KC Johnson
Brooklyn College/@GC_CUNY history professor.
Former Fulbright professor at @telavivuni
Former track announcer at @ScarboroDowns & VT State Fair.
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The Rot Inside American Jewish Organizations
How they refuse to engageView Post
Campus Courts in Court: Title IX, Accused Students, and the Fed. Judiciary
Join us for a lecture by KC Johnson on “Campus Courts in Court: Title IX, Accused Students, and the Federal Judiciary”!
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KC Johnson
For any followers in the Twin Cities, I'll be speaking Wednesday on campus due process & TIX litigation, at Univ. of St. Thomas Law School, invited by @FedSocMN. Info below
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Reevaulating Amateurism Standards in Men's College Basketball by Marc Edelman :: SSRN
This Note argues that courts should interpret NCAA conduct under the Principle of Amateurism as a violation of 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act and that courts sh
The Queer Opposition to Pete Buttigieg, Explained
What makes Buttigieg a reassuring choice for some older, white, straight people, and a disturbing possibility for some queer people? It is that he is profoundly, essentially conservative.
He Was Fearless on a Football Field. It Was the Future That Scared Him.
In September 2018, just before senior day for college football, Evan Hansen opened his laptop and looked up C.T.E.
UConn, in a compromise, will give a student it suspended in a sexual misconduct case a chance to defend himself
UConn has agreed to give a second hearing to a student whose claim in a federal suit that he was wrongly accused and suspended for an alleged sexual assault had the potential to put the school’s system for investigating and punishing sexual...
KC Johnson
The full article, from @edmahony, is thoroughly done; also references the Yale settlements. B/w the Montague decision, the wide-ranging @QuinnipiacU decision, & now the @UConn case, D. Conn. has been at forefront of acc'd students' rights last 12 months.
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Truman National Security Project - Truman Paper Series
Dedicated to forging a Democratic foreign policy founded on strength and security, grounded in a strong military and active diplomacy, and committed to furthering the American ideals of freedom, dignity, and opportunity worldwide.
Sanders Takes the Lead, but Bloomberg and Buttigieg Reap Spoils of Biden’s Decline
Joe Biden has lost his national front-runner status to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for the first time in Morning Consult’s weekly tracking of the Democratic presidential primary as Michael Bloomberg and Pete Buttigieg of Indiana split key parts of...
Title IX Turmoil: Proposed changes could cause issues with investigations
Any day now, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is expected to announce an overhaul of Title IX rules, saying the current system is tilted towards accusers.
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Troubling interview: @RepSlotkin falsely states (at 2.19) that proposed TIX regs would allow acc'd *student* to x-examine accuser; @rossjonesWXYZ neither corrected her nor noted that at MI public univs, that right exists (due to Baum) regardless of regs.
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New Campus Sexual Misconduct Rules Will Tackle Dating Violence
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s contentious regulations on sexual misconduct at schools will cement domestic and dating violence and stalking as forms of gender discrimination.
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.@EricaLG scoop: pro-victim broadening of TIX regs w/o harming acc'd student procedural rights. Also consistent w/regs' pattern of hewing to court decisions: here, for ex., Haidak, Rowles, &c didn't distinguish b/w dating violence/stalking & sex'l assault.
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The Fight Over the 1619 Project
Slavery was America’s original sin. The 1619 Project’s attempt to recast it as America’s foundation rests on bad history and misrepresented facts.
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Deep dive from @CathyYoung63 into the scholarship--or, in the case of the Horne book, perhaps what passes as scholarship--cited to justify the claims behind the #1619Project's dubious claims about the origins of the Revolution.
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Sanders easily beats Clinton
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vt., swept local towns during the Maine Democratic caucuses held Sunday, easily topping former Secretary of State Hillary
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Photo from the Eliot, ME Democratic caucus in 2016. Eliot, also, is an easy 15-minute drive to Hampton.
seacoastonline.com/article/201603… pic.twitter.com/46gKLYDA6p
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Maine gearing up for ‘Super Tuesday’ presidential primaries
After 20 years of town meeting-style caucuses, Mainers will be able to cast ballots for presidential nominees on March 3 during the single largest primary day of the 2020 elections.
Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn opens controversial Confucius Institute
Medgar Evers College has added a Chinese-funded institute to its Brooklyn campus at the same time other schools are booting similar programs. A Confucius Institute opened this fall at the school, w…
KC Johnson
Somewhat odd that Medgar Evers wouldn't provide the agreement to run the institute--which presumably is a public document?
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What is UC Davis hiding about its use of diversity statements?
The university’s claim that diversity statements are only intended to measure a faculty member’s ability to teach diverse students is wrong.
Uproar Over Essays Turns MLK’s Dream Inside Out
The University of Montana judged contest submissions on content instead of the writers’ race. Big mistake.