Steven Salaita and the Tyranny of 'Hate Speech'
"Hate" is in the eye of the beholder.
"Hate" is in the eye of the beholder.
That doesn't make him entirely right, though.
"In an effort to address sexual assault, college campuses are on the verge of entering into an Orwellian nightmare."
Imagine schools telling kids not to study too hard, or spend more than a couple hours on homework each week, out of fear of federal reprisal.
The tree has a 75 percent chance of survival.
Alumni could be called to participate in due-process-free trials for years to come.
Some students are irritated about the ban, but who are they to stand athwart history?
Universities may be hesitant to put blind faith in Core-certified students, since teachers played almost no role in the development of the standards.
Clearly all people contribute to diversity in one way or another.
Definitely not a police state.
In the last year, the regents voted on 116 public matters, and only 8 of those times were there any dissenting votes.
For-profit schools get deserved flak, but the public universities lock kids into years of debt, too.
Sadly, Boise State seems like quite the unfree hellhole.
Public universities can't trump state law and establish even stricter anti-gun policies.
Thankfully, it looks like corrupt college administrators will no longer be able to keep the extent of their wrongdoing a secret from the public.
Even advocates aren't sure exactly what affirmative consent means or how it will work. What could go wrong?
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education announced a major litigation effort Tuesday against universities that maintain clearly illegal speech codes.
This would discourage the sort of black out drinking most likely to lead to sexual assault disputes.
Automatically expelling all students found guilty of rape is a perfectly defensible policy, but only if guilt is adjudicated in an actual criminal trial.
Sexual assault at U-M has declined notably and in line with national statistics, casting doubt on the left's characterization of the problem as an "epidemic."
Sotomayor thinks legacy admissions are somehow helping the disadvantaged, when in reality they do the opposite.
Can students afford a night at the Ritz Carlton University?
Legislators and activists just don't trust adults to navigate issues of consent without them.
Consensual sex? There's an app for that. One day soon. Hopefully.
Did media outlets reporting the sexual assault allegations against Daniel Kopin properly scrutinize his accuser's claims?
Students who resist the temptation of "help" with college costs will be in a much better position when the higher education bubble bursts.