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The suppression of free speech is one of the more pressing concerns coming out of American colleges these days. Universities and colleges—from administrators and faculty all the way down to the students themselves—seem determined to squash even the pretense of First Amendment rights on campus. Fighting back against this tide of suppression and censorship can […]
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When the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights – chaired by the former chief of the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights – announced it was investigating the department’s civil-rights priorities under Secretary Betsy DeVos*, two right-of-center commissioners dissented. That dissent has now been released in full by the New American Civil Rights Project, an organization […]
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When the acting chief of the Office for Civil Rights told field staff this month to investigate the complaints they receive – and not wildly speculate about what else might be wrong at a targeted school – the ProPublica headline said the Department of Education “rolls back civil rights efforts.” It was an uninformed and ludicrous headline […]
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“Since January of 2016 — the period in which the anti-Trump ‘resistance’ movement formed — Americans are fifty-one times more likely to be killed by a radical Islamic terrorist, and thirteen times more likely to be killed by a left-wing terrorist, than by a right-wing terrorist. That’s 51:1, and 13:1, respectively.” So writes the “Cowboy […]
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The University of Michigan recently instituted a “free tuition” program for students whose families make less than $65,000 per year, signifying a “long-standing commitment to ensuring that qualified students from Michigan can afford a U-M education,” according to University of Michigan president Mark Schlissel. But the deal isn’t as free as it’s made out to […]
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We have become used to college students regularly presenting colleges and universities with long lists of complex and strident demands. One writer, however, thinks it’s time for taxpayers—who are on the hook for a lot of this craziness—to start making demands of their own. Over at Townhall, Mike Lachance cites several recent examples of student […]