Joanne Jacobs
Teach math! That's hate speech, Dad
Investigating threats against school officials didn't violate parents' freedom of speech, say courts.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 182 min read
Who's burning Berkeley?
A self-declared "scholar activist" who campaigned for prison abolition may get firsthand experience with the prison system. Casey Goonan,...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 171 min read
Bobo: Don't talk about Harvard's faults, no, no, no
A Harvard dean wants to punish professors who criticize Harvard.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 61 min read
How to lose friends and influence nobody
Stanford students who occupied the president's office were arrested within a few hours and will be suspended.
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 32 min read
Off with the keffiyeh, on with the job search: Employers 'resist' hiring activists
Ivy League graduates who've been resisting "late-stage capitalism" want jobs, but employers are resisting hiring them.
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Joanne Jacobs
May 142 min read
Berkeley middle-schoolers march on Jewish preschool
My granddaughter will start day care in a few months at a Jewish community center. It was my daughter's first choice, but she also...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 122 min read
Columbia faces suit for not protecting custodians from 'bratty' agitators
When pro-Palestine protesters broke into a building at Columbia University, they told custodians they couldn't leave, charged the...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 121 min read
Disrupted graduations create a feel-bad moment for higher ed
College commencement ceremonies are supposed to be joyful, writes Hechinger's Liz Willen. This year, some students will graduate on...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 91 min read
Gaza war is not top issue for college students
Only 8 percent of college students have protested the war in Gaza -- on either side -- according to a new Generation Lab survey, reports...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 81 min read
Include Jews -- or dismantle DEI?
The proposed Antisemitism Awareness Act is "profoundly misguided,"argue Christopher F. Rufo and Jenin Younes. The bill would allow...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 82 min read
Don't trust the speech police
Jews must defend free speech, including hate speech against Jews, argues an editorial in Tablet, a Jewish publication. Jews "have an...
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Joanne Jacobs
Apr 293 min read
Go State U! Why pay a premium for a 'polarizing' degree?
Borrow a bundle to go to a prestigious private college? Or go to your state's flagship state university for slightly less status and a...
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Joanne Jacobs
Apr 282 min read
'Safe school' has a new meaning for Jewish students and parents
Brandeis has extended its application deadline for transfers and promised to make room for students seeking an environment “free of...
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 282 min read
Virtue signaling turns nasty at Stanford, silly at Vanderbilt
"Aggression and abuse" are now "an accepted part of campus activism," writes Theo Baker, a Stanford sophomore, in The Atlantic. When...
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