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Category Archives: Education
UC Rethinks Rejection of Men’s Literature Course
In January, the University of California reversed itself and agreed to accept for transfer credit a course taught by Professor David Clemens at Monterey Peninsula College, “Literature By and About Men.” In December 2004, Clemens complained that the University of … Continue reading
DNA Test Clears Colorado Athletes of Rapes
Almost as quickly as the multiple accusations of rape by University of Colorado athletes emerged, the set of charges appeared to crash and burn due to lack of evidence and, in some cases, positive evidence of innocence. Following the school’s … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Rape
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Afghan Women Training for Role in Information Technology
What a difference a couple of years and a war makes. Under the Taliban, women in Afghanistan could not work outside the home and the Internet was banned because of all the immoral content it carried. Now, women in Afghanistan … Continue reading
Columbia’s Sexual Harassment Policies and Its Status as a Private School
Wendy McElroy makes an interesting observation that I had not heard before about the controversy surrounding Columbia’s sexual harassment policy. If Columbia were a public university or college its policy would be clearly unconstitutional and the courts would take little … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Rape, Sexual Harassment
Tagged Columbia University, Wendy McElroy
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Columbia University Refuses to Defend Its Sexual Misconduct Policy
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education reports that Columbia University is apparently refusing to publicly defend its controversial sexual misconduct policy. The new policy completely strips persons accused of sexual misconduct of any meaningful rights and has garnered a … Continue reading
Will the Heather Mercer Case Help or Harm Women?
When Heather Mercer won a $2 million judgment from Duke University, it was hailed as an important victory for women’s athletics. Instead it will likely shut the door for women who want to follow in Mercer’s footsteps. Mercer wanted to … Continue reading
Judith Kleinfeld On the MIT Gender Discrimination Study
Judith Kleinfeld recently wrote a column for The Christian Science Monitor summarizing her views and the recent Independent Women’s Forum study of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s sexual discrimination study. MIT’s study claimed that the university had discriminated against female … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Sex Discrimination
Tagged Independent Women's Forum, Judith Kleinfeld
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Mary Daly and Boston College Reach Settlement, But Continue to Argue
Feminist theologian Mary Daly recently reached a settlement with Boston College over her strange exit from teaching. For 25 years Daly had refused to allow men in her classroom, and to their discredit Boston College officials grudgingly accepted this arrangement. … Continue reading
IWF Finally Brings Some Data to MIT Sex Discrimination Case
A little less than a year ago, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology published a report, A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT, that claimed there was institutionalized discrimination against women at MIT. The university followed … Continue reading
How Long Until Colleges Create Affirmative Action Programs for Men?
In recent months there have been a number of news stories about a gender discrepancy at American universities and colleges that is likely to grow even larger in coming years — women now are disproportionately represented in higher education. This … Continue reading
Posted in Affirmative Action, Education, Sex Discrimination
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