How Qatari money is undermining free speech at universities
"Northwestern’s nonexistent response to recent Qatari censorship demonstrates why branch campuses in authoritarian nations are a bad idea. Northwestern has lent its credibility to the propaganda of an authoritarian and anti-Western regime, whitewashing its censorship and inevitably participating in self-censorship to maintain ties." – Spectator World, 11/28/22
UVA knew of suspect’s prior weapons charge before shooting that left three dead
"University of Virginia officials acknowledged recently that they knew about a shooting suspect’s prior conviction on a weapons charge before his alleged rampage that left three students dead and two injured. Administrators issued a statement confirming that the suspect, Christopher Darnell Jones Jr., had been convicted of a misdemeanor for a concealed weapons violation in 2021, prior to the Nov. 13 shooting." – The College Fix, 11/28/22
UCLA, UC Irvine Law Schools Drop ‘U.S. News’ Rankings
"The law school of the University of California, Los Angeles, announced Tuesday that it is dropping out of the U.S. News & World Report rankings. And on Wednesday, the law school of the University of California, Irvine, joined the movement." – Inside Higher Ed, 11/28/22
Ben Sasse hit the jackpot with his University of Florida contract
"Over the last decade, we have collected and analyzed the contracts of more than 300 university presidents. The contract for president-designee Sasse, with a potential value of nearly $10 million across his five-year term, is the richest we have seen. We have carefully reviewed the contract. Here are the details." – Higher Ed Dive, 11/28/22
Administrators Have Seized the Ivory Tower
"University administrators will undoubtedly work diligently to please North Carolina politicians and to tell North Carolina citizens what they think they wish to hear. Whether they have any commitment to preserving the complex ecology required by institutions of learning in a market-driven society is another question entirely." – James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, 11/28/22
Quiet on Debt Relief
"As legal battles have been waged over the Biden administration’s plan to forgive billions in federal student loans, the associations representing colleges and universities have stayed out of the fight. ... So far, no Washington-based higher education interest group has submitted a brief in support of the administration’s position." – Inside Higher Ed, 11/28/22
‘Ethics’ app at Clemson allows students to instantaneously report on each other with texts, videos
"Students at Clemson University can now anonymously report real or perceived misconduct by peers, faculty or staff with a single text. The public, South Carolina-based institution recently announced it would become the first university to offer campus-wide the 'RealResponse platform' ... " – The College Fix, 11/28/22
Falwell in Exile
"Looking back, Falwell wonders if leaving Liberty saved his life, given the stress of the job coupled with his health issues, which he suggests might have gone neglected if he remained as president. His next move is undetermined. Asked about returning to higher education, Falwell offers only a 'maybe.'" – Inside Higher Ed, 11/28/22
The Revealed & the Hidden: Reconceiving Western Civilization
"Returning to the Christian, Greek, and Roman roots, and examining the texts and ideas which provided the foundation for the remarkable civilisation that spread across the European continent could bear real fruit in strengthening our ailing cultures." – Imaginative Conservative, 11/27/22
UC-Berkeley can’t use race in admissions. Is it a model for the country?
"The University of California at Berkeley has labored to enroll more Black and Latino students in the quarter century since the state barred the consideration of race or ethnicity in its admissions. Still, those groups remain underrepresented at the renowned public university here on the eastern shore of the San Francisco Bay." – Washington Post, 11/27/22
