Success in today’s marketplace often means the creative use of social media and a lot of personal initiative.

The College Fix reports on one young American who has both, and which highlights the ever increasing role of summer internships for future career success.

You have to admire this student’s drive and creativity:

Villanova University...

In a recent post at his blog, Harvard Economics Professor Greg Mankiw shares an email he received from an economics professor in Indiana.

It seems the Affordable Care Act is affecting the curriculum at some schools.

Obamacare versus the Faculty

I don’t know how widespread this phenomenon is, but I thought I would share...

Late last year, we noted that the University of Iowa asked about students’ sexual orientations in its application packet.

Now, another state is extending the “Ask and Tell” policy: Washington State’s community colleges add voluntary questions about sexual orientation and gender identity to all student registration forms.

Starting this summer, more than 500,000...

Chicago, politics, the Teamsters Union and violence, this story really has it all. Here’s a question, would a student be allowed to remain at the university if they were convicted of a violent crime?

Chris Fusco of The Chicago Sun Times reports.

Violent felon back on the job...

Too often, Yale University is featured at College Insurrection for its sexual scholarship.

However, John Aroutiounian shows the level of astute analysis that its students can achieve.   Aroutiounian. a sophomore in Jonathan Edwards College, offers this op-ed discussing what can be done about the “trust gap” in government in the Yale...

We covered the story of a federal judge ruling that the unpaid interns who sued Fox Searchlight Pictures were in fact entitled to wages.

And while there has been conjecture that this case is the beginning of the end for unpaid internships, academic officials disagree.

…[O]mitted from much of the discussion was a...

James M. Lang of The Boston Globe suggests more college students are cheating now and offers a few reasons why.

How college classes encourage cheating

When the fall semester opens at Harvard University in just a few short weeks, the campus will still be echoing from...

Education professionals not that universities’ philosophy departments may be the last bastions of campus “Boys Clubs”, as women make up less than 20 percent of their faculty members (a lower level than in any other humanities field).

The recent resignation of one of the top-notch professors in that field has sparked an...

Jane S. Shaw of the Pope Center not only believes we’re headed for the bursting of the higher ed bubble, she’s waiting for it.

Why I Am a SuperBubble Hawk

A colleague at the Pope Center has sighted some interesting birds—“bubble hawks” and “bubble doves.” Using language from the Vietnam War (some of...

When talk show host and conservative pundit Dennis Prager released “The American Trinity” in 2009, it quickly accumulated nearly 500,000 views.

Now, Prager University has released a new version, “The American Trinity: Second Edition.”   Dennis Prager explains the three pillars of the American value system (Liberty, In God We Trust, E...

One of the approved approaches for using race-based admissions is looking at college applications “holistically.”

The arcane process was so disturbing,  one admissions application reviewer declined the offer to participate in the program.  Ruth A. Starkman, who  teaches writing and ethics at Stanford, files this report in The New York Times:

Fortunately, that...

On Saturday, we reported that Millikin University’s psychology department chair James St. James changed his identity after killing his family in 1967.

The school has announced that it’s standing by St. James.

Mike Robinson of KFGO reports.

Illinois university stands by professor linked to 1967 killings

CHICAGO (Reuters) – A small Illinois university said on...

Obviously, this is all about jobs. It’s unfortunate that so many young people have no choice but to live at home.

Maureen Downey of the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

Homeward bound: More young adults and college students now living with mom and dad

I read this report with particular interest as the parent of...

We recently featured a piece on “Freedom Feminism”, which is a movement to reclaim real feminism from progressive and often hypocritical radicals.

Washington State University – Pullman student Michelle Chan, a sophomore animal science major, offers a true “Freedom Feminism” analysis in The Daily Evergreen.

I describe myself as a feminist, an advocate...

Instead of giving these schools more tax dollars, maybe they could spend some of the money in their multi-billion dollar endowments.

Katherine Landergan of Boston.com reports.

MIT, Brandeis, Boston University, UMass, Harvard presidents urge the federal government to fund research and financial aid

Several presidents from local schools published a letter this week urging...

Based on the following report, perhaps New York City parents think that the Anthony Weiner scandal was enough sex-based material for...

Here’s a piece of news that should surprise absolutely no one.

Cinnamon Stillwell and Rima Greene of Frontpage Mag report.

Berkeley Profs: ‘Islamophobia’ Greater Threat Than Islamic Terrorism

The false narrative that “Islamophobia” is a growing threat received a boost at the “Fourth Annual International Conference on the Study of Islamophobia: From Theorizing to...

With today’s college students adeptness at using new technology and skill at mooching off of their parents for an extended period of time, one could reasonably argue that today’s generation of young Americans is the brightest group ever born.

However, as a video offering from Campus Reform shows, the 8th graders back...

Just yesterday we reported that Professor Hugo Schwyzer of Pasadena City College has cancelled his pornography class.

Now Dennis Romero of LA Weekly is reporting that Schwyzer has attempted suicide.

Porn Professor Hugo Schwyzer Attempts Suicide

Hugo Schwyzer, the social sciences academic at Pasadena City College best known as the “porn professor,” tried to...

A student at Logan College of Chiropractic/University Programs recently learned that her emergency Cesarean section didn’t qualify as a valid excuse for missing class.

Yes, really.

Lauren Ingeno of Inside Higher Ed reports.

Childbirth Doesn’t Count?

A Missouri college’s policy that fails to excuse students for pregnancy-related absences violates Title IX...

University of California schools are slashing their budgets on most aspects of campus activity.

However, based on a breaking exposé from the Center for Investigative Reporting’s Erica Perez and Agustin Armendariz, it looks like the travel budget remained generous for UCLA’s elite administrators with questionable medical issues.

Thirteen years ago, the University of California...

You may remember Florida Atlantic University for their recent Jesus stomping problem. Now the school is implementing a new speech code which ironically, includes a religious tolerance rule.

Samantha Harris reports.

Speech Code of the Month: Florida Atlantic University

FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for August 2013: Florida Atlantic University (FAU).

Perhaps...