…and social justice” – words constantly promoted by university administrators (and accompanied by an ever-expanding corpus of administrators tasked with overseeing these agendas) – or to protect the fragility of…
…in the way of the feminist social justice agenda? Feminists Burnt by Feminism Alas, when we turn to the report itself, it is more the latter. The major problem that…
…him as “honest to a fault” — with an exceptionally humane, classical liberal approach to most social problems. At Virginia Tech, a group calling itself the Coalition for Justice fell…
…weeded out if they lacked commitment to the hard left. Indicators of a poor disposition were lack of commitment to “social Justice,” another buzzword whose meaning was never quite clear,…
…academics achieve in a lifetime.” But then he pivots to his real subject: his attack on the critics who say “left-wing social justice” is a threat to free speech. He…
…inclusion, injustice, intercultural understanding, local talent, meaningful, multiple disciplinary application, perspectives, powerful, readability, relevant, responsibility, sensitivity, shared experience, social justice, social responsibility, timely, and tolerance. (Critical thinking, ethics, and tolerance…
…to enforce them. At the macro level, universities have adopted “social justice” as a supposed core mission, in the name of which policing of speech and behavior has become ever…
…communities, becoming ever more committed to social justice, and ever less hospitable to dissenting views. I wanted to know if there was any political diversity in social psychology. So I…
…and educational goals composed of content-free processes and unexamined buzz-words like “critical thinking,” “diversity,” “ways of knowing,” “social justice,” and “cultural competence.” Our students are the achievement of a systemic…
…professor instead of their first libertarian, or when applicants with “social justice credentials” win scholarships over high-achieving conservatives. Brands like “social justice” and “compassionate” promise to sap higher education of…
Oregon State University is launching a series of “social justice retreats” to “promote a campus dialogue about race and racism.” Translation: the university is sponsoring therapized programs to makes non-whites…
…that this is some sort of justice — white males have enjoyed positions of privilege for centuries, and now they are getting a taste of their own medicine. But these…
…popular? One obvious one is that, far from being a society riddled with social injustice, the U.S. has made so much progress that such charges are cast routinely and fearlessly…
…students and cede control to leftist protesters. Given higher education’s track record, however, both developments are unsurprising. Universities have long preached the gospel of social justice through politicized degree programs,…
…speech to stop microaggressions and anti-protest remarks, and impose mandatory social-justice training for students and faculty. Walter Olson of Cato and Overlawyered.com compiled a list of demand highlights. They include:…
…by the Ford Foundation “diversity” programs, Joan Kroc’s gift of $200 million to fund “peace” and “social justice” programs at two universities and Jane Fonda’s $12.5 million to found a…
…on anonymous politically-incorrect speech on campus, which they claim violates federal civil-rights laws such as Title IX. They claim they are concerned about “harassment” on anonymous social media applications like…
…is to become “part of a social justice movement.” It is therefore not surprising that two days after I received the Fichtenbaum email, I received another from Gwendolyn Bradley, a…
…we read, the organization regards “the culturally narrow horizons of music study as nothing short of a social justice crisis.” And the emphasis on the “European classical repertory” is more…
…Privileged people getting privileged justice — how progressive. And let me be clear about what’s meant by “justice” in this context. It’s not the “justice” of having an allegedly violent…
…teamed up with campus groups that want to push for ever-more diversity (Appalachian Social Justice Educators, the Chancellor’s Student Advisory Board, and the Black Student Association) to get the administration…
…finds that the younger generation perceives a tension between social justice and free speech that previous generations did not. Those under 40 who have a social justice orientation are generally…
…with our colleges and universities. To be sure, there is much in the statement that is attractive and endorsing it makes sense as a tactical move against “social justice warriors”…
…when I think about it, I see the complications. Some Haverfordians pursue self-sacrificial career choices. They spend their lives paying witness to social justice crusades that Don Quixote himself would…
…the expression of a common view of an important question in social policy. The common expression “America is the land of opportunity” might seem benign to most of us, but…
…partner of the male student) eventually saw what was going on—and got up, retiring to her own room. The incident was, at the least, embarrassing; it threatened the social equilibrium…
…of the microphone, for example, took place when a group of divestment activists, calling themselves Mountain Justice, took over a debate on divestment with Swarthmore College’s board of trustees. The…
…formal college charges against the accused (the criminal justice system found her complaint so unsupported by evidence that the accused were never charged, and she declined to pursue formal charges…
…decades long “social-justice advocate,” was soon elevated to executive vice president, heading a new Office of Community Life. From there, she designed the sexual-respect initiative. I asked the Columbia administration…
…fourth brought to mind the dispositions battle, in which NCATE touted a skill “disposition to promote social justice” as a way of denying academic freedom the students. Similarly, the implication…