Academic unions plan nationwide demonstration to protest Trump NIH research cuts
The scientific community is spurring President Donald Trump's efforts to cut facilities and administrative costs for institutions when the federal government spreads funds for publicly funded research projects. A cohort of academic unions across the country is urging scientists, researchers, clinicians, academics and “allies” to protest at health and universities across the country on Wednesday. […]
ISAIAH HANKEL: NIH And NSF Cuts Strike Major Blow To Academic Elites
The bureaucratic bloat of federal research funding is finally facing long-term extended calculations, particularly due to indirect academic research funding. The National Science Foundation (NSF) is preparing for a massive miniaturization, with reports showing layoffs up to half of the staff and potential budget cuts from $9 billion to $3 billion. At the same time, […]
DOGE cuts $900 million from agency that tracks American academic progress – The Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal research institutes tracking the progress of American students has since been hit by a cut of nearly $900 million Elon Musk The government's efficiency department has found that it doesn't require much of its work. It is unclear how well the Ministry of Education's Institute of Education Sciences will be after […]
‘Traded Ideas For Ideology’: Nearly 75% Of College Faculty Believe Academic Freedom Is In Danger
A report released Thursday found that nearly three-quarters of faculty at four-year colleges believe academic freedom is unsafe. Teachers are increasingly fearful of being negatively affected by the opinions they express in and out of the classroom, and are therefore choosing to self-censor. According to To a report from the Foundation for Individual Rights and […]
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 […]