link will work for everyone Harvard Explores New Center for Conservative Scholarship Amid Trump Attacks The Ivy League school has discussed an effort to ‘support viewpoint diversity’ with potential donors, says it ‘will not be partisan’ https://www.wsj.com/us-news/educati...a?st=RVPxNk&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink excerpt: Central to changing campus culture is controlling who is hired and what they teach. Harvard President Garber has said the school won’t cede that authority. An institute would open the possibility of hiring new faculty focused on classically liberal ideas which, on many of today’s campuses, are often read as conservative. Those ideas, in turn, could reinvigorate debate, which even Harvard administrators say has atrophied. more at the link
@Salvy @basso @pgabriel @Rocketeer @Space Ghost @jo mama so a normal scholarship for kids with good grades and a high SAT score
Is college actually worth it anymore? Gen Z isn’t sure, study says https://nypost.com/2025/07/22/lifestyle/this-is-what-gen-z-really-thinks-about-their-college-degree/
Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump The White House had canceled more than $400 million in research funding to the university, saying it had failed to protect Jewish students from harassment. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/...ytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare In-house counsel seems to think these are pretty favorable terms for Columbia given the extent of the Title VI problems Columbia has had
updated assessment one day later: the agreement is out and folks who've read it say that "Columbia is doing a good job of PR," because even though reporting (like above article in NYT) makes it sound like Columbia didn't give away the store, they in fact, "gave away the store."
gift link will work for everyone Trump’s Next Fight With Universities: Racial ‘Proxies’ in Admissions Conservatives suspect colleges are using covert strategies to diversify their student bodies after affirmative action was struck down https://www.wsj.com/us-news/educati...3?st=Ce7n5E&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
this is important Professor cancels class after learning Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged: ‘I can’t focus’ https://nypost.com/2025/08/27/us-ne...r-swift-and-travis-kelce-announce-engagement/
didn't have this on my bingo card this morning Far-left gun club professor placed on leave after radical group exposed https://nypost.com/2025/09/29/us-ne...t-redneck-revolt-gun-club-membership-exposed/ excerpt: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has placed a professor who is a member of a far-left gun club on administrative leave. “The University of North Carolina has informed Dr. Dwayne Dixon, professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, that he has been placed on administrative leave, effective immediately, following recent reports and expressions of concern regarding alleged advocacy of politically motivated violence,” Vice Chancellor for Marketing and Communications Dean Stoyer said in a statement to Fox News Digital Monday afternoon. “Placing Dr. Dixon on leave will allow the University to investigate these allegations in a manner that protects the integrity of its assessment. “Depending upon the nature and circumstances of this activity, this conduct could be grounds for disciplinary action up to and including potential termination of employment according to the standards set forth in the Trustee Policies and Regulations Governing Academic Tenure in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and pursuant to UNC practice,” the statement continued. more at the link
