Who’s behind the effort to unionize the faculty at Northeastern University?
Why the SEIU, of course.
Rececca Burns of In These Times reports.
University Tries to Nip Professors’ Union in the Bud
What does a research university in Boston have in common with the corporations Pfizer, Cablevision and IBM?
They hire the same union-buster. According to...
In July, we reported that student complaints led federal education officials to investigate Swarthmore College’s handling of sexual harassment allegations.
One of the students was fired from a campus job, which is now stirring debate about mandatory reporting requirements. Given dubious campus trial outcomes and over-reaching and byzantine
Ashland University recently cut its tuition by $10,000 which is a smart move, judging by the success of Concordia University’s decision to do so.
Maura Lerner of the Star Tribune reports.
$10,000 tuition cut pays off for St. Paul’s Concordia University
Last spring, as Linzy Heim was narrowing down her list of college choices,...
Late last year, we noted that prominent gender and media studies hosted a “Feminist, Anti-Racist Wikipedia Edit-a-thon” to create or influence dozens of entries on the online encyclopedia.
They referred to it as a “Wikistorm”, and it was funded Claremont Graduate University endowment. Almost a year later, several institutions are now offering...
We’ll probably hear much more about this story on the FOX News channel in the coming week.
The College Fix reports.
University Disinvites Geraldo Rivera Over Semi-Nude Selfie
The tweet seen ’round the world is still having repercussions for newsman Geraldo Rivera.
The veteran journalist, on his Twitter feed Friday, said he was disinvited to...
Robert VerBruggen is editor of RealClearPolicy, and he has crunched numbers in response to the ongoing debate whether a college degree is actually worth the investment.
The detailed analysis is in response to Dylan Matthews of the Washington Post, who claims that college is a good investment and argues against critics like...
Since having a solid understanding of how business works tends to help one find a job, you’d think students would demand good courses on Capitalism.
Jessica Cruzan of The College Fix reports.
SURVEY: Capitalism Often Maligned, Ignored at Many Colleges
When the “Moral Foundations of Capitalism” class was axed at Stanford University last spring,...
File this story under “Fiscal Justice”.
As revelations about lucrative compensation and bonuses for university presidents continue to outrage the public, a donor to Westfield State University said he has had enough.
John P. Walsh, owner of a cosmetics company, has decided to withdraw his $100,000 donation to...
Spencer Irvine of Accuracy in Academia has a new report that breaks down financial aid recipients by household income. The findings might surprise you.
Financial Aid for Wealthy
One-third of the students who get financial aid come from families who make $100,000 or more a year, according to the U. S. Department...
As his summer vacation is wrapping up, Will McMahon of the University of Missouri – Columbia has a few thoughts about eco-activism.
It is my habit to take a vacation each summer to Northern Michigan in the hopes that the deep pine forests and vast, pure lakes will sooth my troubled soul...
This piece by Betsy Karasik is stunning. She focuses on the case of Stacey Dean Rambold, a Montana high school teacher who recently received a 30 day sentence for raping a 14 year old student who later killed herself.
It’s difficult to understand how this made it onto the pages of the...
The last time we checked in on Townson University, its “White Student Union” was set to start nighttime campus patrols.
Now, administrators at the school have suspended the cheerleaders for some of...
