The title of this post is an answer to a question posed by George Leef of See Thru Edu who recently had an (ahem) interesting exchange with a testy professor.
DOES HIGHER ED FEAR ACCOUNTABILITY?
Recently, I found myself embroiled in a controversy with an extraordinarily abrasive pr...
It’s tough being a millennial!
University of Cincinnati student Kelsey Kennedy has coined a new term for the new phase in life being experienced by over-educated, underemployed, young Americans.
The quarter life crisis is the new mid life crisis.
As many of us near graduation, the term “quarter life crisis” seems to be surfacing...
What job are you preparing yourself for with a Master’s degree in LGBT studies? Other than teaching LGBT studies, I mean.
Beth Downing Chee of the SDSU News Center reports.
New Grad Program Promotes Pride, Diversity
San Diego State University today announced the addition of a graduate-level certificate in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender...
It looks like another campus is falling victim to Obamacare insurance requirements.
The University of Minnesota made its healthcare plans worse in order to avoid Obamacare-related penalties. Robby Soave of The Daily Caller has the details:
The Affordable Care Act levels an excise tax on high-value health coverage plans, and UM would have...
This is an update to a previous report.
The College Fix has the story.
White Student Harrassed By Black Professor Speaks Out
The Huffington Post has interviewed a former student at Minneapolis Community and Technical College who is at the heart of a national controversy surrounding allegations that a professor there singled him out and...
A new study is going to rock one of the most treasured beliefs held by campus progressives: John McCain lost the election when he tapped Sarah Palin to be his running mate.
A pair of political scientists from Bradley University actually found Palin helped McCain in the 2008 presidential election.
“We find that...
Name another country in which illegal immigrants can use the legal system to sue a state. Name one. I’ll wait.
Kate Brumback of the Marietta Daily Journal reports.
Immigrant students seek Georgia’s in-state tuition rates
A judge said Thursday that he needs more information and time to decide the case of a group of...
We have been following the story of Yale University professor Samuel See, who was arrested on charges of fighting police officers, then taken to a jail where he died the next day.
A police investigation uncovered his second job:
Perhaps instead of worrying so much about STDs, college healthcare planners may want to turn their attention to other illnesses.
We recently noted the outbreaks of meningitis at Princeton and UC-Santa Barbara. Now, another institution has been struck with another infectious disease attack.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology released a statement announcing a...
$65K is a pretty hefty price for a logo, isn’t it?
Tim Buckland of the New Hampshire Union Leader reports.
UNH unveils new ‘shield’ logo
A new logo for the University of New Hampshire was unveiled Saturday, months after a controversy erupted over possible designs and the costs of the project.
The selected logo was...
It looks like Santa isn’t the only one reading his list, and checking it twice.
Companies that handle student loans will soon be getting a closer look by federal regulators.
Companies that collect payments on student loans will face stepped-up government scrutiny next year as a federal regulator examines whether they are breaking...
This story may actually go beyond the Higher Ed Bubble.
Daniel Wilkerson of THV11 reports.
No paychecks for Arkansas Baptist College faculty since November
Faculty at Arkansas Baptist College have not been paid since November 1 and now the faculty senate wants the college’s president and chief executive officer out.
“It’s an institution that pretty...
Talk about the White House “War on Women!”
The last time we checked on Alex Smith, she was poised to become the first woman to head the College National Republican Committee.
And, despite the Obama Administration’s claims about promoting the needs of both women and young Americans, it looks like she can’t get...
Medical News Today has the report which may cause even more anxiety for millions of college students who couldn’t go a day without their phones.
Cell phone use linked to lower college grades, anxiety
Researchers in Ohio have found that frequent use of cell phones by college students is tied to poorer academic...
A Mississippi college student is poised to make history…even before he graduates!
Tulane University senior Jeramey Anderson turns 22 on Friday — the same day he will be sworn into the Mississippi House of Representatives, making him the youngest member of the legislative body.
The Tulane student won the seat after a general...
Of course, there were many students on campus who campaigned for a Democrat. Somehow, those students escaped disciplinary measures. Go figure.
Alec Torres of National Review has the must read story.
Throwing the Book at Yale Republicans
This fall, students at Yale University fielded the first Republican candidate in 20 years for Ward One...
Uh oh. Two Democrats disagree about something. It’s a Democrat civil war!
Nick Anderson of the Washington Post reports.
Napolitano, University of California president, ‘deeply skeptical’ of Obama college rating plan
Former U.S. homeland security secretary Janet Napolitano, two months into her new job as president of the University of California system, expressed skepticism...
In a harsh economic climate, a good marketing strategy may heat-up the bottom line.
And administrators marketing MBA programs have found a truly innovative one! Business schools around the country are now touting themselves as the best at graduating students who go on to start-up successful businesses.
So, you want to start a...
Every once in a while, The Onion just nails it. Now is one of those times.
Man Doesn’t Know How Parents Ever Going To Pay Off Massive Student Loan Debt
NEW YORK—Recent Wesleyan University graduate Zach Wallace confided to reporters Thursday that he has no clue how his parents are supposed to earn...
In defense of Common Core math developers, perhaps they were trying to create a “Kobayashi Maru” situation to assess how students would handle a problem with no good solution?
Via Twitchy, here is a math problem offered as part of a “Common Core” aligned program:
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has promised to...
You may know Generation Opportunity from their “creepy Uncle Sam” ads. They recently brought their message to Notre Dame.
Francesca Chambers of The Weekly Standard reports.
Generation Opportunity Takes ‘Opt-Out’ of Obamacare Message to College Students
It was only 10:30 a.m., and already, we were too cold to move, let alone get out of...
As an example of excellent research to inspire alumni support, the administrators at the University of Washington offered work that smeared today’s citizen activists with comparisons to the KKK.
Which begs the question: What about those graduates who are members of the Tea Party?
A public university sent an email to alumni highlighting...
