We have recently covered the use of Kickstarter, the website whereby individuals network and pool their money via websites to support potentially profitable enterprises initiated by savvy entrepreneurs, to fund a Yale student’s “cross-country walk of silence” and city trash services.
Now, some elementary school kids are turning to this website to...
Hopefully, Harvard will treat Petraeus with more respect than the shameful students at CUNY did.
The College Fix reports.
Petraeus To Join Harvard University
Former general and CIA director David Petraeus is set to become a Harvard Man.
Petraeus has been tapped as a non-resident senior fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard...
An picture taken in one college classroom is going viral, as it is a sentiment shared by faculty members nationwide:
Some things are better worn than said. At least that’s what one Austin Community College professor of English thinks, based on his “It’s in the syllabus” T-shirt.
A student posted a photo on...
A professor of law and psychology at Yale set out to discredit the Tea Party but was forced to admit he was wrong.
Robby Soave of The Daily Caller has the story.
Prof sets out to prove tea partiers are stupid, admits he was wrong
A Yale University professor conducted a cross-analysis of intelligence...
Campuses across the nation tout their “Sex Week” activities as a way to promote student health.
Yet, despite the seemingly enthusiastic reception by many young scholars, some are none to thrilled with the nature of these events.
As the University of Maryland’s sex week comes to an end, the student newspaper The Diamondback published...
Because firms often complain about the difficulty of finding recent college alumni who have adequate training for available jobs, The Wall Street Journal asked some noted business experts for the reasons.
These experienced business professionals and professors had many eye-opening observations. Bruce Nolop,the former chief financial officer of Pitney Bowes Inc. and...
Here’s a bit of news that should surprise absolutely no one. The people who run the classrooms and administrations of American higher education give overwhelmingly to Democrats.
Spencer Irvine of Accuracy in Academia reports.
College Democrats as Professors
We at Accuracy in Academia conducted a study on the political contributions of employees of colleges...
The rollout of the Obamacare exchange has been such a failure that there is now a website devoted to documenting how badly the administration is missing its enrollment goals nationwide.
And, as Maple Woods College student Alex Braud notes, that isn’t the only big government technical glitch costing taxpayers big time.
A routine...
It turns out not many people are interested in hearing a domestic terrorist brag about his exploits. What a shame.
Nathan Harden, Editor of The College Fix, has the story.
Bill Ayers Bombs: Appearance Cancelled Due to Lack of Interest
Former Weather Underground terrorist and Obama associate Bill Ayers is having trouble with his...
File this story under “The Frontiers of Science”:
Student data analytics are not a miracle cure — nor are the models easy to set up — but some institutions represented at the annual Educause conference said they are already seeing the benefits of identifying at-risk students before they drop or fail a...
Did you have a rough week? At least you don’t work in the marketing and development department at Brooklyn Law School.
Paul L. Caron of the TaxProfBlog reports. Hat tip to Instapundit.
Brooklyn Law School Faces Debt Downgrade
Crain’s New York Business: Brooklyn...
College Insurrection recently featured an introduction by Jonathan Taylor, the founder of “A Voice for Male Students”.
I had a chance to interview Jonathan on Canto Talk, along with Silvio Canto Jr (click here for the podcast). Jonathan was able to share some aspects of his website’s mission, including the desire to...
The Daily Beast has put together a slideshow of 20 colleges based on what they cost and what graduates can expect to earn.
Here’s their introduction:
The overwhelming majority of soon-to-be college students indicate that they head to college to guarantee higher earnings in the future. To find out which schools are worst...
Sometimes students can learn more from a guest lecturer than a tenured professor.
Proving that point is Jeffrey Carter, an investor and independent trader, who shared his experiences with a group of eager college students (hat-tip, Instapundit).
Yesterday I had a lot of fun talking to students at the University of Illinois in...
Tuition for an undergraduate education is already intimidating but according to Staci Zaretsky of Above The Law, tuition for law school is about to take your breath away.
In The Future, Law School Tuition Will Be Absolutely Terrifying
Despite calls for change from the highest of authorities, law school tuition is still too...
The New York Times‘ Thomas Friedman, who is noted for his columns on foreign affairs, penned a piece discussing a key domestic issue: How young Americans are being hurt by policies supporting older groups (hat-tip, Silvio Canto Jr.)
Eventually this shutdown crisis will end. And eventually the two parties will make another...
The popularity of Libertarianism on college campuses is well known and can be seen in organizations like Students For Liberty and Young Americans for Freedom.
In a new post at Minding the Campus, Duke Cheston examines the issue.
The Rise of the Libertarians
Libertarianism is spreading on our college campuses. An unusually large number...
We have been covering the responses to a book was written by former Secretary of Education, Bill Bennett entitled “Is College Worth It”.
The student editorial bo...
The administration at Alabama State University has some questions to answer.
Robby Soave of The Daily Caller reports.
Alabama governor charges black college with major fraud
An audit that found evidence of financial mismanagement at Alabama State University was received poorly by college officials, who stand accused of hampering the investigation and profiting...
We recently reported that a donor rescinded a $100,000 gift to Westfield State University to protest the president’s self-centered spending.
Now, the school’s board suspends president, who is under investigation for lavish spending.
Five-time college president Evan Dobelle’s job hangs in the balance after he was placed on paid leave early this morning...
I’m not familiar with Emily Yoffe’s work but she makes a valid point in a recent article at Slate. No one is saying that college aged women who drink deserve to be assaulted but this advice makes sense.
College Women: Stop Getting Drunk
In one awful high-profile case after another—the U.S. Naval Academy; ...
College Prowler has just released its list of the 10 most conservative colleges in America.
A worthwhile list for students and parents to consider when beginning the intense and expensive college application process.
1. Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Like BYU-Idaho, the BYU main campus is a private university associated with the Church...
