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22 août 2019

Toni Morrison Dies at 88

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. Toni Morrison, the Nobel laureate and the Robert F. Goheen Professor of the Humanities, Emeritus, at Princeton University, died Monday night.
In 1993, Morrison became the first African American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. More...
22 août 2019

‘Safe Enough Spaces’

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. Author discusses new book on inclusion, free speech and political correctness on campus. More...
21 août 2019

Court Approves Purchase of Law School by For-Profit

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. A federal court has approved the acquisition of Western State College of Law by Westcliff University, a for-profit. More...
21 août 2019

Trans Student Suspended From Christian College

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. A transgender male student was suspended by Welch College, in Tennessee, the day he had surgery to remove breast tissue, NBC News reported. More...
21 août 2019

UVA Adds Measures for Recruited Athletes

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. The University of Virginia will no longer solicit or accept contributions from prospective athletes or their families. More...
21 août 2019

3 More Colleges Go Test Optional

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. This will be a record year in colleges saying students can apply without the SAT or ACT. More...
21 août 2019

2 Colleges Expand Religious Services

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. Two religiously affiliated colleges last week announced new services for people of different beliefs.
The University of San Francisco, a Roman Catholic institution, has named Rabbi Camille Shira Angel, who has taught at the university since 2017, the university’s first rabbi in residence.
Shenandoah University, a Methodist institution, has hired Hanaa Unus, a Muslim, who is the first non-Christian to serve in the university's spiritual office. More...
21 août 2019

Judge Orders Neo-Nazis to Pay American U Student $700,000

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. A federal judge has ordered the founder of a neo-Nazi website, and his aides, to pay the first black student body president at American University more than $700,000, The Washington Post reported. She sued him after he started a racist “troll storm” against her in 2017. The neo-Nazi did not appear in court, and it is unclear whether he will pay. More...

21 août 2019

‘The Assault on American Excellence’

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. Author discusses his new book, which is highly critical of American colleges. More...

21 août 2019

Labor Department Proposes Exemption for Religious Entities

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. The U.S. Labor Department has proposed an exemption for religious educational institutions and other organizations to allow them to discriminate in ways consistent with their religious views when they are serving as federal contractors. Civil liberties groups have vowed to oppose the change. More...

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