Category: Higher Education
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Liberty to have independent investigation in wake of Falwell resignation
This week, Liberty University announced an “independent inquiry” into the university’s former president. I remember will Bill Hybels resigned from Willow Creek, a megachurch in suburban Chicago in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations. I remember earlier this summer when Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in California announced an independent investigation into there former pastor in…
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Pastors seek apology from Jerry Falwell for racially insensitive Tweet
Alumni are speaking up about a recent Tweet shared by Liberty University president Jerry Falwell, Jr. In the photo, Falwell shows a picture of a custom printed medical face mask which features the controversial photo of current Virginia governor Ralph Northam who appeared in a racially insensitive photo in his medical school yearbook which featured…
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Best of 2018. #1 Researchers troll academic journals with ridiculous hoax papers, they still get published
As 2018 comes to a close, I am sharing some of my top posts from this year. A trio of concerned academics has published seven intentionally absurd papers in leading scholarly journals as part of an investigation to expose extreme bias in fields that study race, gender, sexuality, and other politically-charged topics. The trio say the papers,…
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College graduation 10 years later
It’s crazy that I graduated from college a decade ago. I still remember so many events from that time like they were yesterday. I can still see the map of campus in my memory. So much of the person I am today I trace back to my time in college. So many of the friendships…
