Mitchell Langbert News Today

University presidents have been in the limelight in recent months, more than at any other time in living memory. The additional scrutiny is amply warranted. They occupy powerful positions at their respective institutions. They formulate and communicate a vision for the university. They handle budgetary priorities. They approve hiring requests and promotions. They oversee the creation of new colleges, schools, and centers. They issue statements on behalf of the entire institution. They are the pu...

University presidents have been in the limelight in recent months, more than at any other time in living memory. The additional scrutiny is amply warranted.

Tradition-minded historical scholarship is nearing extinction.

America’s grasp of civics is embarrassing, and the country is at risk because of it.

Thomas Sowell likes to ask, Next time a university administrator brags about their commitment to diversity, ask how many Republicans they have in their sociology department. It is hardly news that college faculties skew left, but sociologist Lee Jussim (who has attracted his own cancelation mob at Rutgers) brings to our attention just how out of whack the ratio is, department by department, based on the survey work of Mitchell

Some students at the University of Florida say they feel threatened by the prospect of GOP Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse leading the school because of his conservative Christian views. They clearly don’t know him.

An atmosphere of ongoing antisemitism centered around “a cesspool of anti-Israel activity” has prompted six professors at the City University of New York (CUNY) to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against its Professional Staff Congress (PSC). The ongoing situation in the Middle East has prompted a number of antisemitic statements and incidents directed at students and faculty on CUNY’s 25 campuses.

A group of New York City professors is suing over being forced to be represented by a union they say is 'antisemitic'

The suit stems from a June 2021 resolution from the union, known as the Professional Staff Congress, condemning Israel and calling for an academic boycott.

Six faculty members, five of whom are Jewish, claim they were subjected to hostile work environment on basis of religion, challenge union's monopoly to represent them