Check out this hilarious picture from Paul Caron of the TaxProfBlog.

The recommendation in the sign is for children but I can think of a few adults who would benefit from the same lesson.

Americans vote with their feet, and recent population numbers indicate New Yorkers are fleeing the state for more prosperous area.

The newly appointed head of the New York City school system should speed this process along considerably, as her goal is to move policies toward even more “progressive” approaches.

Now that New York...

Students at UWA better not send any “harsh” texts or emails.

Samantha Harris of The FIRE blog reports.

Speech Code of the Month: University of West Alabama

FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for January 2014: the University of West Alabama (UWA).

The University of West Alabama has a new policy prohibiting “Cyberbullying...

The Higher Education Bubble burst has claimed a new victim — a college textbook company.

And given how overpriced most text books are, the firm’ s fiscal plans should come as no surprise.

Cengage Learning Inc., the college textbook publisher that agreed in July with lenders to restructure $5.8 billion of debt, is...

A University of Arizona graduate’s research is leading astronomers to new theories of planet formation.

Student reporter Mark Armao has the details.

A UA graduate student’s research recently led to the discovery of a planet that has many astronomers rethinking planet formation.

The planet, dubbed HD 106906 b, is a gas giant orbiting its...

Will Oremus of Slate provides a report on a new site that tracks thesis topics of college students. You’ll laugh and maybe cry when you read some of them.

College Students’ Thesis Topics Are Hilarious, Depressing

Enter lolmythesis.com, a Tumblr started by a Harvard senior procrastinating on her own undergraduate thesis. The blog...

More than 30 public schools in the state of Missouri area are participating in a new program that sends teachers on home visits several times a year, with very promising results.

…The nonprofit HOME WORKS! program is modeled after one in Sacramento, Calif. that over the past decade has since spread to...

Despite laws against hazing, the practice is still carried out at many US schools. This case from Salisbury University is making national headlines.

John Hechinger and David Glovin of Bloomberg reported.

Deadliest Frat’s Icy ‘Torture’ of Pledges Evokes Tarantino Films

On a chilly March night, Sigma Alpha Epsilon bro...

A federal judge has ruled that Geneva College can temporarily exclude coverage for contraception when it offers a health insurance plan to its employees.

Geneva College doesn’t have to provide its employees with insurance coverage for contraception, abortion-inducing drugs and other “preventive services,” under a decision issued Monday by U.S. District Judge...

The school actually banned the use of many words but Obamacare was the one that jumped off the page in this report from Breitbart.

‘Banished’ words: Selfie, Twerking, Obamacare

Michigan’s Lake Superior State University announced its 39th annual list of words “banished” from the language includes “selfie,” “twerking” and “hashtag.”

The Sault Ste. Marie...

The University of Michigan recently hosted a $750,000 party to kick-off a fundraising drive.

Yet, administrators are now attempting to reign in costs by slashing millions on staff expenses. Ry Rivard of Inside Higher Ed reports the push-back from faculty members and other challenges in implementing a plan that is also being...

The student who was extorted for sex found himself in this situation after he sent nude pictures to the accused who was posing as a woman.

Hat tip to The Other McCain.

Jim Phillips of the Columbus Dispatch reports.

Ohio University student charged with ex...

Fox New Channel’s Dana Perino, who was once White House Press Secretary, offers some sage resolutions for job-seeking millenials to consider making in 2014.

1. MORE THINKING, LESS FEELING. In email communications with supervisors and managers, do not use emoticons or multiple exclamation points. Stop being so emotional in emails. Your boss...

When college students don’t finish school, they may not have a degree but they often have plenty of debt.

That’s a tough position to be in.

Nona Willis Aronowitz of NBC News reports.

Debt, no degree: Bills mount for ex-college students who never reached the finish line

This past April, facing the prospect of three...

We have noted that a professional psychologist has deemed school “zero tolerance” policies to be “psychotic”.

Professor Glenn Reynolds agrees, and projects possible consequences to the American education system unless some sanity returns.

…So is this steady stream of incidents an indication of widespread mental deficiency among America’s K-12 educators? In a...

Mark Bauerlein of See Thru Edu has written a new post in which he explains why new generations of college students always seem to find heroes on the radical left.

The Inscrutable Campus and the New Left Background

One of the many frustrations that critics of ideological trends in higher education face is...

Given the increasing cost of tuition and plummeting college enrollment numbers, Loyola may want to consider a “student sustainability project” in 2014.

Loyola University of Chicago is in the middle of a half-billion dollar construction binge, according to Crain’s.

A recent splurge on new construction includes a $58.8 million “Institute of Environmental Sustainability.”...

Duke University isn’t the first organization to suggest such a thing. In fact, we recently reported that some college students are already losing full time work due to Obamacare.

The College Fix reports.

Obamacare Will Cost Americans Their Jobs, According to Duke University Survey

The News & Observer reports on a recent Duke University...

Given the fact that a Common Core test recently presented a completely unsolvable equation, it is no wonder that administrators are looking for “strong math writers”.

The Daily Caller Education Editor Eric Owens has the details on Common Core job opportunities published on Craigslist.

As EAGnews.org explains, a company that generates all manner...

We’ve been down this road before so look at this story with a large grain of salt.

Blake Seitz writes at National Review.

Facebook Controversy at the University of Georgia

Last month, a series of offensive Facebook posts directed at two University of Georgia student groups sparked a campus controversy. Before the controversy subsided...