Public Education
Colleges crack down on use of AI in classrooms after dozens of cheating students reportedCollege professors across the country are working to âChatGPT-proofâ their assignments after educators reported âdozensâ of cheating students. Timothy Main, a writing professor at Conestoga College in Canada, said the… Read More
Culture
Gender clinicâs services for kids include transgender hormone therapy and surgery referrals(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Employees at M Health Fairview were given paperwork to inform them of new transgender policies, including offering cross-sex hormones and surgery referrals to children and… Read More
Culture
KU professor falsely claims Indian descent, says Chief of Shawnee Tribe(The Sentinel) â A University of Kansas professor who claims to be of Indian descent is falsifying his ancestry, according to Shawnee Tribe Chief Ben Barnes. KU History Professor… Read More
Courts
âDiscriminatory and indefensibleâ: Appeals court sides with conservative students in college poster policy case(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied Clovis Community Collegeâs appeal Thursday to overturn a preliminary injunction against its poster policy, saying… Read More
Culture
University of Chicago offers course on âqueering Godâ(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The University of Chicago (UChicago) is offering a course entitled âQueering God,â according to the universityâs 2023-24 course catalog. The course is … Read More
Culture
Report: UW-Madison race-based hiring program likely unconstitutional(The Center Square) â Race-based admissions at the University of Wisconsin-Madison may not be the only thing changing in the wake of a Supreme Court decision on affirmative action. A… Read More
Public Education
Some universities plan to eliminate minority scholarships after SCOTUS ban on using race in admissions(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Some universities are seeking to eliminate scholarships for minorities after the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action banned using race in admissions decisions. The legality… Read More
Courts
Affirmative action struck down: U.S. Supreme Court rules against race-based admissions by Harvard, University of North CarolinaIn a highly anticipated ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court found Thursday that the race-based admissions policies of Harvard and the University of North Carolina violate the Constitution. The 6-3 ruling… Read More
Public Education
Report: Most Washington colleges offer poor reading teacher training programs(The Center Square) â Washington’s universities got the equivalent of a bad report card in a new study released by the National Council on Teacher Quality evaluating 700 teacher training… Read More
Culture
College tells students not to use terms like âmotherâ and âfatherâ to be more inclusive(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Springfield College in Massachusetts is advising students against the use of âgender-specificâ words like âmotherâ and âfatherâ in order to be more inclusive. The college… Read More
Public Education
Amid literacy crisis, many universities still donât teach the science of reading(The Sentinel) â A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) shows that if the science of reading was being taught properly in universities, the U.S. would not have a serious literacy… Read More
Opinion
Wisconsin med school fully embrace DEI(Do No Harm) â The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health (UWMSMPH) scores in the green on the Diversity, Inclusion, Culture, and Equity (DICE) Inventory, as it just… Read More
Opinion
Med school and association all in on DEI with ‘socially accountable admissions’(Do No Harm) â The University of California, Davis medical school gets top marks from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) for its commitment to diversity, equity,… Read More
Public Education
State Senator demands investigation into California universityâs reported $220 million China campus deal(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A Republican senator is calling for an investigation into the University of California, Berkeleyâs reported multimillion dollar deal with a Chinese university, according to a… Read More
Public Education
âUnacceptableâ: Gender studies professor defends giving student a zero grade for use of âbiological womenâ(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A gender studies professor defended her decision to give a student a failing grade on an assignment because she used the term âbiological women,â claiming… Read More
Opinion
âEat or be eatenâ: Academeâs cancel culture law of the jungle(The Daily Signal) â In the savagery of the jungle, the rule is âEat or be eaten.â It seems that law of the jungle has made its way to college… Read More
Culture
University’s transgender debate response called unconstitutional(The Center Square) â Free speech attorneys sent a letter this week to University of Pittsburgh officials defending the organizers of a transgender issues debate that ignited a… Read More
Culture
Biden administration tied to chart linking conservative organizations to domestic terror groups, says media watchdogThe Biden administrationâs Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has participated in a seminar that used a chart of domestic terror groups that includes virtually every conservative… Read More
Public Education
75% of University of Missouri’s freshman class received merit-based scholarships(The Center Square) â Approximately 75% of the University of Missouriâs 5,000 freshmen in 2022 received some type of merit-based scholarship, the institution reported. The $92.3 million in total scholarships… Read More
Culture
UMass forks over $677K to stock abortion pills at governorâs request(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst spent $667,250 to stock abortion pills on campus at the request of its Democratic governor, The College Fix reported. Read More