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  • University Abandons Math Requirement, Embraces Diversity

    University Abandons Math Requirement, Embraces Diversity0

    I never was very fond of math. In fact – true confession – I did some pretty close research and fancy footwork to try to fulfill my two college math requirements in courses that were more conducive to my *ahem* right-brained tendencies. Like most things in life, I now see the benefit of those detested

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  • Universities Should Bring Back Military History

    Universities Should Bring Back Military History0

    War defines the United States. Domestically, it is the country’s greatest budgetary priority: $598 billion, 54 per cent of discretionary spending, in fiscal year 2015. Globally, we have more than 800 bases in some 80 countries, and spend more than the next nine nations combined. Yet academic historians, especially those at the nation’s most richly

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  • Universities Now Requiring Applicants to Submit ‘Contribution to Diversity’ Statements

    Universities Now Requiring Applicants to Submit ‘Contribution to Diversity’ Statements0

    • May 2, 2018

    Thinking about applying for a faculty position at the University of California San Diego (see hundreds of openings here) or other public universities in California like the University of California-Berkeley? Here’s a checklist for your application materials: Cover Letter? v Curriculum Vitae (CV)? v Letters of Recommendation? v References? v Teaching Evaluations? v Statement of

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  • Universities Are Embracing Segregation Again (Just Don’t Call It Segregation)

    Universities Are Embracing Segregation Again (Just Don’t Call It Segregation)0

    Earlier this week, it was announced that San Francisco State University would offer segregated housing for African-American students. CBS SFBayArea reports: New student housing designed for African-American students and culture is coming to San Francisco State University. African-American students make up just under 6 percent of the campus population and it’s unclear how many dorm

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  • Univ. Suspends Law Prof. For Wearing Blackface Costume

    Univ. Suspends Law Prof. For Wearing Blackface Costume0

    The University of Oregon suspended a tenured professor for wearing blackface at an off-campus Halloween party, and now is considering additional punishment. The university admits the professor had no ill intent (reports suggest that she wore it in a strange attempt to honor a black physician, by dressing up as the title character in a black doctor’s

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  • Univ. of Chicago Students and Alums Respond to ‘Safe Space’ Letter

    Univ. of Chicago Students and Alums Respond to ‘Safe Space’ Letter0

    John Ellison, dean of students at the University of Chicago, recently sent letters to incoming freshmen detailing the school’s commitment to academic freedom and inquiry. “Our commitment to academic freedom means that we do not support so-called ‘trigger warnings,’ we do not cancel invited speakers because their topics might prove controversial, and we do not

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