Bloomberg’s Janet Lorin reports on the dwindling number of Midwest high school graduates that has spurred a hunt for college applicants.
She speaks to Mark Crumpton on Bloomberg Television’s “Bottom Line.”
Don’t college students often discuss TV shows and movies in their free time anyway? Why does anyone need to pay for a course like this?
The Washington Times reports.
Mich. college offers course in zombies, apocalypse
Some Central Michigan University students are getting schooled in the undead this semester, thanks to a religion course...
Despite the fact that one of the few areas of growth in the American economy is gun sales, one college has decided weapons manufacturers shouldn’t be part of its investment portfolio:
A fascinating development, given that these same companies also produce the weapons bought by many campus police departments.
Occidental College trustees have...
Last Sunday, we told you about the student government at Old Dominion University, which took funds from the College Republicans and gave them to another group. The money has now been returned.
Julius Lacano of The College Fix provides an update.
UPDATE: University Returns College Republicans Funds After Public Outcry
A week ago, the...
The Foundation of Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) features two student newspapers working to restore First Amendment rights to the student body and showcasing the importance of free press rights on campus.
Maxton Thoman of the [University of Alabama| student paper The Crimson White writes about the university’s repeated failures to uphold...
By now, College Insurrection readers should be well acquainted with Professor Jonathan Turley. Once again, this Constitutional law expert is sounding the alarm and he doesn’t disappoint.
Allahpundit of Hot Air reports.
Jonathan Turley on Obama’s executive overreach: We’re at a constitutional tipping point
The other key takeaway here,...
It looks like former Communist Party USA leader and Black Panther Angela Davis is doing a grand tour of American schools.
After speaking at Catholic Seattle University and Elizabethtown College, she gave the keynote address for the University of Minnesota-Duluth’s (UMD) Summit on Equity, Diversity and Multiculturalism.
And it was everything you would...
In case you missed it at Legal Insurrection, at UCLA this week the student council voted down a resolution to divest from Israel.
Breitbart’s Ben Shapiro, who is an alum, attended the event and gave a speech for the ages.
Here’s the full text of Shapiro’s comments…
My name is Ben Shapiro. I’m an...
We have been following the case of a California community college student prevented from passing out copies of the Constitution — on Constitution Day, of all days, because of campus “free speech zone” restrictions.
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) announces a victory in...
This video is a parody commercial for “EveRy University” and it’s pretty darn funny.
Robby Soave of The Daily Caller describes it this way.
This hilarious video explains why college is so awful
Do you want to go thousands of dollars into debt studying irrelevant subjects in order to have a chance to compete...
We recently reported that a student “Diversity Group” at Dartmouth threatened physical action if their questionable demands aren’t met.
If the response to this demand email is any indication, “diversity drama” has little audience among Dartmouth’s students.
A mysterious email that appeared in Dartmouth College students’ inboxes Monday that claimed the Ivy League institution...
Can’t find a job after paying for college? Just sue someone, it’s the American way.
Emily S. Rueb writes at The New York Times.
Suit Seeks Relief for Trade School Students With Years of Debt but No Career
The Wilfred Academy promised her “everything you’ll need for your beauty career.” When she enrolled, Ana...
One school has caught on that vaunted “diversity plans” are often a little light on specifics and firm goals.
The Associated Students of Madison University Affairs Committee met Tuesday to discuss the latest campus diversity plan as drafted by the Ad Hoc Diversity Planning Committee.
The AHDPC was formed in 2012 and is composed...
Lots of people want to work for Google, the company pretty much has its pick of employees.
Do they want the best of America’s colleges and universities? Nope.
Max Nisen of Quartz reports.
Why Google doesn’t care about hiring top college graduates
Google has spent years analyzing who succeeds at the company, which has moved...
A public records request filed by a state conservative organization confirms that the University of North Carolina’s Poverty Center is using publicly funded resources for inappropriate (and possibly illegal) political activities (hat-tip, Instapundit).
The Civitas Institute reports:
Email records show that the center...
Mind you, she didn’t take the SAT for him, she claims she was trying to help motivate him.
The mother is Debbie Stier and she wrote about her experience in The Atlantic. There are a few choice excerpts below.
I Took the SAT 7 Times to Help My Son Get Into College
Ethan’s d...
Franklin and Marshall College student Daniel Pellegrino has an early review of how New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio handling his new position.
The student, a New York City resident, is less than impressed.
When asked by his boss, Michael Scott, what the most inspirational thing that he had ever told him...
Keep this story in mind the next time a conservative American speaker is protested or banned from speaking on a college campus.
Katrin Marquez of The College Fix reports.
Chilean Anarchists Teach Anti-Capitalist Tactics To American Students
In recent years, college students in Chile have led anti-capitalist protests that have been so successful that...
Prager University has released its newest video, which explains the reasons for the nation’s current debt crisis and features Cato Institute’s Michael Tanner.
From the Youtube description:
Fact: America’s national debt stands at $17 trillion. That’s a tough number to grasp. Most people will never come close to making $1 million in any...
There’s an upside to this story. Maybe now that the teachers’ unions are complaining, someone in Washington, DC will listen.
Frederick M. Hess of National Review reports.
Common Core: Teachers’ Unions Think Again
In recent days, there has been a spate of news stories reporting that the nation’s teachers’ unions are having second thoughts...
Zero tolerance insanity has now spread to include fishing knives.
A senior at Northeast High School in Clarksville, Tenn. has been suspended for 10 days and faces a multitude of additional punishments including criminal charges because school officials found a knife belonging to his father inside his father’s car.
The student is David...
In light of a certain piece from the Harvard Crimson recently featured here at College Insurrection, I’m inclined to agree.
Richard Vedder writes at Bloomberg View.
Cut Off Harvard to Save America
College endowments totaled $448.6 billion in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013, an increase of 11.7 percent compared with a year...
