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  • Northeastern College Student Demanded Her Tuition Fees Back After Catching Her Professor Using OpenAI’s ChatGPT

    05/15/2025 11:08:47 AM PDT · by nickcarraway · 23 replies
    Fortune ^ | May 15, 2025 | Beatrice Nolan
    A senior at Northeastern University filed a formal complaint and demanded a tuition refund after discovering her professor was secretly using AI tools to generate notes. The professor later admitted to using several AI platforms and acknowledged the need for transparency. The incident highlights growing student concerns over professors using AI, a reversal of earlier concerns from professors worried that students would use the technology to cheat. Some students are not happy about their professor’s use of AI. One college senior was so shocked to learn her teacher was using AI to help him create notes that she lodged a...
  • UC Riverside enthusiastically welcomes Charlie Kirk

    05/12/2025 5:24:23 PM PDT · by Fiji Hill · 9 replies
    Youtube ^ | May 12, 2025 | Durium
    On May 9, 2025 Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk visited the University of California Riverside as part of his nationwide American Comeback Tour and was enthusiastically greeted by students, faculty, staff and visitors. His presentation began with a hat toss as dozens of iconic Make America Great Again (MAGA) baseball caps were thrown into the audience.
  • What proportion of higher education is outdated, obsolete, and/or detrimental to this country?

    05/05/2025 12:50:44 PM PDT · by millenial4freedom · 39 replies
    5/5/2025 | millenial4freedom
    I'm referring to not just the curriculum or majors offered, but also the administration and staff roster. My guess: 75-80% can be eliminated without material impact to the American economy (in spite of the insistence by liberal arts professors that this won't be the case).
  • More Than 80 Faculty Pledge 10 Percent of Pay To Support Harvard’s Fight Against Trump

    05/02/2025 5:55:57 AM PDT · by Responsibility2nd · 61 replies
    The Crimson ^ | 05/01/2025 | By William C. Mao and Veronica H. Paulus, Crimson Staff Writers
    More than 80 Harvard faculty members pledged to donate 10 percent of their salaries for up to a year to support the University in its resistance against the Trump administration’s attempts to exact concessions and freeze billions in federal funding. The group is still collecting pledges, but faculty members’ commitments currently amount to more than $2 million, according to Government professor Ryan D. Enos. The faculty sent a letter outlining their planned donation to University President Alan M. Garber ’76 Wednesday afternoon. “If we as a faculty are asking the University administration to resist the Trump administration’s attacks on academic...
  • Harvard University renames its DEI office as its battle with the Trump administration expands to more fronts

    04/29/2025 5:25:50 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 10 replies
    CNN ^ | 04 29 2025 | Andy Rose and Karina Tsui
    Hours after Harvard University faced the Trump administration in court for the first time in its push to restore more than $2 billion in blocked federal funding, the nation’s oldest and wealthiest college made a symbolic bow to White House demands, renaming its diversity, equity and inclusion office. The change was announced Monday in an email to the campus community from the head of what had been the Office for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging. It nods to a sweeping effort by President Donald Trump to eliminate DEI practices – designed to advance racial, gender, class and other representation in...
  • 'Male Supremacism' Conference Spirals Into Open Call for Authoritarian Censorship

    04/29/2025 9:25:29 AM PDT · by HKMk23 · 37 replies
    Townhall ^ | 04/28/2025 | Jeff Charles
    A Virginia Commonwealth University professor called for deplatforming right-leaning media figures and influencers to “disrupt capitalism.” Podcaster and blogger Dr. Karlyn Borysenko went undercover to report on the Male Supremacism Studies Conference. Dr. Kay Coghill, during a conversation at the conference, advocated for silencing those who hold conservative or Republican views.
  • “When Must We Kill Them?”: George Mason Student Captures the Growing Violent Ideation on the Left

    04/22/2025 6:57:08 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 120 replies
    jonathanturley.com ^ | 04 19 2025 | Jonathan Turley
    There is controversy at George Mason University after Nicholas Decker, an economics PhD student published an essay asking “When Must We Kill Them?” in reference to Trump and his supporters. The essay captures the growing violent ideation on the left, fueled by rage rhetoric from politicians and commentators. The danger is that, for some on the extremes of our society, the question is not “when must we kill them?” but “when can we kill them?” On his Substack “Homo Economicus,” Decker warns that “evil has come to America” and that Trump is “engaged in barbarism” and seeking “to destroy the...
  • Do Elite Universities Really Wish to Fight the Federal Government?

    04/21/2025 5:59:08 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 24 replies
    American Greatness ^ | 21 Apr, 2025 | Victor Davis Hanson
    Elite universities push for federal funding while ignoring legal and ethical obligations, fueling public distrust as they prioritize ideology over academic rigor and free speech. Harvard has refused to accept the orders of a Trump administration commission concerning its chronic problems with anti-Semitism, campus violence, and racial tribalism, bias, and segregation. Yet, unlike some conservative campuses that distrust an overbearing Washington, Harvard and most elite schools like it want it both ways. They do as they please on their own turf and yet still demand that the taxpayers send them multibillion-dollar checks in addition to their multibillion-dollar private incomes. Aside...
  • WSU instructor arrested for allegedly attacking Trump-hat wearing student

    04/17/2025 5:08:24 AM PDT · by CFW · 26 replies
    MyNorthwest ^ | 4/15/25 | Jason Rentz
    A Washington State University (WSU) instructor and PhD student was arrested for allegedly assaulting an engineering student who was wearing a red “Take America Back” hat from the 2024 Donald Trump campaign, according to a police report obtained by “The Jason Rantz Show” on KTTH. The victim, Jay Sani, told Pullman Police that he was walking to a restaurant when the suspect, identified as Patrick Mahoney, grabbed the MAGA hat and threw it onto the street. After attempting to defend himself, the police reports say that Mahoney, along with a second suspect identified as Gerald Hoff, “grabbed Sani and took...
  • Too many of our colleges are propaganda factories spewing anti-American, anti-Western, anti-Semitic and anti-Christian hate.

    04/15/2025 3:56:43 PM PDT · by hardspunned · 15 replies
    X ^ | 4/15/25 | Brandon Gill
    Their multibillion dollar hedge funds (endowments) should be taxed.
  • What Are They Hiding? Harvard Professors Sue Trump Administration to Block Review of Nearly $9 Billion in Federal Funds

    04/13/2025 10:51:02 AM PDT · by Macho MAGA Man · 32 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | April 13, 2025 | Jim Hoft
    Any good accountant knows that when the organization pushes back against an audit they are hiding something. (Leftist) Harvard University professors are suing to block the Trump administration’s review of nearly $9 billion in federal contracts and grants awarded to the Ivy League school. The review is part of the government’s crackdown on what it says is antisemitism on college campuses. Via Reuters.
  • Leading Palestinian-American resigns from Harvard after lawsuit claims he aided Hamas

    04/11/2025 8:50:32 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 11 replies
    Times of Israel ^ | 04/11/2025 4:42 AM | Luke Tress
    A prominent Palestinian-American businessman, Bashar Masri, quits his position at Harvard University after a lawsuit alleged he abetted Hamas with development projects in Gaza. Masri served on the dean’s council at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. The school confirms to The New York Post that Masri has resigned. “The lawsuit raises serious allegations that should be vetted and addressed through the legal process,” a spokesperson tells the news outlet. …
  • Professor Abruptly Fired Amid FBI Raid

    04/08/2025 10:55:23 AM PDT · by simpson96 · 23 replies
    Fort Worth Star-telegram ^ | 4/8/2025 | Roger Anderson
    Indiana University has faced criticism after abruptly firing Professor XiaoFeng Wang on the same day FBI agents executed search warrants at his home. The university also removed the couple’s online profiles, causing concern among academics regarding their due process. Federal authorities have confirmed the investigation is ongoing. Wang has brought approximately $23 million in federal grants to the university. However, Wang was barred from his office and denied access to university resources prior to his dismissal. Veracity IIR president Doug Kouns said, “He’s right there on the cutting edge of this kind of research as far as data privacy, cybersecurity...
  • BREAKING: A professor just FLIPPED OVER A TABLE set up by the College Republicans at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire.

    04/01/2025 5:26:41 PM PDT · by grundle · 115 replies
    Twitter ^ | April 1, 2025 | Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist @DeAngelisCorey
    BREAKING: A professor just FLIPPED OVER A TABLE set up by the College Republicans at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire. The group reports the professor is José Felipe Alvergue, the Chair of the English Department. They were tabling for today's Supreme Court election. The group reported that José Felipe Alvergue flipped the table. From their X account: "Jose Felipe Alvergue has now been confirmed by the university to be the attacker from this morning." Chair of the UWEC College Republicans: "The university has since confirmed that this attacker was the Chair of the University's English Department."
  • Columbia faculty hold 'emergency vigil,' urge students to wear mask, skip class to protest Trump

    03/24/2025 10:55:05 PM PDT · by Libloather · 44 replies
    Fox News ^ | 3/24/25 | Pilar Arias
    A group of people continued marching and circling around the main gate of Columbia University on Monday afternoon, banging loud drums and chanting, "Long live the intifada." Their actions come shortly after Columbia University professors held what they called an "emergency vigil" in response to the college's agreement to implement a host of policy changes, including overhauling its rules for protests and conducting an immediate review of its Middle Eastern studies department following demands from the Trump administration. The group gathered outside the university's gates on 116th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, holding signs that read "defend democracy," "defend teaching" and...
  • Columbia Concedes to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped

    03/21/2025 6:05:31 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 23 replies
    The New York Times ^ | March 21, 2025 Updated 7:16 p.m. ET | Troy Closson
    The administration has moved to cut $400 million in federal funding to the university without changes to its policies and rules.Columbia University agreed on Friday to overhaul its protest policies, security practices and Middle Eastern studies department in a remarkable concession to the Trump administration, which has refused to consider restoring $400 million in federal funds without major changes. The agreement, which stunned and dismayed many members of the faculty, could signal a new stage in the administration’s escalating clash with elite colleges and universities. Harvard, Stanford, the University of Michigan and dozens of other schools face federal inquiries and...
  • Why Trump’s Ultimatum to Columbia Could Upend Higher Education

    03/20/2025 12:10:41 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 16 replies
    The New York Times ^ | March 20, 2025 Updated 2:41 p.m. ET | Troy Closson
    A demand for the university’s administration to place the Middle Eastern studies department under receivership could signal a broader crackdown across the United States. It was an obscure, 44-word demand toward the end of the Trump administration’s ultimatum to Columbia University this month ordering a dramatic overhaul of admissions and disciplinary rules. But it could prove to have consequences for colleges and universities nationwide.With $400 million in canceled government grants and contracts on the line, federal officials ordered Columbia’s administration to place the university’s Middle Eastern studies department under academic receivership for at least five years.Typically, a receivership is handled...
  • A Columbia Professor Marched for Hamas—and Received Millions in Public Funding

    03/15/2025 9:54:18 AM PDT · by Twotone · 13 replies
    City Journal ^ | March 13, 2025 | Christopher Rufo & Hannah Grossman
    Columbia University has been ground zero for the Ivy League’s pro-Hamas demonstrators. Since the October 7, 2023, terror attack, activists at the university have set up encampments, occupied buildings, shut down classes, and targeted Jewish students. The Trump administration recently moved to revoke a protest leader’s green card and canceled $400 million in federal funding because of the university’s failure to address anti-Semitism on campus. This student-led movement is also supported by some faculty. We have identified one Columbia professor, neuropsychologist Jennifer J. Manly... snip According to the National Institutes of Health and other publicly accessible databases, she has been...
  • Victor Davis Hanson: Is the Jig up for Elite Higher Education?

    03/14/2025 9:27:58 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 21 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 03/14/2025 | Victor Davis Hanson
    Over the last three decades, elite American universities have engaged in economic, political, social, and cultural practices that were often unethical, illegal -- and suicidal. They did so with impunity. Apparently, confident administrators assumed that the brand of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, and other elite universities was so precious to the nation's elite movers and shakers that they could always do almost anything they wished. By the 1970s, non-profit universities had dropped pretenses that they were apolitical and non-partisan. Instead, they customarily violated the corpus of iconic civil rights legislation by weighing race, gender, and sexual orientation in biased admissions,...
  • Leftist UCLA Law Professor Sparks Uproar After Calling for a Military Insurrection Against President Trump

    03/09/2025 3:29:43 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 41 replies
    The Gateway Pundit ^ | Mar. 9, 2025 8:15 am | Cullen Linebarger
    Another radical leftist has been caught calling for violence against President Trump. As TGP readers know, leftists across America have issued countless calls for violence against members of the Trump Administration for weeks, including the president himself. This situation has gotten so dire that agitators are now accosting the children of these officials. On Saturday, UCLA Criminal Law Professor Peter Arenella posted a tweet saying that the U.S. Military must launch an insurrection against Trump in order to stop America from becoming an ally of Russia. Yes, he actually said the U.S. military must destroy democracy to prevent America from...