The University of California – Berkeley student newspaper, The Daily Californian, is featuring a special “Millenials Issue” that offers student opinion pieces related to the current generation of scholars.
Articles include:
Brendan Pinder, the president of Berkeley College Republicans,...
Do you think the highest paid college president is at Harvard? Yale? Keep guessing.
Morgan Korn of the Daily Ticker reports.
College Student Debt Soars; College Presidents’ Pay Skyrockets
Presidents of U.S. colleges and universities fundraise with donors, preside over graduation ceremonies and provide unversities with long-range strategic vision. They are also paid handsomely...
A recent law school graduate was interviewed by Business Insider and makes a compelling case against following in his footsteps, especially in terms of high debt and low quality of life (via Instapundit).
This law school graduate’s answers are sobering. He attended a school that’s one of the top 20 in the...
These students are going to be telling this story for the rest of their lives. What a great exchange.
FOX News reports.
Pope Francis trades skullcaps with Boston College students
Two Boston College students studying in Rome came away with a precious memento after an up-close encounter with Pope Francis.
Katie Rich, of Minnetonka, Minnesota,...
If the findings of a new study are to believed, perhaps instead of shelling out hundreds of dollars to improve SAT scores and admittance essays, parents would be wise to invest in modeling and grooming classes for their kids.
An intriguing new study finds that high schoolers who are physically attractive are...
Joseph Klein of Frontpage Mag has written a new piece which documents a disturbing trend on American college campuses.
The Alarming Rise of Campus Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism on U.S. college campuses is growing at an alarming rate. It has escalated to the point that Jewish students on campuses have been physically attacked or threatened...
“Independent. Active. Adventurous.”’
This is how Denver-based magazine 5280 described the state’s female citizens in its December article titled Colorado Women.
The article also listed only liberal Democrat examples, and University of Colorado – Boulder student Aslinn Scott rightly objects.
….In presenting the history and the women in the article, one label that the...
Nick Gillespie of Reason TV recently sat down for this interview with Mike Rowe in which they discuss the cost of college and jobs for college aged people.
It’s 41 minutes long and completely worth your time.
Dirty Jobs’ Mike Rowe on the High Cost of College
“If...
In the wake of the President Obama’s selfie scandal, it is heartening to see a former President show some genuine concern for a fellow American.
Cade Foster has had better months. He’s the kicker for the University of Alabama that missed two field goals and had another one blocked a couple weeks...
Academia weighs in on Obama’s selfie moment in South Africa.
Gary J. Remal of the Boston Herald has the story.
Scholars: Obama should have known better
President Obama should have known his giddy selfie with the prime ministers of Britain and Denmark during a memorial for Nelson Mandela...
Another item to file under “Cerdo.”
The National Institutes of Health is spending over $224,000 to study how to introduce healthy child menus in an effort to alter the “ordering behavior” of kids in restaurants.
A research project awarded on Nov. 26 to San Diego State University will attempt a “restaurant-based intervention,” coupled...
Given the economy and unemployment numbers for college students it was just a matter of time.
Julianne Stanford of the College Fix reports.
Data Show Democrats No Longer Own Youth Vote
The Perfect Storm: Young people are fed up with Obama, and Republican leaders employ modern marketing techniques to reach Millennials.
For decades, Democrats...
We recently noted that California Polytechnic State University administrators launched a “cultural insensitivity and sexism” investigation over a “Colonial Bros and Nava-hos”-themed Thanksgiving fraternity-sorority party in which male students donned colonial-era outfits and female students dressed as sexy, scantily clad Native Americans.
The results of that in-depth investigation are in:
…The fraternity did...
Last month we reported that Brandeis had suspended its relationship with Al-Quds over a demonstration that included Nazi salutes. Now some members of the faculty at Brandeis are urging the school to reestablish the partnership.
Brian MacQuarrie of the Boston Globe reports.
Brandeis faculty urges renewal of ties with Palestinian school
The student rally...
Rumor has it a sequel to “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas” is bring produced at a South Carolina School.
A South Carolina charter school has canceled its annual Christmas toy drive after a group of self-described humanists complained that the project violated the U.S. Constitution and accused them of bribing children to...
Congratulations to Oregon State University. The school just joined an honorable and sadly short list.
Nico Perrino of The Fire reports.
Oregon State University Eliminates Last Speech Code, Earns Highest Rating for Free Speech Policies
Oregon State University (OSU) joins an elite group of colleges and universities by becoming just...
Knox College Student Alex Uzarowicz is already looking at the 2016 presidential election, and thinks he has identified a good model for the GOP to use: President Calvin Coolidge.
Whenever Americans are asked to rate U.S. Presidents, they almost always crown Reagan, Lincoln, Clinton, and Washington as the clear victors. No argument...
I don’t know what’s more shocking about this story, the phone sex part or the fact that a cultural diversity coordinator makes $68,000 a year.
Joe Kemp of New York Daily News reports.
University of Colorado Denver employee allegedly ran phone sex business from work
A longtime administrator for University of Colorado Denver was...
A favorite scare story of progressive activists centers on “franken-foods”, which are genetically modified plants that are more resistant to pests or provide better nutritional value.
University of Arizona student Jacqui Oesterblad takes a sensible look at the topic, from scientific, environmental, and fiscal perspectives.
…But GM foods are truly no different from...
Instead of requiring students to take gender studies courses, how about a course requirement in personal finance?
Josiah Baker of the John William Pope Center makes a compelling case.
The Case for Personal Finance in College
Courses in financial literacy ought to be more widespread because students’ ignorance is vast.
As a finance and economics...
Alex Smith, the first woman to head the College National Republican Committee, somehow failed to make the guest-list for a recent White House youth summit.
However, she did get a very warm reception from CNBC’s Larry Kudlow during an interview on The Kudlow Report.
President Obama held an event Wednesday...
College Insurrection featured Fordham University when its College Republicans were bullied into disinviting Ann Coulter from speaking on campus.
Now, it seems that the institution is experiencing more troubles…but Coulter is definitely not involved this time!
Fordham University says about 2,500 applicants erroneously received a financial aid email implying they had been admitted — even...
