Earlier this week, we reported that a Dartmouth College fraternity apologized profusely and took steps to repair the outrage, which occurred after they hosted a “Crips and Bloods” costume party.
Of course, no amount of hand-wringing is ever enough for some of the most aggressive and aggrieved “civil rights” groups:
The Dartmouth College...
The cost of tuition has skyrocketed, the government throws piles of cash at higher education and it still isn’t enough to sustain public universities. So what’s the problem?
Eric Kelderman of the Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
Moody’s Report Forecasts a Gloomy Future for Public Universities
Things were supposed to get better after the...
Missouri State University student Lindsey Kolb offers these tips for conservatives starting the new academic year:
1. Head’s up, everyone that surrounds you on campus, including professors and students will more than likely be liberal. It’s the constant struggle that all Conservative college students face. …
2. The classes will be biased–mostly against you....
The City University of New York has a faculty union which insists on diversity in new hires, so they must have endorsed a woman or minority for mayor of New York, right?
KC Johnson of Minding the Campus provides the answer.
The Limits of “Diversity” for CUNY’s Faculty Union
CUNY’S faculty union, the Professional...
File this story under “Liberal Tolerance, Defined.”
Dartmouth College has demonstrated its vigorous commitment to tolerance and the free exchange of ideas this week by extending a job offer to a leading African bishop whose views on homosexuality differ from the views overwhelmingly held by elites.
No, wait. Scratch that. Scratch that utterly...
It’s ok to say that 3 X 4 = 11 as long as you can explain why you feel that 3 X 4 = 11.
These people control American schools right now.
Via The College Fix.
Most people in either the “Pro-life” and “Pro-Choice” camps plainly see the distinct differences between extracting teeth and what occurs during an abortion.
However, a group sponsoring an “#AbortionMatters blog carnival” doesn’t seem to think those differences matter much.
Abortion is safer, and about as common as “having your wisdom teeth removed,” a...
A spokesman for BU says this is all about “empowering students.” What could possibly go wrong?
Michael Gryboski of the Christian Post reports.
Boston University Approves ‘Gender Neutral’ Housing
A Massachusetts-based academic institution has announced that they will give students living on campus the option of gender neutral housing.
Boston University President Robert A. Brown...
As Professor Glenn Reynolds says, “All is proceeding as I have foreseen“.
Nearly 4 million young people will be much better off financially if they refuse to buy an ObamaCare insurance policy and instead pay the fine for going without coverage next year, according to a study released Thursday by the National...
We recently reported that journalism schools are in big trouble. Turns out the situation is worse than anyone thought.
Paul Bedard of the Washington Examiner reports.
Study: Journalism grads don’t read newspapers, mags, books
This could be the final blow to paper and ink news: Reporters graduating out of journalism school and headed to...
The latest news is the sexual harassment scandals plaguing San Diego Mayor Bob Filner is that one of the best-know businesses in the area, Hooters, is refusing to serve him at their establishments.
San Diego State University student Kenneth Leonard is unimpressed with the mayor’s subsequent handling of...
As Legal Insurrection recently pointed out, for Dems in 2016, it’s Hillary or bust.
Liberals in academia are no exception to Hillary mania, according to a slobbering new report from Maggie Haberman at Politico.
Hillary Clinton considering academic options
Hillary Clinton is fielding offers from colleges and universities — including Harvard and her law...
The Higher Education Bubble burst is spattering the American Dream.
Ruth Simon of The Wall Street Journal interviews recent college gradates who are trying to expand their new business. These young entrepreneurs are now finding that their poor credit scores, based on their student loan load, are crushing their startup business goals.
The...
This is what we’ve come to.
A group of anti-Israel students showed up at a talk from an Israeli speaker, heckled and shouted him down, then claimed that their free speech rights were violated when the school disciplined them.
No wonder Florida Atlantic University ranks dead last for college life.
Carl Straumsheim of Inside...
The trend of school administrators living the high life is apparently not confined to California.
For example, Michigan’s Oakland University president is taking comfort in a fabulous exit package, obta...
Oops!
Don’t feel bad, Georgia Regents University. It’s not the first time this sort of thing has happened.
Melissa Quinn of Red Alert Politics reports.
‘College’ misspelled on students’ diplomas at Georgia university
Who knew a seven-letter word could cause such embarrassment.
Graduates from Georgia Regents University’s Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences were in...
Apparently some costumes are more equal than others.
For example, fallout is still occurring over the Obama-masked rodeo clown, who entertained the crowd but managed to offend the sensibilities of many progressives. The clown...
Add the world of higher education to the growing list of liberal Obama supporters who want nothing to do with Obamacare.
Malcolm A. Kline of Accuracy in Academia reports.
How Academia Avoids Obamacare
Academics supported Obamacare even more enthusiastically than Congress did. Unlike the national legislature, though,...
The campus “War on Men” has gone from dubious rape trials to attacks on iconic logos.
The Daily Caller Education Editor Eric Owens reports on how Brooklyn College spent $107,000 to its logo…because the school’s president thought looked like a penis:
When Karen L. Gould took over as president of Brooklyn College in...
A recent Washington Post article describes “how Georgetown Law gets Uncle Sam to pay its students’ bills,” averaging $158,888 over three years, taking advantage of perverse incentives in a federal student-loan program. A federal income-based repayment plan forgives the student loan debt of law students who go to work for the...
According to their website, this is the mission of the American Association of University Professors.
The mission of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) is to advance academic freedom and shared governance, to define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education, and to ensure higher education’s contribution to the...
Never let it be said San Diego is the only California metropolis with a notorious mayor.
Los Angeles recently elected a new head, so former high-living mayor Antonio Villaraigosa is taking a common step for former politicians. He is joining the staff of an elite university. It will be fascinating to discover...
