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) has a video that reviews the background of Robert Van...
Things are tough all over in today’s economy. Even college endowments are feeling the effects.
Terry Keenan of the New York Post reports.
Higher education has lower returns for college endowments
Nearly two months after most US college students took their finals, the nation’s college and university endowments are closing the books on their...
Aaron Bandler, a student at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, has an in-depth look at how Christian students are pushing back on campus policies that seemingly target their groups under the guise of “anti-discrimination”.
Plans by the California State University system’s leaders to reject Christian campus organizations because they won’t let non-Christians...
The payout is worth over a million in cash and benefits. Nice work if you can get it.
Cleveland.com reported.
University of Toledo’s $1.3 million payout to departing president angers some faculty, students
The University of Toledo’s president is set to receive $1.3 million in salary and bonuses over t...
Those who say the “housing boom” is bust may want to take a look at American institutions of higher education.
Of course, the newest “campus housing boom” may go bust when the Higher Ed bubble bursts explosively.
Universities across the nation are in the midst of a campus housing boom.
Aging residence halls are...
Another nightmare scenario based on a false allegation of rape. At least the judge is siding with the accused.
Matt Lamb writes at The College Fix.
Judge Rejects Occidental College Request To Seal Sexual-Assault Records
School’s own investigation suggests accuser wasn’t “incapacitated” when she had sex with expelled student
Occidental College’s belated attempt to seal...
At one California university, campus activists have combined two of their favorite targets for harassment — fraternities/sororities and cherished icons.
George Washington University student Andrew Desiderio reports on one fraternity standing strong against the protests of a race-based group.
The 166-year-old Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, which for more than a century has used...
Writing at Real Clear Politics, Peter Berkowitz asks the board of managers at Swarthmore to use care when selecting a new president. He wants the school to return to real educational values.
An Open Letter to Swarthmore’s Board of Managers
Dear Members of the Board:
I read with a mixture of anticipation and trepidation...
A Fox News reports offers 12 chilling examples of how tenure rules and unions protect truly awful teachers from the termination and other punishment they so richly deserve.
Academic tenure was put in place in U.S. school systems in the first half of the 20th century to protect teachers from arbitrary punishment,...
We recently told you that Hillary Clinton is being paid $225,000 to speak at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
Some students at the school are unhappy about the exorbitant fee and want Hillary to return the money.
The Washington Free Beacon reported.
UNLV Students Slam Hillary’s ‘Outrageous’ Speaking Fee
The University of Nevada-Las Vegas...
U.S. Department of Education has egg on its face after posting a tweet that some people found offensive because it appeared to mock low-income students.
Inside Higher Ed’s Michael Stratford has the story:
On Tuesday evening, the Twitter account for the department’s Office of Federal Student Aid sent out a message that said:...
There seems to be a lot of this going around. South Carolina State recently had its accreditation downgraded too.
KHOU of Texas reported.
Group puts Baylor College of Medicine on probation
An accrediting group cited more than a dozen administrative areas of concern in placing Baylor College of Medicine on probation, a downgrade that...
An important historians group now prohibits hiring committees from recording job interviews at hiring annual conference.
Given the spate of successful lawsuits being brought by conservatives on campus, as well as the embarrassing videos of professors going on ultra-progressive rants that become instant YouTube hits, one can see the logic behind the...
This is pretty funny stuff, via the TaxProfBlog.
Professors Read Mean Student Evaluations
Inside Higher Ed, Mean Tweets, Academic Style:
In the spirit of Jimmy Kimmel’s “Celebrities Read Mean Tweets,” a Canadian university’s student newspaper posted a video this week that features professors reading aloud unflattering reviews from the website Rate My Professors.
I cannot wait to see the teachers union response to this bold idea from Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow school administrators to base layoff decisions in part on teachers’ performance, as measured by the state’s new evaluation system.
“My goal is to protect our high-quality educators, regardless of...
In The Wall Street Journal, Mark Peters and Douglas Belkin compare-and-contrast the return on investment between two-year and four-year degree programs.
Their conclusions can be useful to those contemplating the worth of a college education.
Who earns more, a recent graduate from a flagship state university with a bachelor’s degree or one who...
This report doesn’t conform to the preferred narrative so it’s likely to be challenged.
Stephanie Wang of the Washington Free Beacon reported.
Panel: Campus Rape Epidemic May Be Overblown
A group of conservative feminists on Thursday agreed that the statistics being used to create the impression of a “campus culture of rape” are overblown,...
For the rare college student contemplating future career options during their summer break, a list of the 10 best career prospects published by the University of California – San Diego would be worth checking.
Some career paths are going to be more beneficial and open to a recent grad. To help new...
You would be hard pressed to find a more direct, simple explanation of the student loan debt crisis than this one.
Kevin Boyd of the Independent Journal Review writes.
Mark Cuban Explains the Student Loan Crisis Better in 90 Seconds Than Democrats Have in Years
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban gave an interview to...
Nika Anschuetz is a student at Waynesburg University pursuing a degree in Communication with a concentration in electronic media.
Armed with her scholarship, she takes an in-depth look at the “Mysterious Case of Lois Lerner and the Lost IRS Emails.”
The IRS’s latest mishap revealed that mysteriously somehow, Lois Lerner, former IRS official,...
When this professor talks about income inequality, he’s obviously speaking from experience.
Lauren Cooley of the College Fix reported.
Law Prof Who Specializes in Poverty Makes $205,400 – Teaching One Class Per Semester
UNC law professor’s holdings include $1.5M in real estate, and meanwhile he chastises Republicans for their ‘unforgivable war on poor people’
A...
We recently reported that the Network of Enlightened Women (NeW) was holding its 9th annual conference for conservative women on campus.
National Review Online contributor Alexa Moutevelis Coombs has this report from the event.
Can young conserv...
