Advocates of affirmative action never seem to realize that abandoning the “without regard” principle of colorblind equality — i.e., legitimizing the distribution of benefits and burdens based on race — can result in unfavorable, discriminatory treatment of their favored minorities, even when that harsh lesson is staring them in the face...

We recently reported that Gallaudet University suspended its Diversity Officer, Angela McCaskill, for signing a petition to overturn Maryland’s Civil Marriage Protection Act.

Conservative groups are now rallying around McCaskill:

A variety of Christian and conservative organizations have thrown their support behind Dr. Angela McCaskill, who was suspended from her post as chief...

The reasons for this are fairly obvious. People are hesitant to go into massive debt for a college education when the job market is so weak.

Doug Lederman of Inside Higher Ed has the story.

Higher Ed Shrinks

It’s official: Higher education is shrinking, for the first time in...

Can you guess which side the Columbia journalist panel sympathized with?

Joshua Rhett Miller of FOX News reports.

Columbia University panel on Occupy, Tea Party was unbalanced affair, critic says

A panel at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism comparing the Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party movements was stacked with liberal journalists who...

Conservative students are not the only ones fighting back against traditional progressive academic agendas.

A rejected Iowa College of Law applicant is going “tea party” and taking the institution to court for “political discrimination”, asking for economic damages and a teaching position.

A would-be law professor who claims the University...

With the poll numbers for Barack Obama trending downward, the President’s supporters are hitting Republican challenger Mitt Romney with a string of ludicrous attacks.

An example is offered by Oliver Darcy in Campus Reform, who describes a racialist article penned by an Associate Professor of English at the University of Rochester.

Much of...

In the struggle for free speech on American campuses, there have been a few recent wins.

The Torch reports on a fresh victory, which has just occurred at Ohio University and is in time for the November election:

Ohio University dorms are no longer censoring students’ political speech, freeing students to make...

In the essay below, Charles Rollet of The Northwestern Chronicle responds to a recent piece by Yoni Muller of The Daily Northwestern in which she pushed the idea of crazy Republicans.

Rollet’s response is pretty funny.

Daily Columnist Uncovers Nefarious Republican Plot!

In a bold piece titled “The GOP’s Dangerous Brushes with Crazy,” Daily...

President Obama lost a significant amount of support from voters under thirty following the first presidential debate but his problems don’t end there.

Neil Munro of The Daily Caller reports.

Obama risks millions of youth votes due to economy, debate performance

Sinking Democratic support and waning political engagement among young people might cost President...

With an epidemic of college students dropping out before graduating, administrators are scrambling to find ways to retain financially strapped scholars.

UCLA student Ramsey Ugarte questions the sense and logic behind a new program recently developed jointly by numerous institutions that is designed to enhance degree completion rates.

There’s a scene in “Good...

The Student Government Association at Elon University in North Carolina has voted to ban Chik-fil-A from campus based on the company president’s position on gay marriage.

FOX News reports.

North Carolina university votes to ban Chick-fil-A from campus

A North Carolina university’s student government has voted to ban a Chick-fil-a restaurant on campus because...

We have been following the election preferences of Americans under 30 closely.  Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has been quickly closing the gap with President Obama among the young voters.

And while our College Insurrection fans are not “low information voters” themselves, Business Insider notes that the endorsement of Romney by troubled...

Students interested in classical studies focused on Western Civilization and its contributions may have trouble locating courses with institutions dominated by liberal professors, progressive agendas, and students interested in parties more than scholarship.

The Chronicle...

The New York Times recently ran a piece about the drinking, partying and bar-going habits of Cornell Students. There was just one problem, none of the Cornell students in the story exist.

J.K. Trotter and Peter Jacobs of the IvyGate blog blew the lid off the story.

EXCLUSIVE: The New York Times Quoted...

A new report from National Public Radio claims to offer Obama and Romney’s “dueling visions” on how to deal with the rising cost of college tuition.

In what should come as a surprise to no one, NPR’s story is a lopsided argument for Obama’s plans to spend more money on government funded...

Via Professor Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit.  Last month Concordia University in Minnesota announced it is slashing all prices in an effort to attract new students. Smart move or publicity stunt?

Jenna Ross of Star Tribune reports.

Concordia University is pairing two words that don’t often come in contact — “tuition” and “cut.”

The St. Paul...

The folks at Students for Liberty are urging students nationwide to see the film.

Megan Roberts has the story.

Atlas Shrugged is being turned into a movie, or, more accurately, a trilogy of movies, and the second movie is being released in theaters across the US on October 12th.  With...

The “incest fest” isn’t exactly what you might think but it still shows incredibly poor taste. Congratulations parents of Harvard students, this is what you’re paying for.

The College Fix reports.

Harvard Students Celebrate ‘Incest-Fest’

Later this semester at Harvard, students will pause from studying things like philosophy, his...

With California undergoing a major fiscal crisis because of liberal spending policies, conflicts arising because of Arizona’s attempt to enforce border security rules, and the attention on Colorado due to its swing state status,

Young Americans for Liberty are heading West to add reinforcements in the battle to promote small government and...

This story is reminiscent of the way the media covers the Tea Party vs. Occupy. When conservatives show up for a pro-liberty event, the liberal media ignores or demonizes it. When liberals show up to protest capitalism, the media puts it on the front page.

Nicole Swinford of The College Fix reports.

College...

Under pressure from the Education Department, which investigated it over “racial disparities” and “disparate impact,” the Oakland, California, school system has agreed to impose “targeted reductions” in “suspensions for African American students, Latino students, and students receiving special education services; and African American students suspended for defiance.” See Agreement to Resolve...

During a Cornell Club event, Legal Insurrection’s Professor Jacobson recently made the case against Obama’s re-election, which must have been a good one — GOP candidate Mitt Romney is now ahead in 11 Swing States.

Northwestern...