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Grove City College

Critical race theory opponents at Grove City College are still not satisfied

John Fea   |  September 8, 2022

As the new academic year begins, the anti-CRT crowd at Grove City College is still not happy. Get up to speed on this story here. Here is the latest post at the “Save GCC from CRT” website: On May 13,...

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Friends of Grove City College apologize to those hurt by the school’s “anti-woke” Board of Trustees

John Fea   |  May 20, 2022

Here is the Facebook petition: The signers of this petition are students, alumni, parents, current or former employees, as well as people concerned with the continued healthy academic environment of Grove City College.  We are grieving following the actions of the...

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The latest in the Grove City College wokeness saga

John Fea   |  May 19, 2022

Not familiar with Grove City College’s successful attempt to crush “wokeness” and critical race theory? Get up to speed here. Here’s the latest: At a recently faculty-trustee luncheon, the Board of Trustees tried to clarify a few things. This is...

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The Grove City College anti-woke victory is secured

John Fea   |  May 13, 2022

Here is Grove City College psychology professor Warren Throckmorton: Get up to speed here. For our specific post of the ad hoc committee’s report click here. I know a lot of schools are going through “prioritization” right now, but nothing...

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The fight for the soul of Grove City College

John Fea   |  May 10, 2022

A self-professed conservative Christian college has decided to turn its back on systemic racism and diversity. Here is Kathryn Post at Religion News Service: When Cedric Lewis came to Grove City College nine years ago, he was delighted to teach...

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Inside Higher Ed reports on the Grove City College “wokeness” controversy

John Fea   |  May 5, 2022

Not familiar with what is going on at Grove City College? Get up to speed here. Here is a taste of Colleen Flaherty’s piece at Inside Higher Ed: Cedric Lewis, who co-taught and co-designed EDU 290, the elective on diversity...

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette columnist Tony Norman takes on Grove City College

John Fea   |  May 4, 2022

Not familiar with what is going on at Grove City? Check out our coverage here. Here is a taste of Norman’s column: “Blessed are the (un)woke“: What Mr. Tisby didn’t know was that the opinions of the students who applauded...

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More from Grove City College

John Fea   |  May 2, 2022

Muckraker (in the best sense of the word, e.g. Upton Sinclair) Warren Throckmorton has exposed some anti-Christian tendencies in an economic theorist who is apparently a “saint” at Grove City College. For those who don’t know, Throckmorton teaches psychology at...

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Grove City College alumni back Jemar Tisby

John Fea   |  April 30, 2022

If you are unfamiliar with what is going on Grove City College, get up to speed here. This petition is signed (so far) by 146 Grove City alums: We are writing to voice our concern in response to Grove City...

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Grove City College “does not have a statement of faith, but it does now have a statement of politics”

John Fea   |  April 28, 2022

Here is Baylor University historian Andrea Turpin at The Anxious Bench: Note that this decision-making paradigm says nothing about either the Christian identity of the college or the rigor of the education offered. It evaluates the role of racial justice education...

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A second Grove City College professor tweets about the school’s “wokeness” controversy

John Fea   |  April 28, 2022

It looks as if the special committee of the Grove City Board of Trustees is getting some faculty pushback in the wake of its recent anti-wokeness statement. (Get up to speed here.) Yesterday adjunct professor Cedric Lewis weighed-in. This morning...

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A Grove City College professor speaks out about teaching EDU 290: “Cultural Diversity and Advocacy”

John Fea   |  April 28, 2022

EDUC 290: Cultural Diversity and Advocacy was a two-credit course at Grove City College. It may no longer be taught at the college due to the recent anti-woke report from a special committee of the Board of Trustees. Get up...

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John Inazu on the anti-woke victory at Grove City College

John Fea   |  April 25, 2022

John Inazu teaches law at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference (University of Chicago Press, 2016) and (with Tim Keller) Uncommon Ground: Living Faithfully in a World of...

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An anti-woke victory at Grove City College

John Fea   |  April 21, 2022

Get up to speed here. The “special committee” of the Grove City Board of Trustees” has issued its report on “wokeness.” Read the entire report here. Some highlights: The report affirms Grove City College’s identity as Christian college that “pursues...

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What the chair of the Grove City College Board of Trustees believes about diversity, inclusion, and equity

John Fea   |  March 17, 2022

Some of you have been following the discussion of critical race theory and “wokeness” at Grove City College. If you haven’t, get up to speed here and here and here and here. Let’s go back to the February 16, 2022...

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Religion News Service covers the Grove City College CRT debate

John Fea   |  March 12, 2022

Here is a taste of Kathryn Post’s piece: Warren Throckmorton, a professor of psychology who signed the second faculty letter, told Religion News Service that some faculty are unsure how to respond to the board’s rejection of critical race theory...

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The latest in the Grove City College “woke” saga

John Fea   |  March 9, 2022

We have covered this story here and here. Now a group of former students, students, and friends of the college have published a Facebook petition ‘regarding recent controversies over Critical Race Theory and conversations about race at the college.” It...

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Grove City College update

John Fea   |  March 1, 2022

We originally covered this story here. Colleen Flaherty gets us up to speed at Inside Higher Education. Grove City College’s Board of Trustees recently said that it had formed a committee to investigate allegations of “mission drift” on campus and...

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What is going on at Grove City College?

John Fea   |  February 14, 2022

Is Grove City College, a conservative Christian liberal arts college in western Pennsylvania, promoting critical race theory? I have no idea. The phrase “critical race theory” has become such a bogeyman in evangelical and conservative circles that it is impossible...

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COVID-19 at Christian colleges: update

John Fea   |  September 8, 2021

COVID-19 at Liberty University is still out of control, but this did not stop the university from having full capacity at their football game last weekend. Cedarville University seems to be getting things under control after a disastrous first week...

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