We recently reported the tragic death of Chun Hsien “Michael” Deng, a New York City college freshman was fatally injured during a fraternity hazing ritual that required blindfolded pledges wearing weighted bags to navigate a path while being repeatedly knocked to the ground.
As a result, the fraternity has revoked its affiliation...
It seems the $16,000 a month he currently receives just isn’t enough.
Jon Lender of the Courant reports.
Six-Figure State University Retiree Wants More
The retired chancellor of the Connecticut State University System, David G. Carter, is receiving a lifetime pension of nearly $200,000 a year — but he has filed an appeal saying...
Priorities!
With outbreaks of various infectious diseases occurring on campuses nationwide, administrators at the University of Maryland are mandating student healthcare plans cover sex change operations.
The Diamondback, the University of Maryland’s student newspaper, is reporting that sex change operations may soon be required coverage under the university’s student health insurance plan. The...
Harvard undergraduate Eldo Kim is responsible for the recent bomb threats at the school and legal experts agree he’s in deep trouble.
The Harvard Crimson reports.
Eldo Kim ’16 Will Face Uphill Battle in Court, Dershowitz, Experts Say
Eldo Kim, the Harvard College sophomore who was charged Tuesday with sending emailed bomb threats to...
Months after Professor David Guth’s tweets wishing death for the children of NRA members led to his suspension, the University of Kansas Board of Regents adopts a new policy defining punishments for “improper use of social media”.
Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed has the details:
In September, the University of Kansas suspended...
The event featured a speaker who’s an opponent of affirmative action. YAL is now suing the school.
Chelsea Hoedl of MLive has the story.
Student group sues University of Michigan over denial of funding for event
A student group has sued the University of Michigan, claiming it was improperly denied funding for an event...
We have covered the questionable topics deemed as scholarship at several colleges, the high jobless rates for recent grads, and other signs that would lead reasonable people to question how worthwhile higher education truly is.
The Higher Education Bubble has now burst to the point, Professor Tony Woodlief ponders the college savings...
Last week we reported that the same thing was happening in Georgia. Now it’s Virgina’s turn.
Justin Jouvenal of the Washington Post reports.
7 immigrants brought here as children sue for in-state Virginia college tuition rates
Giancarla Rojas is not an American citizen, but she has an American dream. The Falls Church resident, whose...
Harvard’s Alan Y. Wang is a Crimson editorial writer who is a student of economics.
He has some intriguing observations about his field of study.
It seems as though economics is fighting for its right to stay in the exclusive group of fields deemed worthy enough to be called “science,” where subjects such...
College students can get themselves into trouble with credit cards if they’re not careful. They’re good to have in an emergency but exercise caution.
Melanie Hicken of CNN Money provides this report.
Credit card issuers still cashing in on college students, alums
While government reform has significantly curtailed the number of credit cards being...
Parents in one rural Michigan school district are outraged at the local teachers union’s involvement in a case that transparently demonstrates union priorities lie with the members and not the students.
The Daily Caller Education Editor Eric Owens has the details:
Michigan’s largest teachers union will force...
A Boston-area college is shaking up its policy…regarding dancing.
Yet, it is good to see school administrators remain sensible to the clear differences between dancing and twerking!
Students at Eastern Nazarene College just outside of Boston can dance on campus without fear of punishment now, but there still will be absolutely no twerking.
Officials...
There are so many stories to choose from I don’t know how they managed to pick just 10.
Ashley Pratte of the YAF blog writes.
2013: YAF’S TOP TEN POLITICALLY CORRECT OFFENSES ON CAMPUS
2013 was a year for many offenses against the beloved American traditions of truth, free enterprise, and freedom. Some of...
The Intercollegiate Review has been running a six-part symposium entitled, “Sex and the Polis: Perspectives on Marriage, Family, and Sexual Ethics.”
The series ends on a rather low note…for women, by addressing the myth that the...
What could possibly go wrong?
NextGov reports.
DHS Opens 100+ Cyber Internships to College Students
The Homeland Security Department has opened up more than 100 volunteer positions across the country to college students pursuing a degree in a cybersecurity-related field.
The 2014 Secretary’s Honors Program Cyber Student Volunteer Initi...
The Kings College student Patrick Seaworth shows why the teaching of real American history is important.
In an essay for The College Fix, Seaworth reviews the prescient words of President Theodore Roosevelt.
A century ago, hyphenated Americanism was a slur, an epithet, an insult – a means of denigrating immigr...
Richard Vedder of See Thru Edu has written a new post in which he examines the injustice of academic justice.
Collegiate Star Chambers
Where in America do we have quasi-judicial proceedings rivaling those of the English Star Chamber or Spanish Inquisition of the 16th century, in terms of lack of fairness and due...
We recently reported that one former University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill got paid for a course to which he didn’t even show up!
To prevent something similar form happening, the City Colleges of Chicago system is considering a plan in which...
Talk about “original scholarship!”
Props to Harvard sociologist Orlando Patterson, who recently condemned the “knockout game” and fellow scholars who seem indifferent to its brutality.
“This pattern of violence is sick and barbaric, and, for its victims, both senseless and tragic,” said Harvard sociologist Orlando Patterson in an exclusive interview with The...
Come on down, everything must go!
Nick Anderson of the Washington Post has the story.
Maryland public university offers price cut: $20,000 for a bachelor’s degree
Two Republican governors in recent years have championed big price cuts in higher education, pushing their states to offer a four-year bachelor’s degree for a tantalizing $10,000.
Now Maryland...
As an increase in the minimum wage levels is being touted as a solution to the cool economy, Hillsdale College student Hank Prim reviews the dangerous realities of this scheme.
By increasing minimum wage, what people fail to see is the unintended consequences of said action. We have to look past the...
As if college students looking for jobs didn’t have enough to worry about, here’s another obstacle presented by the Affordable Care Act.
Nick Beadleston of The UCCS Scribe reports.
Merry Christmas: Health care law to potentially eliminate full-time student jobs
Several parts of the Affordable Care Act go into effect in early 2014. The...
