A Course in Every Major
Eastern Michigan University is in the process of implementing a Black Student 10-Point Plan that would require faculty to incorporate a black studies course into every major. On Campus Reform.
Headlines
Georgetown Sit-In
A two-day student sit-in at Georgetown University protesting the school’s licensing agreement with Nike ended after the university yielded to students' demands. In the Washington Post.
From Diversity to Indoctrination
"We should be wary of turning our courses into vehicles for propagandizing particular political views, however popular those views may be at this moment," writes Daphne Patai. On Minding the Campus.
Fat Pensions and Dubious Results
"Taxpayers should demand their money’s worth from community colleges: one way to make these schools more cost effective is to cap the lavish pension benefits they now offer," writes Marc Joffe. On Union Watch.
On Probation
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges has put two North Carolina colleges on probation for unspecified financial issues. In the News and Record.
Academic Fraud
A former director of basketball operations at California State University, Northridge, violated National Collegiate Athletic Association rules when he completed course work for 10 men's basketball players. On Inside Higher Ed.
The Plan
A republican congressman has introduced several bills aimed at curbing the cost of higher education, one of which would regulate the use of endowment funds at public and private colleges. On the Hill.
Phoenix Sale
The Education Department has approved the $1.1 billion sale of Apollo Education Group, owner of the University of Phoenix and Western International University, to a group of investors. In the Washington Post.
Professor on Leave
Administrators at Johns Hopkins University placed adjunct economics professor Trent Bertrand on paid leave for the rest of the semester due to his unwillingness to comply with political correctness. On Red Alert Politics.
The Best Antidote
"Speech can be deployed as a scalpel, able to cut through vitriol, rhetoric and mendacity to help counter speech that advocates for harmful ideas and outcomes," write Sean Stevens and Nick Phillips. On Heterodox Academy.