Campus “diversity police” have struck again, this time targeting an Afrobeat band.
The crime? The lead singer did not have the correct level of melanin to meet the elite definition of “black.”
….[An] African-American singer was deemed “not black enough,” and her Caucasian band mates were rejected because of their “insufficient representation of...
The Israeli international scientific collaboration with American institutions seems immune from the boycott and divestment efforts being chronicled by Professor Jacobson.
Elizabeth Redden of Inside Higher Ed files this report.
When the physicist Stephen Hawking cited the academic boycott as his reason for c...
American students are carrying over $1 Trillion in education debt, but that doesn’t mean they have to pinch pennies like Ebenezer Scrooge during the holidays.
The Wall Street Journal offers some savvy spending tips so the season...
The Midwest Marxist Conference was recently held at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, and the teachers who attended spoke about the bond between the radical socialists and their Teachers Union.
Rebel Pundit has a report with analysis:
…One teacher, who spoke in an afternoon session, described his tactics to overcome the problem...
The musical selection is the Hallelujah Chorus and these college students do an awesome job with it.
Just listen to the crowd’s wild applause at the end.
Merry Christmas!
Business schools are now reaching out to military officers, saying veterans lend leadership experience and global perspective to classroom discussions.
In The Wall Street Journal, Scott Poitevent of the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business (a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and the Naval Postgraduate School as well as a...
If you’re a member of marching band in college, it doesn’t get much better than this. Congrats to Syracuse.
Brent Axe of Syracuse.com reports.
Syracuse University marching band set to perform at the Super Bowl
“New York’s college band” will perform at New York’s Super Bowl.
Our last few reports on Georgetown University featured a member of Egypt’s Nazi Party and a Condom bandit.
However, as an essay by Georgetown student Angela Morabito shows, there is both class and common sense at the...
Given the current economy and persistently weak job market, getting a head start on summer work is a great idea.
Robert Weisman of the Boston Globe reports.
Home for the holidays, college students hunt for summer work
College students home for the holidays will be bouncing between family get-togethers, catching up with friends, and...
The University of California, Los Angeles has the most driven students in the world, according to data compiled by ViewsOnYou.
No, not because the southern California rely in automotive transportation, either! Peter Jacobs of Business Insider has the full report and list of other schools with highly motivated scholars.
The London based startup...
The musical selection is Carol of the Bells and these students do a great job with it. Here’s the video description from YouTube.
The Mount St. Mary’s University Chorale and Chapel Choir took Patriot Hall by storm! Thank you Mount students, Dr. Andy Rosenfeld and Dr. Kim Hess.
Merry Christmas!
Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix has compiled a great list here.
13 of the Most Outrageously Dumb Campus Moments of 2013
This year has been a wild ride at The College Fix, and one need look no further than 13 of this year’s most outrageously dumb campus moments of 2013 to agree.
Let’s...
We recently reported that left-wing academic Catholics strenuously objected to Catholic University’s recent acceptance of a $1 million donation from the Charles Koch Foundation to help fund a new school of business.
However, instead of doing penance for the act, the institution has blasted the effort as a means to “manufacture controversy”.
On...
Danny Huizinga writes for the College Conservative and in a new post, he examines one of Obama’s weaker points.
Why Obama Should Work on Negotiation
Congress hasn’t passed a budget in four years, so the sudden approval of the Ryan-Murray budget last week came as something of a surprise. What changed this time?...
The Pittsburgh edition of Craigslist recently posted an intriguing ad from someone who seems to want a Harvard degree without all that pesky scholarly work.
The ad has since been rescinded; perhaps the advertiser discovered that with “A” as the most common grade, being successful at that school wasn’t too hard...
Well, Obama always said he wanted change. I guess he’s getting it now.
Andrew Desiderio of The College Fix writes.
POLLS: Most Young Voters Lose Hope In Obama; Change Their Opinions Of Him
Matt Gang, a freshman at The George Washington University, used to like Barack Obama, and at...
A Canadian professor gave students an early Christmas gift during finals week…accidentally.
Twas the final before Christmas, and all through the hall,
It seemed that a gift had been given to all.
For one professor had shared, along with the test,
A partial list of which answers were best.No, it’s not just a nightmarish twist...
As the president of the FIRE, Mr. Lukianoff knows this subject pretty well.
The 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2013
College is where inquisitive minds go to be exposed to new ways of thinking. But on some campuses, the quest for knowledge is frustrated when administrators censor speech they would prefer be...
It’s isn’t just Harvard students who are upset over the bomb threat hoax during their finals week.
Hillsdale College student Thomas Novelly is also angry.
After I heard this story, I was mad. Wait, scratch that: I was furious, for multiple reasons.
I thought to myself, “Is this normal now?”. Are bomb threats going...
Can the private sector help deflate the higher ed bubble?
Ken Blackwell writes at the Christian Post.
Pell Grants, Loans Drive Up the Cost of Higher Education
With skyrocketing tuition, there is no denying that college is too expensive. My friend, Professor Richard Vedder of Ohio University, has produced a lifetime of work showing...
Given how many times those attempting to navigate the Obamacare health exchange websites have probably invoked “Jesus Christ,” “God” and “Heaven”, a UCLA professor’s assertions about Christ and Obamacare may have a little merit.
Samantha Watkins, a student at Point Loma Nazarene University, has a report on Robert Chao Romero, an ethnic...
You have to wonder how this situation got so out of control with no one noticing.
Myles Collier of the Christian Post reports.
Harvard Monkeys Die Due to Neglect and Mistreatment, University Fined $24,000
Harvard Medical School will have to pay thousands in fines related to the mistreatment of lab monkeys that caused several...
