Showing posts with label Academe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Academe. Show all posts
Friday, March 3, 2023

'Actually, not knowing enough about law is supposed to be a barrier, but I guess I’ll have to let that slide...'

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It's Gail Heriot, at Instapundit, " DELAWARE DUMBS IT DOWN: “Delaware Lowers Passing Score on Bar Exam in Push for Racial Diversity...
Monday, September 12, 2022

The Move to Eradicate Disagreement

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From Graeme Wood, at the Atlantic , " What troubles me when the censorious types speak is not that they speak but that their response i...
Sunday, August 28, 2022

The Unmaking of American History by the Woke Mob

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For the full background, see " Presentism, Race and Trolls ," at Inside Higher Ed . From Dominic Green, at WSJ , " Progressiv...
Friday, August 19, 2022

John Agresto, The Death of Learning

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At Amazon, John Agresto, The Death of Learning: How American Education Has Failed Our Students and What to Do about It .
Friday, August 12, 2022

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Is Tearing Academia Apart

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From John Sailer, at UnHerd, " Ideological litmus tests are becoming the norm in America ": Ideological litmus tests are becoming ...
Thursday, July 7, 2022

Why I'm Giving Up Tenure at UCLA

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Very much worth your time. From UCLA Anthropology Professor Joseph Manson, at Bari Weiss's Substack, " The ideological takeover of ...
Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Harvard's Slave Photos Raise Many Questions

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Following-up, " Harvard University Pledges $100 Million to Redress Past Ties to Slavery (VIDEO) ." At the New York Times , " ...

Harvard University Pledges $100 Million to Redress Past Ties to Slavery (VIDEO)

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Ooo! Well one would think. They're sitting on a $53.2 billion endowment. I'm sure they can afford a chintzy $100 million to throw a ...
Sunday, April 17, 2022

How Feminism Got Hijacked

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From Zoe Strimpel, at Bari Weiss's Common Sense, " The movement that once declared 'I am woman, hear me roar' can no longer...
Thursday, April 7, 2022

Arizona State's Power Play for California's College Students

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A very interesting piece, at the Los Angeles Times , " UC and CSU deliver thousands of rejection letters. Arizona State wants to fill t...
Saturday, April 2, 2022

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Bring Back Scholastic Aptitude Test

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I saw this first at NYT , " M.I.T. Will Again Require SAT and ACT Scores ." Now from Kathryn Paige Harden, at the Atlantic , "...
Thursday, February 10, 2022

American Bar Association Forcing Wokeness on Law Schools

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It's everywhere. And it's not going away soon. Here's William Jacobson and Johanna Markind, at RCP, " ABA Forcing Wokeness ...
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

'Critical Race Weary'

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From Buck Sexton : Much of the recent attention on Critical Race Theory (“CRT”) has been a result of the increase in Zoom teaching during th...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Republicans Fight Back Against Critical Race Theory

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Republicans are fighting critical race theory, but what about conservatives?  It's not hard to see the C.R.T. is going to be with us for...
Tuesday, April 20, 2021

New York Parent Andrew Guttman Pulls Daughter from Elite Brearley Private Academy, and His Scathing Letter Has Gone Viral (VIDEO)

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Tucker Carlson read the guy's letter on last night's show (video below).  It turns out parent Andrew Guttman published an open lette...
Sunday, April 11, 2021

You Don't Say? Black Lives Matter Co-Founder, Patrisse Khan-Cullors, Has Purchased $1.4 Million Home in Secluded -- All White! -- Topanga Canyon

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Woo boy, this story's a doozy, but entirely predictable, sadly.  From Jonathan Turley, " Twitter Censors Criticism of BLM Founder B...
Sunday, April 4, 2021

The 'Woke' New Appeal of Totalitarianism

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I don't know Roger Kimball, the bow-tie-wearing editor of the New Criterion  (which I do not read), and the editor (publisher?) of Encou...
Sunday, February 21, 2021

Whistleblower Jodi Shaw Out at Smith College (VIDEO)

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This is a huge story involving a very brave woman. It turns out that Ms. Jodi Shaw has resigned her position at Smith College, and her video...
Thursday, February 18, 2021

Brother Cornel Threatens to Leave Harvard — Again

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I met Cornel West when he spoke at my college a few years ago, and while at that time I was no big fan, I gotta admit the guy's a powerf...
Thursday, February 4, 2021

William Jacobson Launches 'Critical Race Training In Higher Education' Website (VIDEO)

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I was watching this segment on Tucker tonight. William Jacobson started out pretty much as an everyday blogger about 10 years ago, and he...