Jordan Weissmann, senior associate editor at The Atlantic, reviews an under-reported aspect of the Higher Education Bubble in a detailed look at the numbers for debt-burdened doctoral students (hat-tip, Instapundit).
College debt. Law school debt. Medical school debt. These are all topics that have been hashed over ad nauseam in the past...
Is there any end to this kind of thing?
Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix reports.
Prof: Republicans Use Discreet Racist Tactics To Win White Voters
A new book written by Ian Haney López, a UC Berkeley law professor, claims Republican politicians use a discreet racist language to speak to white voters and ga...
A tailgating party at a Harvard-Yale football game was the scene of a tragic accident in 2011, and the family members of the victim are now bringing a lawsuit against the allegedly involved fraternity members.
Eighty-six current and former members of a Yale University fraternity are being sued over a deadly tailgating...
Jonathan Marks of Commentary Magazine points to two pictures that capture the priorities of the Modern Language Association. Click the links in the excerpt below to see them.
Misplaced Priorities in Academia: A Tale of Two Pictures
Toward the top of his piece on the debate about Israel at this year’s Modern Language...
Following recent open records requests targeting controversial professors at other institutions, the University od California Los Angeles releases its mission statement regarding the protection of privacy of scholarly communications.
Inside Higher Ed’s Colleen Flaherty has the details:
Saying that “frivolous” open records requests for faculty members’ emails and other communicati...
Like George Will said, Common Core is designed to advance the progressive agenda.
Grae Stafford of The Daily Caller reports.
Teachers ‘instructed’ to teach ‘all right wing extremist groups’ are fascist [VIDEO]
Hillsdale pr...
Given the massive failures now associated with Obamacare, college students and their parents will take cold comfort in learning about President Obama’s new policy priority.
Warner Todd Huston of Breitbart files this report.
The White House announced that President Obama and First Lady Michelle are to host an event focused on the costs...
Since our recent scary chart post seemed popular, I thought I’d follow up with more graphics.
Thanks to Jordan Weissmann of The Atlantic.
The Growth of College Grads in Dead-End Jobs (in 2 Graphs)
These post-recession years have not been gentle on young college grads, and by now, you’ve heard plenty of stories about...
One of the primary reasons that Obama’s approval numbers among college students has plummeted is his use of the National Security Agency’s and its policies and practices of spying utilizing social media resources.
George Washington University student Andrew Desiderio is using this anger to inspire fellow scholars to get active.
Last June, we...
People seem to be catching on to that fact but it’s reassuring to hear it from someone with George Will’s intellect.
Doubts over Common Core
Viewed from Washington, which often is the last to learn about important developments, opposition to the Common Core State Standards Initiative still seems as small as the biblical...
This news offers proof that Governor Scott Walker’s reforms were steps in the right direction.
The the corporate world, mergers are generally considered a sign of confidence, as companies seek to expand their operations. Within organized labor, by contrast, they’re often a sign of weakness. The latter is certainly the case with...
Naturally. What incentive does anyone have to become a United States citizen legally?
The College Fix reports.
Dem Bill Incentivizes In-State Tuition Rates For Illegal Immigrants
Democrats introduced a bill Thursday to reward states that allow illegal immigrants to pay in-state college tuition with more federal financial aid, The Hill
File this story under “Political Thuggery”.
A new report released by the Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee argues that the Obama administration went “out of its to make sequestration as ‘painful as possible’” by retroactively stripping rural schools in struggling communities of their federal funding.
The Obama administration simultaneously handed out...
One wonders if the students at this campus were concerned about the rising tuition costs and health insurance.
A story in India Today details an interesting archeological discovery of an ancient university, which is now home to two of the nation’s current institutions.
Remains of an ancient university have been discovered in Bihar,...
Apparently, their failure to boycott Israel wasn’t the only thing to be sad about at the MLA convention.
Malcolm A. Kline of Accuracy in Academia reports.
Left-Wing Support Group
It’s odd watching a group of left-wing academics buck up each other’s spirits after they’ve encountered the cold, cruel world outside academe. Such a gathering...
We covered the cheating scandal associated with the Atlanta Public School system when reviewing an article entitled “An Epidemic of Cheating.”
Now it looks like 6 former employees of th...
When I heard that actor Russell Johnson had passed away, I emailed Leslie and told her that I really wanted to cover this story. I grew up watching Gilligan’s Island and the Professor was my favorite character. Leslie felt the same way so we’re both sad about his passing.
CNN reported.
‘Gilligan’s Island’...
Given the music preferences for today’s college students, perhaps the scholars who proposed a new course for one South Carolina college thought this topic might be suited for ancient history?
College students who also happen to be fans of the Grateful Dead may share their appreciation for this legendary rock band’s eclectic...
Alternate post title: Liberal students completely dishonor the memory and life work of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Positively outrageous.
Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix reports.
At Dartmouth, Conservative Students Barred From Campus MLK Meeting
Two conservative Dartmouth College students who tried to attend campus activists’ strategy meeting on how to mark the Dr. Martin Luther...
Recently, we reported that a liberal writer called the Florida State Seminoles the ‘Champions of Racist Mascots’.
That seems to have hurt the PC-sensibilities of administrators, as the school is now t...
University of New Hampshire student Phil Boynton offers a compelling argument to refute a fellow scholar’s assertions that ” Jesus Christ was a socialist.”
The most recent column by my friend Mr. Daniel Fournier, is one that is certainly intriguing, especially with the Christmas season upon us. In his piece Mr. Fournier...
The professor’s findings show that the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Jackie Farwell of the Bangor Daily News reports.
UMaine professor’s book looks at the sex lives of college students
College students are “hooking up” more than ever, having sex with a new person every weekend and reveling in every...
