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☐ ☆ ✇ NYT - Education

In Howard Address, Biden Warns of ‘Sinister Forces’ Trying to Reverse Racial Progress

By: Peter Baker and Zolan Kanno-Youngs — May 13th 2023 at 20:46
The president’s commencement address at Howard University, a historically Black institution, came as Democratic strategists have expressed concerns about muted enthusiasm for Mr. Biden among Black voters.

“Fearless progress toward justice often meets ferocious pushback from the oldest and most sinister of forces,” President Biden told Howard University’s graduating class.
☐ ☆ ✇ NYT > Education

Liberal Professors Can Rescue the G.O.P.

By: Jon A. Shields — March 23rd 2023 at 20:27
Professors have to do a better job of exposing students to a rich intellectual tradition that stretches back to Edmund Burke and Adam Smith.
☐ ☆ ✇ NYT > Education

UPenn Accuses a Professor of Racist Statements. Should She Be Fired?

By: Vimal Patel — March 13th 2023 at 07:00
Amy Wax and free speech groups say the university is trampling on her academic freedom. Students ask whether her speech deserves to be protected.
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‘The Death Knell for Higher Education in Florida’

By: Thomas B. Edsall — March 8th 2023 at 21:42
When “freedom from indoctrination” is anything but.
☐ ☆ ✇ NYT > Education

The MAGA-fication of North Idaho College

By: Charles Homans — March 6th 2023 at 23:11
G.O.P. activists set out to root out the “deep state” at home. An Idaho community college may never be the same.
☐ ☆ ✇ Salon.com

Why the far-right is ascendant on college campuses

By: A.F. Lewis · Christopher T. Conner — February 19th 2023 at 15:00
Conservatives crow about college campuses being hives of the radical left. On the ground, it's not especially true

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