KC Johnson
I'm a professor of history at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate Center. Former Fulbright at ; former track announcer at .
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Dear Colleague Letter, 2011-2017
The American Interest 27h 1 tweets
The policy that set in motion a fierce culture war over young people, sex, and the meaning of consent is no more.
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Senate Democrats Defend the Dear Colleague Letter
Academic Wonderland 11h 1 tweets
As had occurred after Betsy DeVos’ George Washington address, every Democratic senator to speak out in response to the rescinding of the Obama-era Title IX guidance had a sharply negative opinion. …
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KC Johnson As in response to speech, Dear Colleague letter w/drawal suggests Sen Dems indifferent to due process  11h ago
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Letter to the editor: Maine democracy again at risk
Portland PressHerald — Press Herald 13h 1 tweets
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Inside the Madness at Evergreen State
WSJ 31h 6 tweets
The school denies it is a racially hostile work environment, but internal emails belie that assertion.
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Biden blasts 'shameful' DeVos move on campus sexual assault policy
TheHill 28h 1 tweets
Former Vice President Joe Biden blasted Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for issuing new temporary guidance to universities on how to handle sexual assault cases, a rollback of the guidelines put in place under former President Obama. 
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'I Had a Right to Be at Central': Remembering Little Rock's Integration Battle
Time 31h 2 tweets
Sixty years ago, a group of nine students walked into a school and changed America
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KC Johnson . PhD quoted in this Time article on the 60th anniversary of Little Rock  28h ago
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NCAA eyes YouTube ambitions of A&M runner
ESPN.com 33h 1 tweets
Texas A&M's Ryan Trahan, an online entrepreneur and cross country runner, has been told by the NCAA he must omit references to his athletic career on his YouTube channel to remain eligible.
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UPDATE: UW-Madison removes controversial video on university internet service
Waow.com 33h 1 tweets
UW-Madison said it has removed a controversial video posted on a university internet service that depicts police officers in pig masks and references the hanging of a black man and the beheading o...
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'Junk science': experts cast doubt on widely cited college free speech survey
Lois Beckett — the Guardian 33h 8 tweets
Survey saying 20% of US college students believe it’s appropriate to use violence against offensive speech was administered to an opt-in online panel
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The Privilege of the Present: A Reply to Keri Leigh Merritt
Society for US Intellectual History 2d 1 tweets
I must first of all confess my surprise at finding myself participating in the debate about David M. Potter's The Impending Crisis, a book far afield from my own areas of expertise and interest. And I won't be saying anything about the book itself. I
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4 - Parting the Curtains | Public Radio International
Pri.org 2d 1 tweets
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Court rejects Feminist Majority Foundation’s demand that public university block access to Yik Yak
Volokh Conspiracy — Washington Post 2d 1 tweets
University of Mary Washington had no obligation to "ban Yik Yak from the campus wireless network ," because such a ban "may have exposed the university to liability under the First Amendment" (and in any case wasn't required by Title IX or the equal
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Days before lawsuit over book, Kipnis was notified of Title IX complaint against her
The Daily Northwestern 2d 1 tweets
Days before a Northwestern graduate student filed a lawsuit against Communication Prof. Laura Kipnis, the same student — and several other students and faculty members — filed a Title IX complaint against her. The graduate student, who filed the laws
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KC Johnson .'s covers the latest in the Kipnis affair  3d ago
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Northwestern Investigated Laura Kipnis Again for Violating Title IX with Her Opinions
Robby Soave — Reason.com 2d 2 tweets
"So she was investigated for writing about being investigated for writing about being investigated?"
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Kate Harrington-Rosen named new Title IX outreach, education specialist
The Daily Northwestern 3d 1 tweets
Northwestern has filled a position to educate the community about the sexual misconduct reporting process. Kate Harrington-Rosen began working as the Title IX/Equity Outreach and Education Specialist in July, she said. The position focuses solely on
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KC Johnson Remarkable timing. Perhaps 1st "demystifying" effort should be w/4 profs who filed TIX complaint agst  3d ago
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Laura Kipnis’s Endless Trial by Title IX
The New Yorker 3d 14 tweets
Students and educators now live in a world where expressing an opinion about sexual harassment can be sincerely perceived as sexual harassment.
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KC Johnson Remarkable, from : four Northwestern profs filed *another* TIX complaint agst , for her book.  3d ago
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Maine’s court records will soon be online, but the public may not be able to access them
Bangor Daily News 3d 1 tweets
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Aung San Suu Kyi Is an Incredible Disappointment
Noah Rothman — Commentary Magazine 4d 3 tweets
Democrats, Republicans, and the entire Western world celebrated Aung San Suu Kyi as a champion for liberal reforms. Was everyone wrong?
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A Judge Catches Notre Dame Acting Badly in a Title IX Case | Minding The Campus
Mindingthecampus.org 135d 1 tweets
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KC Johnson Filing suggests settlement discussions in Notre Dame case ( TRO opinion expressed strong concerns re ND fairness.  4d ago
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The Right Coast
Rightcoast.typepad.com 4d 1 tweets
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