Well that was fast. College Insurrection just reported this story. Don’t let anyone tell you The FIRE doesn’t get results.
Oliver Darcy of Campus Reform reports.
University reverses speech code following report from watchdog group calling it unconstitutional
The University of Central Arkansas (UCA) reversed part of its speech code on Wednesday after an...
For the City College of San Francisco, the “Higher Education Bubble” didn’t pop.
It exploded.
The school will lose its accreditation in one year and be shut down, unless the college can prevail in a review or appeal process with the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. (Hat-tip, Glenn Reynolds).
The two-year college,...
The Obama administration has announced that it will delay the employer coverage mandate in Obamacare until 2015. What does that mean for higher education?
Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed reports.
An Extra Year
The surprising announcement Tuesday that the Obama administration is delaying for one year — until 2015 — a key requirement...
As National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden remains on a global-scale quest for asylum, one Massachusetts Institute of Technology scholar offers an institutionally-based perspective.
MIT student Yarden Katz G notes the h...
We recently reported that a New York judge has determined that a firm had violated federal and New York minimum wage laws by not paying interns for their work.
Radhika Raman, a senior in the American University School of Communication, agrees with this decision and shares further analysis:
Although the prestige of the...
In a new column at USA Today, Professor Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit defends whistleblowers in the face of big government.
Don’t fear the leaker: Column
Ever since whistleblower Edward Snowden leaked information about the National Security Agency’s widespread — possibly illegal, even criminal — program of data collection and spying, we’ve heard a...
A New York judge’s decision that a firm was engaging in unfair business practices by failing to pay interns for work has started a nationwide discussion on the practice.
The University of Arizona’s Casey Knox shares her analysis in The Arizona Daily Wildcat:
If anyone has ever said finding a job is easy,...
At least one New York politicians seems mindful of sensible budgeting, as he is asking the City University of New York (CUNY) to explain why its paying former CIA...
So let me ask the obvious question. If I find UCA’s speech codes annoying, have they just violated their own rule?
Samantha Harris of The FIRE reports.
Speech Code of the Month: University of Central Arkansas
FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for July 2013: the University of Central Arkansas (UCA).
If you...
We recently reported that a judge rules that a firm had violated federal and New York minimum wage laws by not paying interns for their work, which would clear the path for upcoming class action lawsuits against companies engaging in unfair labor practices.
It seems that interns working for MSNBC and Saturday...
A Columbia linguistics professor shows how following “tolerance” and “diversity” guidelines pose a severe hazard to logic, reason, and civility.
It may have made sense for Trayvon Martin to call George Zimmerman a “cracker” a professor from Columbia University said last Thursday, speaking on MSNBC’s “All in with Chris Hayes.”
Linguistics Professor John...
What business do school children have promoting the Affordable Care Act?
FOX News reports.
Teens urged to promote ObamaCare under California grant, report says
The Los Angeles school system reportedly plans to use a state grant to promote ObamaCare, in part by teaching students to become “messengers” for the law.
The Heartland Institute first reported...
Members of the media are beginning to notice the new campus speech codes and it seems like no one is a fan.
Nico Perrino of The FIRE reports.
‘Los Angeles Times’ to Feds: Respect Campus Speech
An editorial published in today’s Los Angeles Times calls on the Departments of Justice and Education to respect...
I suppose Babson should be praised for addressing anti-Semitism on campus but aren’t they a little late to focus on something that happened in 1978?
Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix reports.
College Implements Sensitivity Training Over 35-Year-Old Incident
Babson College apologized this week for anti-Semitic acts surrounding a soccer game with a rival campus...
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) raises the flag of victory for campus First Amendment protections!
A head-scratching case of censorship involving a telecommunications professor, an Italian flag, an office window, and a policy designed to regulate outdoor signs and structures has fortunately come to a satisfactory end at Indiana’s...
Imagine that you’ve just spent over $100,000 to obtain a degree and you’re now working in a field that doesn’t require a college education, say something like being a cab driver. Wouldn’t you be a bit disillusioned?
Oliver Darcy of Campus Reform reports.
SURVEY: Nearly half of college graduates say their jobs don’t...
Back in April, College Insurrection reported that the divestment movement was beginning to grow at Dartmouth. Nicholas P. Desatnick of Dartlog now reports an update and the news isn’t good.
Inside the Environmentalist Echo Chamber
If you haven’t yet encountered the divestment movement, you will soon. Ever since its inception in the pages...
Providing a perspective of the Arab spring not often covered by the mainstream media, female political activist Cynthia Farahat spoke of growing up and living in Egypt, which can shed some light on the political developments occurring in that country now.
Speaking to a group consisting largely of D.C. area interns recently,...
One public university may be taking affirmative action efforts to an extreme, based on the claims of three former faculty members.
The reason the former employees are going public? It seems the current staff members are afraid to speak out.
School administrators at Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) are systematically raising the final grades...
The 4th of July is America’s birthday. Prager University is offer a special video that desacribes a brief ceremony will help your family bring meaning back into this holiday.
“America will not stay America on hot dogs and fire works alone,” says conservative icon and host of this video, Dennis Prager.
The video...
This story plays out just like the Tea Party vs. Occupy Wall Street.
The pro-life group in the story was forced to hire law enforcement for an event. Does anyone believe a pro-choice student group would have been forced to do the same?
Joshua Rhett Miller of FOX News reports.
University at Buffalo charged...
Egypt is experiencing massive civil unrest, and reports indicate it’s military is poised for a coup to regain control of a rapidly deteriorating situation.
Professor Glenn Reynolds notes is part the explanation is that the country is finally paying “the wages...
