Topic: Politicization

Of Title IX and 30 years of bureaucratic miasma

May 31, 2002 · · Comments Off on Of Title IX and 30 years of bureaucratic miasma

Just from reading the preamble to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, one would not suspect it was the preamble to 30 years’ of controversy, fights over interpretation, compliance tests, and the noxious slew of bureaucratic miasma that followed: “No person in the U.S. shall, on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal aid.”

Sept. 11 figures in campus discussions on health, discrimination, and racism

Apr 26, 2002 · · Comments Off on Sept. 11 figures in campus discussions on health, discrimination, and racism

The terrorist attacks on the United States and the subsequent U.S. war on terrorism were the subjects of a recent teach-in at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and were also referenced by North Carolina State University students during two recent campus events focusing on an entirely different subject, the racial climate.

Inspired by Sept. 11, some new college courses dismissed as ‘psychobabble’

Feb 15, 2002 · · Comments Off on Inspired by Sept. 11, some new college courses dismissed as ‘psychobabble’

New courses inspired by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 have been developed on college campuses nationwide. Most deal matter-of-factly with the issues, but some have come under criticism for being “gadfly courses” and “politically correct pseudo-courses.”

Bill would study giving illegal immigrants access to in-state tuition rates

Jan 18, 2002 · · Comments Off on Bill would study giving illegal immigrants access to in-state tuition rates

Some illegal immigrants may now pay resident tuition to attend public universities in California, thanks to legislation signed last year by Gov. Gray Davis and a vote this week by the University of California Board of Regents. In North Carolina, a bill before the Senate would create a commission to study doing the same thing here.

UNC-Wilmington professor at center of free-speech fight

Jan 15, 2002 · · Comments Off on UNC-Wilmington professor at center of free-speech fight

Controversy continues to swirl around what the University of North Carolina at Wilmington did to a professor for chiding a student’s mass-distributed e-mail as “bad speech.”

UNCW denies chilling free speech after inspecting professor

Dec 21, 2001 · · Comments Off on UNCW denies chilling free speech after inspecting professor

Controversy continues to swirl around what the University of North Carolina at Wilmington did to a professor for chiding a student’s mass-distributed e-mail as “bad speech.” As well as around what UNCW didn’t do.

UNC-Chapel Hill mulls opening business school in Qatar

Dec 15, 2001 · · Comments Off on UNC-Chapel Hill mulls opening business school in Qatar

As the liberation of Afghanistan continues unabated and well ahead of schedule, and as Hamas takes credit for another bloody round of suicide-bomb attacks on civilians and teenagers in Israel, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill mulls a proposal to open a business school in the Emirate of Qatar.

Harsh critic of UNC-Chapel Hill to speak in Chapel Hill, Raleigh

Nov 23, 2001 · · Comments Off on Harsh critic of UNC-Chapel Hill to speak in Chapel Hill, Raleigh

Leftist-radical-turned-conservative-activist David Horowitz will be speaking in Raleigh and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Wednesday, Nov. 28. Horowitz, president of the Center for the Study of Popular Culture, has been sharply critical of leftists in higher education prior to and following Sept. 11, and he has been especially critical of UNC-CH.