We recently reported that college students were the focus of a major Obamacare enrollment drive.
So, as National Youth Enrollment Day dawned, it seems that organizers forget a major component of potential success was forgotten — yet, again. On that very day, the HealthCare.gov website underwent scheduled maintenance and could not complete...
I guess that’s one way to pay for college. Frankly, the most surprising aspect of the story is that the student says she’s a Republican.
Katie Fernelius of the Duke Chronicle reports.
Portrait of a porn star
*Editor’s note: The sources’ names in this story were changed to protect their identities. The stage name...
Illegal immigrant. Check.
Gay. Check.
Feminist. And check.
A progressive’s dream candidate who was running for student body
President at University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill was soundly
defeated in a run-off election. The Daily Caller education editor
Eric Owens has more details on Emilio Vicente’s defeat.
Vicente was, in fact, crushed by a...
You may remember our coverage of Obama’s off the cuff remarks about not getting an art history degree. The academic art community was not pleased.
Well, at least one art professor got a personal apology from the president.
Alicia Eler of Hyperallergic reports.
President Obama Pens Personal Apology to an Art Historian
Professor Ann Collins...
Some students obviously don’t quite understand the concept of “diversity”.
When a Swarthmore College sponsored an event with a liberal icon and a conservative pundit, student Erin Ching couldn’t quite fathom why:
9/11 Truther Cornel West and conservative Robert P. George visited Swarthmore. And you can guess which of these two men left-wing...
Liberty has non-partisan appeal. The size and political diversity of the crowd described in this story proves it.
Julie Ershadi of The College Fix reports.
Students For Liberty Hosts Largest Ever National Conference
Estimates have it that over one thousand people came from multiple continents to attend this year’s Intern...
Dr. Glenn Reynolds, professor of law at the University of Tennessee and the author of The New School: How the Information Age Will Save American Education from Itself, has a new column in USA Today that focuses on a major factor in the Higher Education Bubble: Skyrocketing administrative costs.
Now colleges and...
The incidents happened at University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine. A professor was using a pen camera to shoot “upskirt” and “downshirt” videos.
The Smoking Gun reports.
Pervy Professor Cops Plea In Voyeurism Case
FEBRUARY 18–The college professor who claimed that he secretly filmed under the clothing of two female students to determine...
We recently ran Business Insider’s list of the ten US institutions of higher learning with the fielding the most students on USA’s Olympic Team.
However, it seems this list did not include a f...
The appointment, which was made after a student vote, is largely ceremonial. Snowden isn’t leaving Russia any time soon.
Reheem Kassam of Breitbart news reported.
Edward Snowden appointed Rector of Glasgow University
Heroic whistleblower? Alleged criminal? Coward? Whatever your label for Edward Snowden, the former CIA man has been given a new, official title...
The body of University of Chicago student Nicholas Barnes, 20, was found after students noticed a foul odor coming from his dorm room.
Authorities speculate he may have been dead for as long as a week. The school newspaper offered this front-page memorial:
Nicholas Barnes, a third-year...
Last week, we reported that administrators at the University of Alabama removed a pro-life display after receiving complaints.
Robby Soave of The Daily Caller now reports that the administration has apologized.
Bama pro-lifers claim victory after official admin apology
Pro-life students at the University of Alabama notched a victory on Tuesday after campus administrators...
Cornell University and the University of Texas at Austin promoted and fiscally supported partnerships with the massive open online course provider edX.
However, students at these institutions are questioning if it was a worthwhile investment.
“A year after UT began rolling out nine Massive Online Open Courses, the results are in,” The Daily...
Nothing to see here, folks. Just another textbook promoting a political agenda with lies and disinformation.
Robby Soave of the Daily Caller reports.
Textbook: Reagan was sexist, conservatives think people are evil and lazy
A textbook used in several University of South Carolina classes describes former President Ronald Reagan as an avowed sexist who...
Free-Range Kids author Lenore Skenazy is no stranger to controversy, after her book chided helicopter parents who over-worry their kids into dependence.
She published a great editorial in the Wall Street Journal on the ongoing controversy over the “Sleepwalker” statue at Wellesley College, scolding young feminists for their needless hypersensitivity.
Once we equate...
Josh Freedman of Forbes has some advice for prospective college students. Think twice before you fund your education with student loans.
Risky Business: Why Student Loans Are The Worst Way To Fund College
As the number of students attending colleges and universities has steadily increased and the cost for most students has climbed...
In an intriguing, introspective analysis, the editors of the University of Missouri’s (MU) student newspaper thinks that the campus may be taking way too much credit for Michael Sam.
Sam, once the Missouri Tigers’ defensive end, is poised to become the the first openly gay player in the NFL.
…No one can deny...
The gravy train is running off the rails in California and it’s got some private colleges nervous.
Ry Rivard of Inside Higher Ed has the story.
Private Colleges’ Turn to Cry
In recent years, budget cuts forced California public colleges to turn away hundreds of thousands of students. This year, it’s the state’s private...
One university is trying to give a state legislature a lesson in economics, by saying that tax breaks now will lead to tax revenues later.
Grand Canyon University, an Arizona-based for-profit higher ed provider, is asking the state legislature for tax breaks for some planned expansion. Inside Higer Ed’s Ry Rivard has...
It’s come to this, folks. The people who run strip clubs know that many college students need cash, otherwise they wouldn’t be spending money on the ads.
The College Fix reports.
SF Stripclubs Recruit Students with Big, Bold Full-Page Ad – ‘Great Money … CASH’
By day, they’re studious undergrads enrolled at one of the most...
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam recently announced a proposal to make community and technical colleges free for all graduating high school seniors in the state.
The program, which the Republican governor called “Tennessee Promise,” would create an endowment from the Tennessee Education Lottery to cover tuition and fees at the state’s community colleges....
Thieves have figured out a new way to steal thousands of dollars without a gun. All they have to do is apply to colleges.
Collin Binkley of The Columbus Dispatch reports.
Fake students steal college grants
By the time colleges realize they’ve been scammed, it’s too late.
Swindlers enroll long enough to receive federal grants...
