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Rights in the News: Old and New FIRE Cases Are Hot Topics
In addition to media interest in Temple and Michigan State Universities for their continuing failure to respect their students' First Amendment rights, FIRE this week is in the pages of the Los Angeles Times which, as I wrote yesterday, looks at Los Angeles City College's crusade to c...
Sat, Jan 30 | from FIRE
UD football honored for academics
The University of Delaware football team placed 12 players on the Colonial Athletic Association All-Academic team.
Fri, Jan 29 | from The News Journal
Delaware Professor: University Corporatization Can Lead to Indoctrination
Indoctrination, which aims to mandate students' views rather than stimulate students to think through those views for themselves, is anathema to a liberal education. Yet, a recently published article by Jan Blits, one of the professors who alerted FIRE to the University of Delaware's...
Thu, Jan 28 | from FIRE
University Police seek suspect in laptop theft
University of Delaware Police are seeking a suspect in the Jan. 9 theft of a laptop computer from the third floor of the Morris Library. The incident happened at about 1:30 p.m.
Thu, Jan 28 | from UDaily
Opinion: University of Delaware Residence Life Case Featured in New AAUP E-Journal
FIRE's highly publicized case at the University of Delaware, where Residence Life officials implemented a harrowing ideological re-education program for all 7,000 students in the residence halls, has gotten even more publicity lately in an excellent essay (PDF) by University of De...
Thu, Jan 28 | from FIRE
UD skaters Zhang, Toth to compete in World Junior Championships
Felicia Zhang and Taylor Toth of the University of Delaware Figure Skating Club have been named to the U.S. national team that will compete at the International Skating Union World Junior Championships to be held March 8-14 at The Hague, Netherlands.
Mon, Jan 25 | from UDaily
University of Delaware swimmer gets conference honor
Craig Young has been named the Colonial Athletic Association Men's Swimmer of the Week after helping lead the University of Delaware swimming team to a victory over Towson during a conference meet at the Rawstrom Natatorium on Saturday.
Tue, Jan 12 | from The News Journal
UD in top 25 among Kiplinger's 'best values'
The University of Delaware has been ranked among the top 25 nationally in the Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine list of the 100 best values among high quality public institutions of higher education.
Sun, Jan 3 | from UDaily
Development launches new Web site in time for year-end gifts
The Web site also outlines the University of Delaware's most crucial areas of support, including the seven colleges, the UD Athletics Fund, the Parent's ...
Fri, Dec 18 | from UDaily
Opinion: Media Outrage Grows over Teacher Education Scandal at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Diane Macedo at FoxNews.com, quoting FIRE, in an article that was for several days the #4 most e-mailed item at FoxNews.com Steve Jordahl for Focus on the Family's Family News in Focus (the audio is about twice as long as the news piece, including a FIRE interview) Katherine Kersten's two pi...
Wed, Dec 16 | from FIRE
FIRE’s Work at Minnesota Highlighted in Minneapolis ‘Star Tribune’
The debacle at the U of M illustrates the gulf that separates higher-education officials and ordinary citizens on the subject of freedom of speech and thought. University leaders seem clueless about these rights' crucial importance, while average folks grasp intuitively that though...
Sun, Dec 13 | from FIRE
This Month in FIRE History: University of Delaware Requires Students to Undergo Ideological Re-Education
The program required that students participate in training sessions, floor meetings, and one-on-one meetings with their RAs in which they were asked intrusive questions such as, "When did you discover your sexual identity?" One student who responded "None of your damn business" was...
Mon, Nov 30 | from FIRE
University of Delaware ResLife Program to Remain Optional, Despite 'Mistake'
According to the faculty member, both mistakes will be remedied at the Faculty Senate's meeting in October. FIRE will be paying attention to ensure that the rights of University of Delaware students in the residence halls are protected.
Wed, Sep 16 | from FIRE
Princeton Review includes UD among 'Best 368'
The University of Delaware is one of the nation's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review.
Thu, Jul 31 | from UDaily
Opinion: UD-Led Team Sets Solar Cell Efficiency Record of 42.8%; Joins DuPont on $100M Project
Combined with the demonstrated efficiency performance of the very high efficiency solar cells’ spectral splitting optics, which is more than 93%, these recent results put the pieces in place for a solar cell module with a net efficiency 30% greater than any previous module efficiency...
Sat, Jul 28 | from Green Car Congress
Opinion: The SEC and Delaware
As if it wasn’t already influential enough, the Delaware state legislature recently amended its constitution to allow the SEC to ask the Delaware Supreme Court to answer questions of Delaware law. Here is a page-one story from Saturday’s Wilmington’s News Journal on the news (HT: Pileg...
Mon, May 21 | from ProfessorBainbridge.com
