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  • University Proposes a Campus Retirement Community for Alumni

    University Proposes a Campus Retirement Community for Alumni0

    • August 14, 2015

    In the Western world, the university was created to be a utopian environment of learning separated off from the harshness and ignorance of the world outside. At many of today’s universities, learning has taken a backseat, but the utopian ambitions remain, now mainly in the form of entertainment. For four to eight years, students can

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  • University Prof: Freshman Class Achieves 100 Percent Failure Rate on Diagnostic Test

    University Prof: Freshman Class Achieves 100 Percent Failure Rate on Diagnostic Test0

    Americans are increasingly haunted by the fear that their schools are dumbing down lessons. This fear intensifies when “college-ready” students enroll in higher education and realize they’re not equipped to keep up with its academic demands. But this situation is not unique to American schools. As a university level instructor recently noted in The Guardian,

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  • University Offers ‘Problem of Whiteness’ Class, Again

    University Offers ‘Problem of Whiteness’ Class, Again0

    The University of Wisconsin-Madison will reintroduce a class this spring that teaches students why being white is a bad thing. The “Problem of Whiteness” course—part of the African Cultural Studies program—makes its mission to help students “understand how whiteness is socially constructed and experienced in order to help dismantle white supremacy.” The class will also investigate how

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  • University of Texas Orders Website Review Following Claims It Treats Masculinity as a ‘Mental Health Issue’

    University of Texas Orders Website Review Following Claims It Treats Masculinity as a ‘Mental Health Issue’0

    On Monday Jordan Peterson tweeted an article published by PJ Media that alleged the University of Texas had launched a new program to combat masculinity, which would be treated as a mental disorder. Via PJ Media: “The Counseling and Mental Health Center at the University of Texas at Austin recently launched a new program to

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  • University of Maryland Chief of Staff: College is ‘Not a Home’!

    University of Maryland Chief of Staff: College is ‘Not a Home’!0

    • November 8, 2017

    One never knows these days what to expect out of college campuses. It seems that every time one turns around, somebody’s sensitivity is being offended. Such was the case the other week at the University of Maryland at College Park. According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, college officials met to discuss ‘hate symbols’ and

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  • University Kindly Grants Students Two Hours of Free Speech Per Week

    University Kindly Grants Students Two Hours of Free Speech Per Week0

    Via the Washington Times: A public university in Louisiana has a speech code that permits students to express their beliefs freely for two hours per week at three predetermined locations. The Northwestern State University policy requires students to apply 24-48 hours in advance before holding a public demonstration or assembly, and limits such activities to

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