‘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 […]
University of Michigan axes DEI statements after woke faculty begs for sustained race-obsessed programming
University of Michigan announced On Thursday, it announced it would end the use of DEI statements in faculty hiring. This decision — Recommended The decision was made in late October by a working group of eight faculty members, and corollary to the U.S. Supreme Court's June 29, 2023 ruling. ruling in Student for Fair Admissions, […]
DEI Giant Abandons Diversity Statements For Hiring, Promotion Decisions After Listening To Faculty
The University of Michigan (UM) announced Thursday that it will abandon its diversity statement in hiring, promotion, and tenure decisions after apparent pressure from faculty. An eight-member faculty working group established by President Rory McCauley reasoned that requiring a diversity statement “could limit freedom of expression and diversity of thought on campus.” and proposed this […]
‘Wanted’ Posters Aimed At Jewish Faculty And Staff Appear At University, Official Says
“Wanted” posters targeting several Jewish faculty members recently appeared at the University of Rochester, according to the school's president. President Sarah C. Mangelsdorf argued that these people may have been singled out because they were Jewish. statement. He noted that there were other people targeted by the posters, including university board members. The posters declared […]
Brandeis University faculty votes ‘no confidence’ in president after ‘excessive’ crackdown on student protests
Brandeis University faculty narrowly voted for a motion of no confidence in President Ronald Liebowitz, citing his “excessive” response to campus protesters. Brandeis University Faculty Assembly Chair Jeffrey Renowitz told faculty in an email on Monday that the motion passed with 159 votes in favor, 149 against, and 26 abstentions. Renowitz said the vote represented […]
‘Heartbreaking’: Report Shows Elite University Faculty Refused To Step In, Protect Jewish Students From Anti-Semitism
In an August special committee report, Columbia University acknowledged that some faculty members had refused to take action against those who had engaged in anti-Semitic acts against Jewish students. Task Force Report They cited hostility and violence that Jewish students have faced on campus, on social media channels, at club meetings and in classes. In […]
Arizona Universities Abandon DEI Statements For Faculty Applicants
Estimated Reading Time: < 1 minute The Arizona Board of Regents has decided to eliminate a diversity requirement that [for] applicants to give a statement about diversity, equity, and inclusion. The shift comes after the nonprofit Goldwater Institute publicized that 80% of faculty job postings at three major Arizona public universities required applicants to do […]
Vermont high school students gossiped about sex lives of peers, faculty
A Vermont high school student is under fire for using a social media app targeted at Gen Z students to anonymously mock a classmate with a disability and make speculations about others’ sexual orientation, according to reports. FizzSocial, a private message board founded by two Stanford University students that billed it as “an uplifting digital […]
Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences to stop requiring diversity statements for tenure-track positions
Following months of criticism from Harvard faculty and prominent donors, the elite university announced it would no longer require diversity statements for its Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). If you are applying for a tenured position at Harvard, submitting a DEI statement is not required; as Stephen McGuire, a fellow at the American Board […]
Harvard Corporation Overrules Faculty; ‘Encampment’ Seniors Will Not Graduate
The Harvard Board of Trustees, the university’s highest authority and a centuries-old organization, overruled the faculty vote and approved the board’s decision to block the graduation of 13 “encampment” activists. Breitbart News points out that: “This ‘encampment’ disrupted campus life for nearly three weeks, with protests occurring in the midst of final exam period. He […]