Massachusetts | November 8, 2021
MIT alums: We can’t support a school that caved to woke mentality
Massachusetts | November 8, 2021
We graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology more than 50 years ago. MIT was academically rigorous, and it taught us our crafts and the essence of problem-solving, enabling us to thrive in our careers. We owe much to our alma mater and have donated to it regularly. No more. The current MIT administration has caved repeatedly to the demands of “wokeness,” treating its students unfairly, compromising the quality of its staff, and damaging the institution and academic freedom at large. We object to MIT’s politically correct measures, including the firing of its Catholic chaplain…(Excerpts from the New York Post)
California, District of Columbia, Massachusetts | September 17, 2021
Cancel culture hits hardest at nation’s highest-ranked colleges
California, District of Columbia, Massachusetts | September 17, 2021
Over the past six years, one of the worst places to be, in terms of getting targeted, punished or canceled for what you say, has been on campus at an elite American college.
Over the past six years, one of the worst places to be, in terms of getting targeted, punished or canceled for what you say, has been on campus at an elite American college.
A recent survey by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) found since 2015, Stanford University has had the most incidents of scholars being targeted by “triggered” complainants, with 18 reported on the school’s California campus, twice as many as reported at Harvard, UCLA and Georgetown.
All told, the Ivy League accounted for half of the six worst campuses for scholar targeting, as the University of Pennsylvania and Yale ranked next on the list, according to FIRE’s tally of more than 400 targeting incidents that have occurred since 2015… (Excerpts from the Washington Times)
Massachusetts | June 30, 2021
Schools’ critical race theory plans could violate the Constitution, state laws, says watchdog group
Massachusetts | June 30, 2021
Newly released documents show a series of critical race theory initiatives in K-12 public schools that critics say could run afoul of the 14th Amendment and various state laws.
In Massachusetts, the Wellesley Public Schools system was already reeling under controversy for a series of events tied to “diversity, equity and inclusion” when a conservative watchdog group announced it had obtained records showing that schools use “affinity spaces that divide students and staff based on race.”
Such exclusive separations could run afoul of the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause and state laws on equal rights and school attendance, according to Judicial Watch. The watchdog said it obtained the documents through a public records request…
(Excerpts from the Washington Times)