Dec 13, 2016. When you publish your opinions and analysis on the Internet, it’s inevitable you’re going to get some things wrong. Although I haven’t investigated the criteria used to include professors on the Turning Point watchlist, I do know the rationale for inclusion by which groups are included on the SPLC’s list, and I find it to be suspect. The project was launched in 2016; the list of allegedly offending professors in its directory numbered in the hundreds before it went offline. Many of the donors who support the $8 million budget of Turning Point USA prefer to remain anonymous. Taking a look at Turning Point. The Professor Watchlist website featured maps and directories of instructors whom Turning Point USA staff claimed were indoctrinating university students with radical left-of-center politics. In November 2016, I wrote that I wasn’t “super worried” about the “Professor Watchlist” put out by Turning Point USA and its wunderkind Charlie Kirk.. Charlie Kirk (1993 –) is an American right-wing grifter, professional meme maker, and diaper enthusiast. Some groups on the list, perhaps many of them, would never have been included had their politics aligned with the SPLC’s. Many professors have been threatened, harassed and are in fear for their safety and have reached out to their unions and provosts, but to not much avail. The Professor Watchlist is a project of Turning Point USA, a nonprofit organization that says its mission is to educate students about “true free market values.” What they label as “hate” is bounded by their political and religious biases. Funded by / Ownership. The Professor Watch List now stands at 227 professors throughout the US and is growing. Today, Turning Point USA is proud to announce the launch of ProfessorWatchList.org, a website dedicated to documenting and exposing professors who discriminate against conservative students and promote anti-American, left wing propaganda in the classroom. It’s time we expose these professors. The site was created by Turning Point USA, a nonprofit organization with. Welcome to Professor Watchlist, a project of Turning Point USA and Turning Point News. This Monday, an organization called Turning Point USA launched a website called the Professor Watchlist, which provides the full names, locations, … Turning Point USA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Turning Point USA is saying enough is enough. This watchlist is an aggregated list of pre-existing news stories that were published by a variety of news organizations. Seems the administration at many campuses are worried that Turning Point USA and their high-paid legal counsel(s) might sue their colleges. The Watchlist includes names and photos of professors across the. The Professor Watchlist is a project of Turning Point USA, a nonprofit organization that says its mission is to educate students about “true free market values.”