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UMass Amherst To Offer Transgender Marxism Course This Spring

What types of courses do public universities in Massachusetts offer? One such university offers a course called about transgender Marxism.

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Report shows disturbing rise in anti-Semitic activity on campus

With the start of the new academic term now just weeks away, there's at least one controversy that is certain to roil American college campuses again this fall: anti-Israel activism and anti-Semitism on campus. On the heels of a 2015-2016 school year in which campus activists sought to

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UMass critics decry veer to left in required courses

AMHERST – The University of Massachusetts has turned a corner and begun to more explicitly prescribe political attitudes and views that students – and faculty – at its flagship Amherst campus must not only study but embrace, critics say. The school, in recent guidelines sent to teachers on constructing new courses or updating

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Colleges in Massachusetts ranked among most liberal, safest

Which colleges are the most expensive? Which are the safest? Which are the most politically liberal? We've scoured the various college-ranking websites and the results are in: The Bay State is home to some of the safest, most liberal, and most expensive colleges in America.

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UMass might create School of Public Policy at Amherst campus

Written by Katie Lannan STATE HOUSE — University of Massachusetts officials are considering a proposal to create a new School of Public Policy at UMass Amherst, a move officials hope will boost the profile of the current program.