Limiting free speech on campus to ‘free speech zones’ is bad enough but what if there are hardly any of those spaces on campus?
Kaitlyn Schallhorn of Campus Reform reports.
Public university sued for limiting speech to less than one percent of campus
One company is exploring a different model for helping students finance their degrees.
A Chicago-based start-up firm has noted a trend, often reported here, that less “fun” degrees are usually the ones with real earning potential. They base their approach on an “investment” model (hat-tip, Instapundit).
One idea for dealing with the student...
Four generations ago, Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis noted that “the greatest dangers to liberty lurk in the insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well meaning but without understanding.”
However well-meaning it may be, the Obama administration’s “guidance” this week for colleges on sexual assault and harassment contains insidious attacks on cross-examination...
At their recent meeting, Big 12 coaches were talking unionization, anticipating a potential move for student football players to organize.
…The NCAA has two lawsuits on one hand and a Northwestern football team that will vote Friday on whether or not to form a union. Since the National Labor Relations Board in...
The latest video on Bloomberg TV asks: Does an Entrepreneur Need a College Degree?
On today’s “The Agenda,” Tom Keene, Scarlet Fu, and Adam Johnson look at trending news stories and the Twitter question of the day on Bloomberg Television’s “Bloomberg Surveillance.”
Of course. As we’ve learned all too well over the last several years, opposition to anything Obama and Democrats want is racist.
Matt Hadro of News Busters reports.
Columbia Professor Says GOP Opposition to Medicaid Expansion, Minimum Wage Hike Is Racist
MSNBC guest Dorian Warren thinks that racism is behind the GOP’s opposition to...
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul agreed on the Supreme Court’s recent ruling to uphold Michigan’s ban on colorblind admissions.
Speaking with former Obama adviser David Axelrod at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics, Paul said that there was a time when the country needed special protections for minorities because of the “terrible...
Christo Eliot has written an entertaining new piece for the Cornell Daily Sun about his decision to take a train cross-country. I have a feeling he’ll be flying next time.
Vomit-Induced Perspective
I learned everything I need to know about progress and developed an immense appreciation for the...
As the school year begins to wind down and instructors are poised to pass out course evaluations, University of Florida professor Clay Calvert makes a startling admission.
With classes quickly coming to a close on college campuses across the country, Millennials from frosh through super seniors are busy doing more than just...
We recently told you the story of Kwasi Enin, a high school student from New York who was accepted to every single Ivy League school. He has finally...
In addition to campus alcohol and marijuana abuse, schools are now dealing with an old scourge: The use of heroin by students.
Cory Weinberg if Inside Higher Ed files this report:
Officials at the University of Rochester are discussing a problem that rarely reaches the agendas of campus medical centers or presidents: How...
Tal Fortgang is a student at Princeton University who’s sick of being told his opinions don’t matter because he’s a privileged white male.
He wrote a letter which is excerpted below from The College Fix.
There is a phrase that floats around college campuses, Princeton being no exception, that threatens to strike down...
We often report on school “zero tolerance” gun policies that punish students in some way.
Recently, a Los Angeles school science teacher was burned by those policies. Happily, common sense has prevailed and he is back on the job.
The beloved science teacher at a public high school in Los Angeles who was...
As Mary Lou Byrd of the Washington Free Beacon reports below, the job market for college grads hasn’t improved in time for the class of 2014.
2014 College Grads Get Diplomas, Not Jobs
Graduating college seniors face a grim job market little improved since President Barack Obama’s reelection, and many say they are...
Another diversity drama is playing out on the campus of Dartmouth University.
And, based on the student mocking it is receiving, the progressives responsible may have overplayed their hand.
The first act of this particular drama features the school’s cancellation of a charity event when a single charge of racism was made.
A Dartmouth...
Calling all college students who care about free speech rights on campus.
Emily Buck of the FIRE blog has the details.
Reminder: 2014 FIRE Student Network Summer Conference
The FIRE Student Network (FSN) will be holding its annual summer student conference this July 25–27 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. This free conference is for college...
Obama administration officials say they are moving ahead with a controversial proposal to more tightly regulate programs that educate teachers.
Inside Higher Ed’s Michael Stratford files this report.
The Obama administration is planning to move ahead this summer with a proposal that would tie federal grants for teacher preparation programs, in part, to...
Not only do students have to pay to attend their own graduation, one of the speakers is Nancy Pelosi. Talk about a no win situation.
Katherine Timpf of Campus Reform reported.
UC Berkeley charges students to attend their own graduation
The University of California – Berkeley makes its students pay to attend their own...
If you are a young man with your heart set on medical research, the results of a new study may be heartbreaking.
An international team of pain researchers led by scientists from McGill University found that the gender of experimenters has a big impact on the stress levels of rodents, which are...
As College Fix editor Nathan Harden reports below, this decision makes no sense and could hurt a lot of people.
UCLA Rejects $3 Million Gift for Kidney Research From L.A. Clippers Owner Donald Sterling
UCLA has reportedly rejected a $3 million gift from disgraced LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling, as a result of...
