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  • Education Dept. Opens Investigation into Princeton after President Claims Racism ‘Embedded’ in University

    Education Dept. Opens Investigation into Princeton after President Claims Racism ‘Embedded’ in University

    September 18, 2020 | 05:22am

    The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into Princeton University after the Ivy League school’s president claimed racism is “embedded” at the university, the Washington Examiner reported on Thursday. Princeton president Christopher L. Eisgruber made the assertion in an open letter published September 2, which addressed in part the protests and riots over the …
  • USC Professor Who Used Chinese Word That Sounds Like English Slur ‘Not Dismissed Nor Suspended,’ Admin Says

    USC Professor Who Used Chinese Word That Sounds Like English Slur ‘Not Dismissed Nor Suspended,’ Admin Says

    September 11, 2020 | 04:41am

    The University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business’ dean is on the defensive after receiving widespread backlash for his handling of an incident in which a communications professor at the school used a Chinese word that sounded like a slur in English, a new email obtained by National Review shows. Professor Greg Patton was …
  • University of Michigan Dearborn Holds Whites-Only Virtual ‘Cafe’ Event

    University of Michigan Dearborn Holds Whites-Only Virtual ‘Cafe’ Event

    September 10, 2020 | 04:56am

    The University of Michigan Dearborn hosted a virtual discussion Tuesday that it dubbed the “non-POC cafe,” an event that appeared to welcome only white students and ignited criticism of the school for its decision to hold an apparently segregated event. The Dearborn campus, one of the public university’s two regional campuses, described the virtual event as “a space …
  • ACLU Staffer Attacks University for Accepting ‘Provocateur in Training’ Nick Sandmann

    ACLU Staffer Attacks University for Accepting ‘Provocateur in Training’ Nick Sandmann

    September 09, 2020 | 04:44am

    An ACLU Kentucky communications associate criticized Transylvania University on Saturday for accepting Nick Sandmann, the high school student who sued major news outlets for their coverage of a controversial interaction he and several of his classmates had with a Native American activist. “Does anyone else think it’s a bit of a stain on Transylvania University …
  • USC Professor Placed on Leave after Black Students Complained His Pronunciation of a Chinese Word Affected Their Mental Health

    USC Professor Placed on Leave after Black Students Complained His Pronunciation of a Chinese Word Affected Their Mental Health

    September 04, 2020 | 07:11am

    The University of Southern California has placed a communications professor on leave after a group of black MBA candidates threatened to drop his class rather than “endure the emotional exhaustion of carrying on with an instructor that disregards cultural diversity and sensitivities” following the instructor’s use, while teaching, of a Chinese word that sounds like …
  • USC Communications Professor Placed On Leave after Using Chinese Word That Sounds Like Racial Slur

    USC Communications Professor Placed On Leave after Using Chinese Word That Sounds Like Racial Slur

    September 04, 2020 | 07:07am

    The University of Southern California has placed a professor on leave after he said a Chinese word that sounds similar to a racial slur in English while teaching a communications class, according to a report. Greg Patton, a professor at the university’s Marshall School of Business, was giving a lecture about the use of “filler …
  • University of California Can No Longer Use ACT, SAT Scores in Admissions Process, Judge Rules

    University of California Can No Longer Use ACT, SAT Scores in Admissions Process, Judge Rules

    September 03, 2020 | 02:20am

    The University of California system can no longer consider ACT and SAT tests in admissions or scholarship decisions, a judge ruled Monday, saying the testing disadvantages applicants with disabilities. Alameda County Superior Court Judge Brad Seligman issued the preliminary injunction on Monday, acknowledging arguments that students with disabilities would have difficulty taking exams amid the …
  • American Universities Will Use Code Names to Protect Chinese Students from Beijing’s New National Security Law

    American Universities Will Use Code Names to Protect Chinese Students from Beijing’s New National Security Law

    August 19, 2020 | 03:55pm

    American universities are struggling to conduct certain classes this fall in a way that will protect Chinese students from prosecution under that country’s new national-security law. China applied a law to the territory of Hong Kong in late June that gives the government broad authority to arrest any resident suspected of offenses against the “national …
  • Justice Department Finds Yale Admissions Illegally Discriminated Against Asian American and White Applicants

    Justice Department Finds Yale Admissions Illegally Discriminated Against Asian American and White Applicants

    August 14, 2020 | 05:50am

    A two-year long Justice Department investigation has found that Yale University illegally discriminated against Asian American and white applicants in violation of federal civil rights law. In a letter to the college’s attorneys Thursday, the department said that Yale “rejects scores of Asian American and white applicants each year based on their race, whom it …
  • White House Considering Rollback of Visa Restrictions on Foreign Students: Report

    White House Considering Rollback of Visa Restrictions on Foreign Students: Report

    July 15, 2020 | 04:53am

    The White House is considering rolling back some visa restrictions on foreign students whose colleges have moved to online instruction because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. Last week, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced that foreign students on F1 visas would be required to leave the country if all their …
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