by Tyler | Feb 20, 2020 | Academic Insanity, Education, Free Speech on Campus, National Association of Scholars, Pew Research, Politics, Tech, Trending
A new poll from Pew Research revealed that only half of Americans believe that colleges and universities have a positive effect on society. Now, a George Mason University professor has some theories as to why higher education has become so unpopular with...
by Tyler | Feb 17, 2020 | Academic Insanity, California, Education, Local, Tech, Trending, UC Santa Cruz, University of California
Graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz, were arrested during a protest to demand higher wages. A group of protesters allegedly stood in the middle of an intersection and blocked traffic before being arrested by local police officers.
by Tyler | Feb 17, 2020 | Academic Insanity, Crime, Education, New York City, NYC subway, NYU, subway attack, Tech, Trending
New York University Professor Amin Husain is allegedly behind the New York City subway protests that resulted in thousands of dollars of damage. At the end of January, protesters destroyed turnstiles and spray-painted violent messages throughout the city’s large...
by Tyler | Feb 9, 2020 | Academic Insanity, cancer, Donald Trump, Education, Milwaukee, Politics, Rush Limbaugh, Tech, Trending
An English teacher from Milwaukee High School of the Arts in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was placed on leave after referring to radio personality Rush Limbaugh’s recent cancer diagnosis as “awesome,” and saying that he hopes the conservative host dies a...
by Tyler | Feb 2, 2020 | Academic Insanity, Bernie Sanders, Education, Elizabeth Warren, free health care, Politics, Student Loan Debt, student loans, Tech, Trending
A new poll reveals that 40 percent of Americans would prefer student debt forgiveness to universal health care. Student loan debt in America topped $1.7 trillion last week.
by Tyler | Jan 23, 2020 | Academic Insanity, Education, Heterodox Academy, liberal bias, National Association of Scholars, Politics, Tech, Trending
A new study has found that professors registered as Democrats outnumber Republicans by a ratio of nearly nine to one. The study adds that professors who donate to Democrat candidates outnumber those giving to Republicans by a ratio of 95 to one.