Chrissy Clark is a staff writer at the Washington Free Beacon. She reports on college campuses and issues of higher education. Her work is featured in The Federalist and The Daily Signal. Chrissy received her degree in political science from Michigan State University. Follow her on social media @chrissyclark_ or contact her at chrissy@freebeacon.com.

Future Biden Education Secretary Oversaw Creation of Critical Theory Class for High Schoolers

Chrissy Clark
December 22, 2020 6:08 PM

Joe Biden's likely pick for education secretary helped create a mandated, statewide minority-studies course that "analyze[s] how race, power, and privilege influence group access to citizenship, civil rights, and economic power."

Tufts Students Pass Anti-Israel Ballot Measure

Nonbinding resolution would prohibit campus police from training in Israel

Chrissy Clark
December 21, 2020 3:50 PM

Students at Tufts University passed a ballot measure that would prohibit campus police from attending counterterrorism training in Israel.

This Week In Campus Insanity Vol. 24

Chrissy Clark and Alex Nester
December 20, 2020 5:00 AM

Welcome back to Campus Insanity, a weekly roundup of the craziest developments at our nation's 4,000-plus institutions of higher education.

Education Department Defends DeVos’s Call to ‘Resist’

Agency says Devos's parting message to staff being misrepresented

Chrissy Clark
December 17, 2020 5:55 PM

The Department of Education is defending comments made by Secretary Betsy DeVos in which she told career staff members at the agency to "resist" any policies in future administration's that do not "put students first."

Holocaust Denier Remains on Northwestern Website After Author of Controversial Op-Ed Scrubbed

Chrissy Clark
December 17, 2020 1:05 PM

Northwestern University scrubbed its website of references to a former professor who penned a controversial op-ed against Jill Biden—but it continues to feature a professor who denies the Holocaust.

Students at University of Oregon Attempt to Remove College Republicans from Campus

Chrissy Clark
December 16, 2020 2:10 PM

Student activists at the University of Oregon are attempting to remove the College Republicans from campus for attending a "stop the steal" rally.

Cornell Student Government Removes Reps Who Voted Against Disarming Police

Chrissy Clark
December 15, 2020 1:05 PM

Cornell University's student government removed two representatives who voted against a resolution to disarm the police.

This Week In Campus Insanity Vol. 23

Chrissy Clark and Alex Nester
December 13, 2020 5:00 AM

Welcome back to Campus Insanity, a weekly roundup of the craziest developments at our nation's 4,000-plus institutions of higher education.

Department of Education Launches Free-Speech Hotline

ED says it will combat censorship of 'dissenting voices'

Chrissy Clark and Alex Nester
December 10, 2020 1:35 PM

The Department of Education has launched a "free speech hotline" to combat the censorship of "dissenting voices" on college campuses.

BDS’s Latest Tool: Anti-Cop Sentiment

The anti-Israel movement is capitalizing on anti-police sentiment to expand its campaign against the Jewish state

Chrissy Clark
December 9, 2020 3:05 PM

The anti-Israel movement is capitalizing on anti-police sentiment to expand its boycott, divestment, and sanctions campaign against the state of Israel.

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