by jpitney | Feb 23, 2024 | Civility, Higher Education, Middle East
Pro-Palestine protesters at the University of Puget Sound shut down a speech by Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA). The topic of his planned speech? Civility....
by jpitney | Feb 16, 2024 | Claremont McKenna College, Dreier, Higher Education, Journalism, Journalists
The State of Student Journalism on College Campuses Thu, February 22, 2024 Lunch Program Jameson Mitrovich ’24, Nate Weisberg ’24, Ben Lauren PZ ’25, panelists John J. Pitney, Jr., Moderator Join the Dreier Roundtable for a panel centering the role...
by jpitney | Feb 14, 2024 | Higher Education, Journalism, Journalists
Johanna Alonso at Inside Higher Ed: Jason Brummond is the publisher of one of the largest newspapers in Iowa, The Daily Iowan, an independent student newspaper with an audience of about 50,000 that is run by 100 student employees and a small professional staff. Still,...
by jpitney | Feb 10, 2024 | Debate, Deliberation, Higher Education
Samuel J. Abrams at AEI: The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s (FIRE) 2024 free expression data which captures over fifty-five thousand voices from 254 colleges and universities powerfully illustrates these critically important gender-based differences...
by jpitney | Jan 25, 2024 | Civility, Higher Education
From BU Today: In a show of solidarity, nine Boston area universities and colleges are collaborating on a series of webinars, starting Monday, January 29, featuring their expert faculty talking about civility, respect, and disinformation, at a time when antisemitism...
by jpitney | Dec 30, 2023 | California Politics, Higher Education, Public Service
Mallika Seshadri at EdSource: College students are earning money for public service as part of the College Corps, a new state program, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. With $73.1 million from California’s general fund, College Corps pays thousands of college...
