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Board of Governors in Favor of Litigation Ban

Yesterday, the Board of Governors' Committee on Educational Planning voted 5-1 in favor of the proposal to ban litigation at UNC Chapel Hill's Center for Civil Rights. The entire board will vote on it on September 8. In the Daily Tar Heel.


“Victim” of Assault?

An alleged victim of assault claims that her boyfriend did not harm her. She says that her university, the University of Southern California, has pressured her to not speak out.
On the College Fix.


Free Speech Bill Passed

North Carolina's free speech bill, House Bill 527, became law on Monday-- even though Governor Cooper did not sign it.
In the Carolina Journal.


Dangerous “Educationist Ideas”

E.D. Hirsch, in his book The Schools We Need: And Why We Don’t Have Them, outlines problematic principles that have "eroded" higher education. On Intellectual Takeout.


Don’t Focus on the Grade

According to research from the National Bureau of Economic Research, students may earn better grades by not focusing on grades at all. On Inside Higher Ed.


Board of Governors to Vote on Litigation Ban

The UNC Board of Governors are scheduled to vote on the proposed litigation ban on the the law school's Center for Civil Rights today. Chancellor Carol L. Folt, is opposed to the ban. In the Chronicle of Higher Education.


Merited Disrespect

Peter Wood of the National Association of Scholars argues that such low numbers of Democrats are concerned about higher education due to "shortsightedness."
On Minding the Campus.


Gender Studies Professor’s Controversial Tweet

An adjunct instructor in the Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies program at Montclair State University, Kevin Allred, said on Twitter that he hoped someone would "just shoot" Trump. On the College Fix.


500 Rescinded Admission Offers

After the University of California at Irvine mistakenly accepted too many students into its freshmen class, it rescinded 500 admission offers. 250 students, however, were reinstated. In the Chronicle of Higher Education.


Losing Faith in Higher Education

According to a survey of white working-class voters, 83 percent say that a college degree is “no longer any guarantee of success in America.” On Inside Higher Ed.