Academic Claims Geology Is Racist and ‘Linked to White Supremacy’
A professor specializing in “nonhuman geography” at a British university has claimed that geology has been unfairly influenced by colonization and declared the subject of geology racist. Kathryn Yusoff, who teaches at London's prestigious Queen Mary University, accused geology of being a discipline “torn apart by systemic racism”. The study of prehistoric life through fossils […]
Two dozen Florida school students arrested after allegedly making threats since start of academic year
The Polk County Sheriff's Office in Florida has arrested 24 public school students for allegedly making written or online threats since the start of the school year, authorities said. Polk County Schools Superintendent Fred Hyde announced the shocking number of arrests at a press conference Thursday, just weeks after the deadly shooting at Apalachee High […]
Academic Whose Work Was Cited As Proof Of ‘Systemic Racism’ Is Fired For Falsifying Research
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes ‘The narrative of police genocide of African Americans turned out … to be complete nonsense,’ said Wilfred Reilly. Florida State University professor whose work was foundational to perpetuating the false narrative that there is widespread “systemic racism” infecting American society has been fired for falsifying data in his academic research […]
Fat studies: The Ivy League’s latest and craziest academic trend
Brown University’s pre-college program is offering a course about fatphobia in which students will discuss “the social, medical, and cultural implications of fatness” in an introduction to the emerging academic field of “Fat Studies.” You can’t make this stuff up. The weeklong class, titled “The F-Word: Examining the Science, Culture, and Politics of Fatness,” will […]
Arizona Senate Passes Goldwater-Backed Academic Transparency Reform
Arizona lawmakers and the Goldwater Institute scored a major victory today [March 14, 2022] for parents, students, and the public K-12 education system with the passage of the nation’s most robust academic transparency legislation through the Arizona Senate. Sponsored by state Sen. Nancy Barto, SB 1211 establishes parents’ right to know what is being taught […]
University of California academic workers expand strike over response to pro-Palestinian protests
The University of California academic workers union expanded its ongoing strike to UCLA and UC Davis on Tuesday, bringing strikers to a total of about 12,000. The union representing the University of California’s 48,000 academic and graduate students escalated the confrontation to three campuses on Tuesday morning, just a week after as many as 2,000 […]
FACT CHECK: Did University of Rochester Announce It Will Cut Academic Ties With Israel?
post shared on facebook It alleges that the University of Rochester has announced that it will sever academic ties with Israel. Verdict: False That claim is false. In an April 29 statement, the university denied cutting off academic ties with “Israeli institutions.” Reuters also debunked this claim. Fact check: University of Rochester student protesters reportedly […]
MIT Threatens to Place Protesters Involved in Encampment on ‘Interim Academic Suspension’
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) encampment were given a deadline on Monday to “vacate” the encampment. The encampment set up at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on April 21 is one of several pro-Palestinian encampments remaining on college and university campuses across the country, as some universities begin clearing their encampments. […]
‘Professional outside agitators’ behind illegal takeover of Columbia University academic building: NYPD
NYPD leaders and Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday blamed outside agitators for illegally occupying a Columbia University building as authorities called on Ivy League student protesters to stop. “This is to serve their own purposes,” Adams said. He spoke about the outside group at a news conference Tuesday. “They are not here to promote peace […]
Pro-Palestinian protesters take over Columbia University academic building; officials close all school entry gates except one
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators took over Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall (an academic building occupied by 1,968 demonstrators during civil rights and Vietnam War demonstrations) overnight, and school officials said Tuesday morning that campus All but one entrance gate has been closed. WNBC TV reported. What are the details? The station said video footage showed protesters crossing arms […]