A group of University of Virginia graduate students created a "Charlottesville Syllabus." Inspired by the syllabus, Wake Forest University will host "teach-ins" this week discussing racism and white supremacy. On the College Fix.
UNC Charlotte professor Jeannine Shante Skinner was found dead Friday morning. In WRAL.
"Excellence should be celebrated wherever it is found, and affirmative action policies undermine colleges’ ability to search for it," argues Michael Barone. In National Review.
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education's new report assigns letter grades to 53 colleges based on the fairness of their disciplinary policies. On Inside Higher Ed.
Two scholars, Jasmine Mena of Bucknell University and Annemarie Vaccaro of the University of Rhode Island, claim that they have discovered a new microaggresion called the “invisibility microaggression." On the Daily Caller.
Chancellor Carol Folt announced on Wednesday that UNC-Chapel Hill has denied Richard Spencer's request to speak on campus. In WRAL.
"Students from Western Carolina University’s Bass Fishing Club drove nearly 900 miles, boats in tow, to rescue Texans stranded by Harvey’s floodwaters," reports Nick Roll.
On Inside Higher Ed.
On Thursday, UNC-Chapel Hill students protested Silent Sam and the possible closing of the Center for Civil Rights.
In the Daily Tar Heel.
"Football and school don’t go together, they just don’t. Trying to do both is like trying to do two full-time jobs," says UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen. On Foundation for Economic Education.
Evergreen State College is facing a $2.1 million "budget shortfall" after the institution suffered a drop in enrollment. On the College Fix.
