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Ibram Kendi: Cambridge scholar Jason Arday was ‘lynched’ for being black

Matt Lamb - Associate Editor — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:49:54 +0000

ANALYSIS: Kendi finds racism after accused plagiarist, serial liar found dead “The media lynched Jason Arday,” so argues Ibram Kendi. Authorities found Arday, the controversial Cambridge University professor, dead on Saturday. The tragic suicide followed a wave of criticism over his academic work, including publicized incidents of plagiarism. He also appeared to frequently lie…

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Sen. Cassidy demands answers from UMinn on dolls with ‘interchangeable genitalia’

Micaiah Bilger - Assistant Editor — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:18:10 +0000

Public universities should support ‘evidence-based care, not projects that encourage children as young as four to question the reality of biological sex,’ Education Committee chairman says Whether “directly or indirectly,” U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy wants to know if the University of Minnesota used tax dollars to fund the development of “therapeutic” “transgender” dolls for children as young as 4.

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Professor turned writer-whistleblower exposes rot in modern academia

Jennifer Kabbany - Fix Editor — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 05:04:37 +0000

ANALYSIS A lengthy exposé published this month in The Atlantic details how elite, liberal academics prioritize identity politics over meritocracy. It is one of the most widely read higher-education critiques in recent memory, exposing how an elite private college operates through the eyes of a moderate black professor caught in its soft bigotry of low expectations and manufactured racial…

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UMich turns to foreign guest-worker visas to hire golf coach, assistant professors

Jack Cowhick - Collin College — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 04:08:00 +0000

The University of Michigan filed a notice of intent to hire a foreign worker to coach women’s golf starting this September, furthering the higher ed practice of bypassing local talent in favor of foreign guest workers. UMich filed the notice of intent to hire an E-3 worker as a women’s assistant golf coach on Aug. 3. The golf position is set to pay $62,500 and last a total of two years…

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Hofstra professor facing second complaint over ‘word salad’ comment

Gabriel Sison - University of Washington — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 04:04:00 +0000

Colleague claims Professor Richard Himelfarb discriminated against him because of his accent Hofstra University Professor Richard Himelfarb is facing a second complaint this summer for speaking publicly about an internal harassment investigation that began after a colleague accused him of discrimination for using the term “word salad.” In an exclusive phone interview with The College Fix…

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Trade school here I come

Joshua Masterson - Cartoonist — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 04:02:00 +0000

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CT school board vice chair: Black teachers need extra pay due to ‘extra burden’ of being black

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 19:33:00 +0000

‘I’m sure we can figure it out. We got the money.’ The vice chair of a Connecticut school board recently suggested “black and brown” teachers and administrators should get extra “financial incentives” due to the “extra burden” they have being black. LaToya Yagaloff, who also goes by LaToya Fernandez, made her opinion known during a West Hartford School District Board meeting back in mid…

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UC Berkeley ‘yields’ to ICE ‘threat’ … about complying with the law

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 15:10:04 +0000

ANALYSIS: How does a reminder about following the law constitute … a threat? This past Thursday, the University of California Berkeley International Office announced it is “temporarily suspending” applications for a program that allows international students to work in “paid off-campus internships.” In a Daily Californian report titled “UC Berkeley yields to ICE threat…

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Teach foreign languages the right way … and don’t force all students to take one

Dave Huber - Associate Editor — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:36:05 +0000

OPINION: Why should non-college-bound and special education students need FL credits for HS graduation? Last week the longtime education blogger Joanne Jacobs asked the question “Why require a foreign language that kids won’t really learn?” Jacobs spun off of a piece by Fordham Institute President Michael Petrilli titled “U.S. high schools should stop pretending to teach foreign…

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Gonzaga students still upset over univ.’s response to alleged racist incidents in February

College Fix Staff — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 11:58:22 +0000

Black Student Union member wanted school to ‘acknowledge the ‘institutional failures’ that allowed for racism to occur’ Approximately five months after a “racially motivated incident” at Gonzaga University, students are still voicing “concerns” about how university officials handled it. The Gonzaga Bulletin doesn’t inform readers exactly what the incident was; however, a search shows it…

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