Remembering Title IX Abuses
"Recently, Title IX has been in the news because of the Biden administration’s promised (and, as of yesterday, delivered) rejection of much-needed Trump-era reforms. As we are approaching the 50th anniversary of the statute, introduced as part of the Education Amendments of 1972, it is worth revisiting the history of Title IX and reviewing its often tragic legacy. Title IX was borne of a desire for equal rights in education. ... However, as with plenty of legislative history, the dubious story that followed is both frustrating and tragic." - The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, 6/24/22
Stop the Radical Civics Bill
"This racist indoctrination is being done at our oldest military academy to young people who have signed up to defend America. Given the Big Government Socialist values of the teachers’ unions, the schools of education, the educational bureaucracy, and the activists in the Biden administration, how could any Republican want to give them $6.1 billion to further indoctrinate young Americans? Call your House and Senate members and demand that they oppose and stop this unbelievably destructive civics bill – before it is too late." - The Tennessee Star, 6/24/22
Delaware moves forward with ‘ban the box’ legislation for college admissions
"The Delaware Senate pushed through a bill this month that would forbid the state’s public and private colleges from inquiring about applicants’ criminal histories. This is what’s known as 'ban the box' legislation. Often, such measures limit employers from asking about a criminal record on job applications, but they have gained ground with colleges in the last several years. Delaware’s proposal would permit colleges to ask about students’ criminal backgrounds once they were admitted so they can offer counseling or restrict participation in campus life. It also makes an exception for such offenses as stalking and sexual assault." - Higher Ed Dive, 6/24/22
What the Biden administration gets right on student debt
"The common thread across these efforts is the Department of Education’s use of existing authority to provide legally sound debt forgiveness. Unlike universal or income-tested cancellation, which would pose new and significant implementation barriers, these are forms of relief that the Department of Education knows how to realize and can work to improve for borrowers. It’s reckless to talk about broad cancellation without acknowledging what it would mean for President Biden’s executive action, if he does so, to be challenged in court. But that hasn’t stopped heavy pressure from mounting from some policymakers and advocates for the administration to do just that — blanket debt forgiveness." - The Hill, 6/24/22
President’s Departure Marks ‘Start of a New Day’
"On Monday, after a special meeting of the Board of Trustees, Piedmont University president James Mellichamp announced that he would retire once a successor is named. A few days later, his husband, Daniel Smith, resigned from his position as senior projects manager at the university. It was the culmination of a tough semester for Piedmont. Two rounds of unexpected budget cuts, faculty layoffs, a vote of no confidence, professors’ contracts hanging in limbo and high-profile resignations from Provost Daniel Silber and endowed professor Carson Webb left the private college in Demorest, Ga., reeling with uncertainty and frustration." - Inside Higher Ed, 6/24/22
Sweeping Title IX changes would shield trans students, abuse survivors
"On the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the Biden administration proposed sweeping changes to the landmark law that would bar schools, colleges and universities from discriminating against transgender students, as the battle over transgender rights moves to the front lines of the culture war. The proposal would also amend the rules that govern how educational institutions investigate and resolve claims of sexual assault and sexual harassment." - Washington Post, 6/23/22
San Francisco School Board Votes to Return Elite High School to Merit-Based Admissions
"The San Francisco school board voted 4-3 Wednesday night to return Lowell High School to a merit-based admissions system, two years after it first switched to a lottery-based system. Beginning with freshman entering in fall 2023, test scores and grades will be used to admit students to Lowell, barring any other changes by the board, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The board first voted in favor of a switch to the lottery system in October 2020 because they said remote learning created a lack of academic data on which to base admissions decisions." - National Review, 6/23/22
Maryland university system won’t require SAT, ACT for admissions
"The University System of Maryland’s board of regents voted recently to pave the way for its 12 universities to remove the requirement for prospective students to provide their SAT or ACT scores for admission. Although the schools still have the autonomy to set their own admissions standards, Friday’s vote removes the language requiring them to consider test scores within their admissions practices." - Washington Post, 6/23/22
Ed Department strikes $6B settlement with students who attended for-profits
"The U.S. Department of Education agreed Wednesday to automatically forgive the federal student loans of roughly 200,000 borrowers to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that the agency delayed granting relief to students who were defrauded by their colleges. Under the terms of the Sweet v. Cardona settlement, the Ed Department will automatically forgive about $6 billion in student loans under the borrower defense to repayment regulation, which allows students to have their loans forgiven if their colleges misled them. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California will review the proposed settlement in July, according to the Project on Predatory Student Lending, one of the organizations providing legal representation for the students." - Higher Ed Dive, 6/23/22
After the Pandemic’s Dark Days, the Outlook for International Enrollments May Be Brightening
"American colleges are anticipating a pickup in international enrollments this fall, with two-thirds reporting an increase in overseas applicants, according to a new survey from the Institute of International Education. Sixty-five percent of colleges saw growth in applications from abroad for the 2022-23 academic year, while just 12 percent reported declines, the institute’s Spring 2022 Snapshot on International Educational Exchange found. In a snapshot survey conducted a year ago, 43 percent of institutions said international applications were up — and nearly as many, 38 percent, saw decreases." - Chronicle of Higher Education, 6/23/22
PS: they renewed Bridges’ contract! With a RAISE, yet!
Huge timesaver for the rest of us, though – now nobody needs to pay any attention to any rhetoric emerging from Evergreen for the next few years; instead, we can turn our attention to the next leftist dumpster fire masquerading as a university.
If I ever receive a resume from an Evergreen alumnus, i will immediately destroy it.
Milleniofascism such as this has no place in any civilized society.
Well said Sir! Well said!
It’s amazing how liberals are so blinded by their loss that they would adopt self-destructive political positions.
A minority only college in Washington state; that does not seem to be a very good idea.
First off, spending $42 million for a 375-bed dorm is insane. Second, these liberal colleges that are all about political correctness are not preparing their students to make it in the grown-up, competitive world.
A hippy “college” for kids who can’t get admitted anywhere else finally jumps the shark and appears headed down the “get woke, go broke” tubes. Of course the college gets an F for lessons learned. The place was never about learning in any meaningful sense, nor is the Regressive Left. They are about spinning delusional fantasies of opposition, “transgression” and contempt and forcing them on as many others as possible.
It costs each studenr tens of thousands of dollars a year to attend Evergreen. By that measure, each day during the academic year can cost several hundred dollars per student. To deny students even a single day of class and access to the campus for any reason short of a natural disaster is to cheat those students out of classes, services, and use of facilities they paid for. Those students should file a suit against the school to be reimbursed and/or the school officials prosecuted for fraud.
I got very lucky-my daughter said she didn’t want to waste time and money on 4-6 more years of high school. She joined the US Navy and became an electrician’s Mate Nuclear. After 2 years training and 4 years (2 combat deployments) on the Nimitz, she now has a fantastic job, no debt, and money in the bank. She also grew up!
We didn’t have women in my nuke school class of ’85, things have changed a lot in the USN.
This is the generation that will be running the country someday. We need to cut them off at the pass.Most of the professors at universities were part of the anti war hippy movement of the 60 s and 70 s.
“applications to Evergreen this fall are down 20 percent, and current students are fleeing. Only 60% of first-time, first-year students who enrolled last fall stayed through the end of the school”
Yeah, well who needs ’em? They’re just a bunch of privileged, white, patriarchal racists anyway! /s
Schools are charged with turning their students into adults. Instead, what we get are their adults reverting to high school students. These are the fruits of their labor over the past decades.
It’s pretty obvious that Bridges is in full agreement with the radical students. Why taxpayers are still funding this school is a mystery.
On the other hand, it will be nice to have them all in one spot when Civil War II heats up.
“The Evergreen Mental Asylum for the Politically Insane” seems more accurate (and imho sounds better as well).
Just imagine if the president of Columbia U in 1968 had stood up to the radical students. How different the state of universities might be.
(another local) But who will groom next year’s crop of Starbucks baristas?
One day, the brilliant types at Starbucks will figure out that they do not need to hire a college graduate in order to get a competent barista.
You could probably make a pretty good business out of printing up tee shirts with the slogan “Condemning Free Speech Hurts My Feelings”.
The left ruins everything it touches. A parent would have to be nuts to send a kid to this lunatic asylum.
I have received a few materials about this college, because my family and I live in western Washington. I perused the material and considered it, but then read all about their craziness with allowing rampant hatred of whites and violence to go on. Tossed the info, looked at other colleges for my teens.
I like Glenn Reynolds’s phrase: “Liberal Autopagy”.
Here, locally, in Olympia, WA, we refer to it as “The Evergreen State College for the Politically Insane”. I believe that accurately sums up the situation.
Brilliant!