes president.

“Across the country, instances of hate,...

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University of Michigan Student Lied About Hijab Burning Threat

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Another political hoax! The Ann Arbor Police Department announced a University of Michigan student lied to police about a man threatening to burn her hijab:

According to a statement from the Ann Arbor Police Department, detectives worked along with the U-M Division of Public Safety and the FBI to investigate the case,...

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Columbia Challenges Unionization Efforts of Grad Students

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Posted by  ▪  Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 3:00pm 12/21/2016 at 3:00pm

They already had a vote on this and the pro-union side won. Challenging the results will not end well.

The Columbia Spectator reports:

University objects to unionization vote, calls for new election

The University has filed an objection with the National Labor Relations Board regarding the vote by teaching...

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Thousands Ask U. Washington President to Cancel Speech by Milo Yiannopoulos

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Posted by  ▪  Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 12:00pm 12/21/2016 at 12:00pm
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Say what you want about Milo Yiannopoulos, but he’s taking the intellectual fight to America’s college campuses like no one else.

The Seattle Times reports:

UW, WSU brace for speech by Milo Yiannopoulos, Breitbart editor banned from Twitter

In the coming months, the University of Washington will host lectures from an award-winning author, a...

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Babson Students Cleared Over Pro-Trump Drive Through Wellesley Campus

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Posted by  ▪  Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 11:30am 12/21/2016 at 11:30am
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Just days after the election, two students from Babson College drove a pick-up truck through the campus of nearby Wellesley College flying a Donald Trump flag. Wellesley students made accusations against the young men ranging from spitting to yelling discriminatory slurs.

The two were expelled from their fraternity and faced multiple charges,...

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University’s Students of Color Conference Devolves Into ‘Oppression Olympics’

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Posted by  ▪  Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at 9:00am 12/21/2016 at 9:00am

In the left’s hierarchy of oppressed groups, there’s always a struggle for dominance.

The College Fix reports:

Students of Color Conference turns into ‘oppression Olympics,’ leads to fights, canceled sessions

This year’s University of California Students of Color Conference unproductively devolved into something of an “oppression Olympics” between different minority groups, prompting arguments between...

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College Enrollment Drops as People Opt for Jobs Over Degrees

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This is something Mike Rowe and others have been talking about for a long time. Why go into debt when you can work?

FOX News reports:

College enrollment drops 1.4% as adults head back to work

Despite aggressive efforts nationwide to boost...

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Prof Claims He Was Charged With Sexual Misconduct for Singing Beach Boys Song

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Posted by  ▪  Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at 12:00pm 12/20/2016 at 12:00pm
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Will classic rock stations now be forced to issue trigger warnings before certain songs?

The Daily Caller reports:

Public University Professor Says He Was Punished For A Sex Crime Because He Sang A BEACH BOYS SONG

The taxpayer-funded University of Kentucky has punished a journalism professor for sexual misconduct because, the professors says, he...

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Watch Students at UVA Sign Petition to Ban Christmas

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Posted by  ▪  Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at 10:00am 12/20/2016 at 10:00am
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Two operatives from Campus Reform recently visited the campus of the University of Virginia and asked students to sign a petition to ban Christmas for being “non-inclusive.” Unsurprisingly, they were able to find people to sign it.

From their website:

VIDEO: UVA students sign petition to ban Christmas

In this season’s most anticipated holiday...

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College Panics Over Student Newspaper Headline Which ‘May Be Upsetting’

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Posted by  ▪  Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at 9:00am 12/20/2016 at 9:00am

If you treat college students like children, they will act like children. Maybe it’s intentional.

The College Fix reports:

College tries to halt distribution of student newspaper because one headline ‘may be upsetting’

The student newspaper at Monroe Community College in upstate New York was set to run a story about health and safety...

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Profs Beg Obama For ‘Full Neuropsychiatric Evaluation’ of Trump

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Posted by  ▪  Monday, December 19, 2016 at 3:00pm 12/19/2016 at 3:00pm

Anti-Trump hysterics of the left just keep getting more ridiculous.

The College Fix offers this amazing story:

Profs send letter to Pres. Obama requesting ‘full neuropsychiatric evaluation’ of Donald Trump

According to The Huffington Post, three professors, two from Harvard and another from UC-San Francisco, tell the president in a letter dated November 29...

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Conservative Students at UNLV Petition Against Sanctuary Campus Policy

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Posted by  ▪  Monday, December 19, 2016 at 12:00pm 12/19/2016 at 12:00pm
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Not all college students are into the idea of sanctuary campuses. Some students at the University of Nevada Las Vegas are even petitioning against it.

Campus Reform reports:

UNLV conservatives petition AGAINST sanctuary campus

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Colleges and Universities in Ohio to Defend Immigrant Students from Trump

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Posted by  ▪  Monday, December 19, 2016 at 9:00am 12/19/2016 at 9:00am
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It will be interesting to see how all this goes after Trump is sworn into office.

The Washington Times reports:

Ohio colleges, universities: Protect immigrant students

At least eleven Ohio colleges and universities are standing up for immigrant students who could see their statuses change after President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month.

Some advocates,...

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Notre Dame May Break Tradition by Not Inviting Trump to Speak

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Posted by  ▪  Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 1:00pm 12/18/2016 at 1:00pm

Students feel he doesn’t respect the viewpoints of others, so he shouldn’t be allowed to speak. Can you follow that logic?

Campus Reform reports:

Notre shame: school may break tradition by not inviting Trump

“Notre Dame always invites the new president...

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MRCTV Launches “Save the Snowflakes” Campaign

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Posted by  ▪  Sunday, December 18, 2016 at 12:30pm 12/18/2016 at 12:30pm
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The folks at MRCTV have created a splendid piece of satire aimed squarely at the “safe space” crowd currently occupying American college campuses.

From their website:

MRC Launches ‘Save the Snowflakes’ Campaign

Given the devastating emotional and psychological consequences of Donald Trump’s election victory on sensitive, liberal college students – a.k.a., snowflakes – the...

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