U.S. Universities Underreport Donations from Hostile Regimes by Over $1.5 Billion

Elite colleges received billions in undisclosed donations from China, Qatar, and Russia

Chrissy Clark
August 31, 2020 2:05 PM

New data from the Department of Education show that several top-tier universities, including Yale and Cornell, failed to report more than $3 billion in foreign gifts and funds—many of which come from anti-American regimes such as China and Qatar.

Michigan College Will Digitally Track Students’ Movements At All Times

Mandatory mobile app will save location data, medical records

Chrissy Clark
August 17, 2020 4:30 PM

A Michigan college will force students to download a phone application that tracks their location and private health data at all times.

This Week In Campus Insanity Vol. 2

Sleep is an act of white supremacy, according to the woke

Chrissy Clark and Alex Nester
July 18, 2020 4:59 AM

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

College Stands by Student Leader Who Claimed Jews ‘Worship’ WW2

Senior class president's public apology welcomed by administrators, student groups

Chrissy Clark
June 27, 2020 5:00 AM

The Pomona College senior class president has received little condemnation for reposting a vulgar, anti-Semitic Instagram story claiming Jewish people “hate brown [people]” and “worship” World War II. She also compared the war in Yemen to the Holocaust.

College Rebranding Student IDs After ‘Freedom Cards’ Deemed Dehumanizing

Alex Nester
June 25, 2020 3:00 PM

Robert Morris University, a private school outside Pittsburgh, is changing the name of its student, faculty, and staff ID cards after a petition circulated calling “Freedom Cards” dehumanizing.

UNLV Purges Yosemite Sam-Style Mascot

Chrissy Clark
June 23, 2020 4:50 PM

In 1983 the University of Nevada-Las Vegas replaced its Confederate mascot with a mountain man bearing a striking resemblance to Yosemite Sam. The cartoonish mustache and complete lack of Confederate garb, however, were not enough to save him from administrators, who last week removed a statue of the mascot following student complaints about its “racist roots.”

FSU Student Leaders Stick By Anti-Semitic Senate President

Student senate refuses to impeach leader who said 'stupid Jew'

Chrissy Clark
June 19, 2020 3:15 PM

Florida State University's student senate narrowly voted to keep its president despite his history of anti-Semitic comments.

Johns Hopkins Halts Plans For Campus PD

School had pushed for own force amid Baltimore's 'surge in violent crime'

Chrissy Clark
June 13, 2020 1:22 PM

On Friday evening Johns Hopkins University (JHU) announced it will push back the creation of a private campus police force amid national unrest following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.

UPenn Petition Aims to Disarm Police, Ban Background Checks

Activists demand an end to policing, crime alert systems

Chrissy Clark
June 12, 2020 1:15 PM

Students and professors are calling on the University of Pennsylvania to not only disarm police but eliminate its crime alert system and employee background checks as part of a campaign to ban all forms of law enforcement on campus.

LSU Profs Want To Drop Students For ‘Hate Speech’

Science prof's tweet sparks First Amendment debate at public university

Chrissy Clark
June 10, 2020 6:15 PM

A Louisiana State University assistant professor promised to keep an ongoing list of students who engage in “hate speech” and pledged to drop them from her classes.

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