Tag: Universities

American Scholars Launches Non-Woke Learning Platform, Forum

A new online education platform, American Scholars, launches on Sept. 10, promising courses on history, economics, law, and other subjects, aimed at helping parents and students to educate themselves about the woke ideology currently spreading through schools. In addition to courses, the platform offers a discussion forum that will aid parents and students to discuss…


Pro-America Group Launches Non-Woke Learning Platform, Forum

A new online education platform, American Scholars, launches on Sept. 10, promising courses on history, economics, law, and other subjects, aimed at helping parents and students to inoculate themselves against the woke ideology currently spreading through schools. In addition to courses, the platform offers a discussion forum that will aid parents and students to discuss…


Universities Not Offering Face-to-Face Teaching Should Cut Fees: UK Minister

British universities that are not returning to face-to-face teaching should not charge the full fees, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said on Tuesday. As all COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted in England and most such curbs have been scrapped in Scotland and Wales, the government has advised universities to bring back face-to-face lectures and lessons, but…


2.4 Million US College Students Face Vaccine Mandate, Immune or Not

More than 180 college and university campuses across the United States are requiring more than 2.4 million students to produce proof of vaccination against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus to attend in-person classes this fall, regardless of whether the students have acquired immunity to the virus. The number of schools with a mandate is…


2.4 Million US College Students Face COVID Vaccine Requirement

More than 180 college and university campuses across the United States are requiring more than 2.4 million students to produce proof of vaccination against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus to attend in-person classes this fall, regardless of whether the students have acquired immunity to the virus. The number of schools with a mandate is…


Academia Becomes More Ideological and More Coercive

Commentary Universities as a community of autonomous scholars delving into knowledge and seeking to expand it is a model long out of date. With the explosive growth of university, scientific, and granting agency bureaucracies, coercive oversight and imposition has grown by magnitudes. One example is mandatory research ethics tests for professors and students. These became…


In Search of Truth and Beauty, an Antidote to Nihilism: Stephen Blackwood

The idea that there is no truth but only power has pervaded today’s cultural, civic, and political institutions at large. Nihilistic in nature, it’s being witnessed alongside an “extraordinary civilizational crisis.” “This idea that there’s no truth but power, the nihilism behind it, it emanates into all of the institutions and the forms of life…


IRS Warns of Phishing Scam Targeting Colleges, Universities

The Internal Revenue Service issued a warning Tuesday about a phishing scam targeting students and staff at educational institutions who have an .edu email address. The IRS said it has received complaints about the scam aimed at students at both public and private, profit and non-profit institutions. The fraudulent emails display the IRS logo and…


How ‘Inclusion’ in Canadian Universities Becomes Exclusion

Commentary The foremost advocates of racism and sexism in Canada are our universities. No longer are individuals treated as individuals according to their achievements, potential, and merits. Rather, under the label “diversity, inclusion, and equity,” students, professors, staff, and administrators are treated in admissions, funding, hiring, and benefits not according to their ability to do…


China Insider: UK Academics Help China Develop Nuclear Weapons

British media The Telegraph revealed on Monday that scientists at top UK universities have worked on projects in partnership with China’s nuclear weapon research institution. The UK government is preparing to send enforcement notices to the academics involved, as the Chinese institution is on the U.S. sanction list for developing weapons of mass destruction.