The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) has hit another bullseye in defense of free speech rights.
Prompted by FIRE, Florida’s Santa Fe College affirmed a student organization’s right to symbolically protest in support of gun rights on campus.
“Campus police can be skittish when students use their First Amendment rights to...
American History is a topic that is regularly brutalized by progressive instructors on the nation’s college campuses.
However, those distortions have spread to college prep, high school, and even elementary school courses — even in the reddest of states. Todd Starnes of Fox News Radio reports on the details:
Texas lawmakers are putting...
As you can imagine, not everyone is thrilled about this idea.
Bill Snyder of The Cornell Insider reports.
Petition Against Social Justice Requirement
Recently the Student Assembly proposed a social justice requirement for all colleges to adopt at Cornell. This proposal would either require an additional course or replace an existing course with a...
Anna Maria Hoffman is a student who was interning at the Family Research Council when Floyd Lee Corkins entered the building with the goal of killing as many people as possible. Corkins targeted the FRC because of a “hate map” on the SPLC website.
In a new post at the Counter Cultured...
MSNBC’s Touré isn’t shy about his explicit approval of abortion. One has to wonder if he noted the irony of the fact that he was able to speak at a Catholic college, but Ann Coulter was not.
Scott Greer of Campus Reform reports.
Catholic college hosted pro-choice speaker who thanked God for abortion
Saint...
This story should come as no surprise.
Eric Owens of The Daily Caller reports.
Courses involving tobacco, alcohol and drugs called off, censored at Reed College
In the early part of the 20th century, radical progressive pioneer Carrie Nation became notorious for fighting the scourge of alcohol by walking into saloons with a hatchet...
There has been an increasing recognition that there is a serious shortage of American students pursuing science and technology degrees.
While some politicians propose tying funding to post-graduate employment, Connecticut’s governor proposes a more direct approach. However, as a Minding the Campus article by George Leef points out, this plan may be...
Colleges and universities are often looking for applicants in various demographic groups in the quest for “diversity.”
However, those who have serve in the American military are not really seeing benefits in this diversity approach. The College Fix has the details of one veteran’s experience with campus hiring practices.
It’s amazing that a...
Given the fact that investment firms such as Moody’s have a negative outlook on American institutions of higher learning, most administrators would probably find it prudent to have profitable firms within their stock portfolios.
And with gun and and ammunition purchases reaching record levels, stocks from weapons manufacturers should be included. However, that...
When it comes to the subject of college students and self defense, the people of Texas don’t think rape whistles are sufficient. Good for them.
Omar Villafranca of NBC 5 in Texas reports.
Tex...
The student claims he’s an activist for illegal immigrants and wanted to wake people up on the issue. He’s now facing expulsion.
Kathy Matheson of NBC 10 in Philadelphia reports.
Student Activist Admits to Haverford College President Email Hoax
A Haverford College student sent the community a hoax email using the school president’s name...
Here’s a reminder to be careful not to lose your temper in the classroom. Still, who knew professors had this kind of power?
Neal Colgrass of Newser reports.
Student: I Was Hospitalized for Calling My Prof a Bitch
A student is suing Columbia University after he was hospitalized against his will...
We are fast approaching the 2-month mark after the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy, and gun control continues to be a very hot topic.
Angela Morabito of Georgetown University notes that the focus on public safety shouldn’t be on the weapons, but on the people who use them.
When we talk about public...
The sentiment behind this plan is very decent and I hope it works on a financial level for the school. If it does, perhaps other schools will adopt similar programs.
Katherine Weber of The Christian Post reports.
Christian University’s New Program Will Help Graduates Pay Off Student Loans
A small, private Christian university in...
The transcript below is from the Weekend Edition program where host Scott Simon talks with Dr. Richard Vedder, co-author of a new study on the underemployment of college graduates.
Study Says Many College Students Underemployed After Graduation
SCOTT SIMON, HOST:
If you dig into this latest employment report, the unemployment r...
In 1970, Angela Davis was charged with aggravated kidnapping and first degree murder in the death of Judge Harold Haley, and the FBI director J. Edgar Hoover made her the third woman to appear on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitive List.
Dr. Robert Paquette, Ph.D., a prize-winning historian who co-founded the independent Alexander...
On January 24th, College Insurrection reported a story about the destruction of a pro-life display at DePaul, the nation’s largest Catholic university.
Eric Owens of The Daily Caller now reports that 13 students have turned themselves in and admitted to the act of vandalism.
Report: 13 DePaul students admit tearing down memorial for...
American universities now offer courses on porn novels, have clubs focused on sexual activities, and have special events that cater “personal needs“.
Idaho State University doctoral student Elizabeth Husmann offers her view on the unhealthy direction that such scholarship is taking, and its negative impact on women.
The flawed feminist notion that women...
One of the featured speakers at the 2012 Democratic National Convention was Massachusetts Senator (and now Secretary of State) John Kerry. When he was the 2004 Democratic candidate for President, Kerry told an audience:
“You know, education, if...
You may remember an early report here at College Insurrection on the horrors of butt chugging.
Now the LA Times is reporting a new dangerous practice on some campuses called pre-drinking.
Monte Morin has the story.
“Pre-drinking” or “pre-funking” common among young alcohol users
They call it “pre-drinking,” “pre-partying” or “pre-funking,” and it usually involves...
The findings of this analysis are even more dire than a similar Harvard study recently covered by College Insurrection.
Hope Yen of The Associated Press reports.
1 in 2 new graduates are jobless or underemployed
WASHINGTON (AP) — The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work.
A...
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