Here’s the part of the story that probably won’t surprise College Insurrection readers. The student who staged the hoax is part of the school’s so called Bias Incident Response Team.
Robby Soave of the Daily Caller has the exclusive report.
EXCLUSIVE: Shocking discovery in hoax bias incident...
Despite the fact that the reports of a gunman on Yale University’s campus was a likely hoax, it still was a very stressful experience for students.
Senior Harry Graver shares his observations on the day’s events, which he sees as a reminder of the reality of evil.
….While we are profoundly blessed to...
Ten grand is nothing to sneeze at folks. Forward this info to any students you think should enter the contest.
Emily Buck of The Fire has the details.
You Could Win a $10,000 College Scholarship from FIRE!
When applying to colleges, it’s important for high school students to learn about the extent to which...
Hollywood director M. Night Shyamalan rose to fame with the movie, “The Sixth Sense”.
However, given the fact that while males have been denied opportunities to participate in student government and white females have been denied theatrical roles, his recent assertions lack any sense.
M. Night Shyamalan, the director of “The Sixth Sense” who...
Just wondering… Does the University of Georgia also train Tea Party activists? No?
Walter C. Jones of Online Athens reports.
30K sign petition demanding UGA stop training Obamacare navigators
Some opponents of the Affordable Care Act say they have 30,000 signatures on a petition seeking to repeal the federal health reform law, and they’re...
Educators clearly have forgotten one important economic principle in their quest to enhance “self esteem”: When something becomes common, its value is diminished.
The Daily Caller’s Robby Soave takes an in-depth look at the rampant grade inflation, identifying that the professors’ self esteem levels is a potential root cause.
The average college student’s...
In a new post at See Thru Edu, Robert Paquette ties MSNBC’s recent attack on Sarah Palin by Martin Bashir to what’s happening on college campuses like Brown.
It’s not a far leap, as you’ll read below.
MSNBC’s Palin Slur Mirrors Campus Intimidation Tactics
Ever since Sarah Palin emerged during the election of 2008...
University of California Berkeley’s mathematics professor Alexander Coward bravely emailed students that his class would still be held, even though it meant crossing a union’s picket line.
And while students normally enjoyed a day off, his action was completely supported by them and his email drew a lot of praise after it...
How does a confessed child porn criminal keep his community college salary?
He’s in a union, of course.
Keith Eldridge of KOMO News reports.
Confessed child pornographer keeps college salary
Students at Auburn’s Green River Community College were shocked to learn that a confessed child pornographer is being paid to stay home from his job...
When President Obama thrilled students with his “spreading the wealth” mantra, his young audience probably didn’t think he meant this (hat-tip Instapundit).
The federal government made enough money on student loans over the last year that, if it wanted, it could provide maximum-level Pell Grants of $5,645 to 7.3 million college students.
The...
This trend is likely to continue until the job market improves.
College Fix editor Nathan Harden reports.
College Bubble: Universities Can’t Fill Freshman Classes
The Washington Post has a story out about what it calls a “troubling U.S. trend.” Universities are having trouble recruiting enough students to fill their freshman classes–a problem with huge...
We recently covered the sit-in at the University of California – Los Angeles, which targeted Professor Emeritus Val Rust, who was accused of creating a racially hostile environment through aggressive grammar corrections.
In the campus paper, student reporter Sam Hoff interviews others who defend the instructor.
Current and former students in the Graduate...
The title of this post is a quote from a new piece by William Murchison at See Thru Edu. It seems UNC-Chapel Hill isn’t everything it used to be.
THE DECLINE OF UNC-CHAPEL HILL
High tuition and bureaucratic bloat aren’t the universities’ only problems. There’s also stuff like, oh, you know, actual learning....
How best to understand the thinking of new Ph.D.s who enter a challenging job market? A professor’s blog offers an analogy that is as original as it is controversial.
It’s the season of preparation for big disciplinary meetings — and for the job interviews that take place there. So once again —...
Graduates who can’t find jobs can’t repay their student loans but the government just keeps dishing out more student loan cash. What could go wrong?
Douglas Belkin of the Wall Street Journal reports.
Financial Outlook For Colleges Remains Negative
Credit-rating firm Moody’s Investors Service Inc. kept its negative outlook for the U.S. higher-education sector...
We recently covered an Obamacare “Opt-Out Party” in Miami, which featured pizza and beer and was sponsored by Generation Opportunity.
The group took the party to Indiana: The weather was colder, but the sentiment was much the same.
Despite blistering wind and relentless snow, about 150 University of Notre Dame students agreed to...
If you were watching higher education related news yesterday, you would have seen multiple reports about a gunman roaming the campus of Yale University.
Jessica Chasmar and Cheryl K. Chumley of the Washington Times report that it was probably a hoax.
Yale University lockdown lifted after suspected gunman...
The following story is sure to warm the hearts of free market advocates.
Forever 21, an apparel store that targets young Americans, looks as if it is trying to cash in on the newest campus trend: Libertarianism.
Forever 21 has a penchant for releasing controversial clothing, but a recent muscle tee emblazoned with...
The last time College Insurrection checked in with Langston University, one of their English professors was throwing a profanity laced fit over the GOP. Now a different professor is singing Obama’s praises.
Cheryl K. Chumley of the Washington Times reports.
Oklahoma professor: Obama’s ‘best president’ because he’s ‘one cool cat’
President Obama may have...
Based on how much porn is hitting college campuses, when law enforcement declared that a former high school English teacher incommitted no crime when she sexted some young students, perhaps they thought her sexts were part of an AP Literature assignment.
The Daily Caller Education Editor Eric Ownes has the background of...
In a new piece at American Thinker, Eileen F. Toplansky writes of her frustration with college students who are unprepared for higher ed and the fact that some schools enable the problem.
Dysfunctional Literacy
In the two and four-year institutions of higher learning where I teach, they have “purchased access [so instructors can]...
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal just scored an important victory for real choice, as the Justice Department backed off its threat to end the state’s groundbreaking school-voucher program that allows thousands of poor children to attend the state’s best schools.
…[T]he Republican governor warned that the Obama administration may now attempt to “red...
