One has to wonder what explanations campus feminist activists will give when they learn that a former provost of Montana university is accused of touching male employees inappropriately, and dean who filed complaint says he faced retaliation.
Inside Higher Ed’s Ry Rivard files this report:
A sexual harassment case involving a former provost...
The movie is called Ivory Tower and you can watch the trailer below.
Eric Owens of the Daily Caller wrote about it recently.
If you are looking to catch a flick this weekend, you could do a lot worse than “Ivory Tower.”
The provocative documentary, which hit select theaters on Friday, demonstrates in sad...
File this under “All Proceeds as Instapundit has Foreseen”.
When I was a college freshman in 1983, average tuition, fees, room and board at private, nonprofit colleges added up to $18,143 in 2013 dollars. This year, that number has risen to $40,917. Public colleges are cheaper than their private counterparts, but they’ve...
This is an interesting concept and if it can help some students manage their debt, why not try it?
The College Fix has the story.
How to Escape the Student Debt Trap
Miguel Palacios, an assistant professor of finance at Vanderbilt University’s Owen School of Management, believes he knows the salvation for the massive...
We have been covering the story of a University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill’s scandal-ridden support of academically weak athletic students .
Now, one of the homework-for-hire “tutors” has come forward to share his experiencing doing the homework for the school’s sports team members.
When Rashad McCants admitted to taking paper classes at...
Well, he had to talk about something and he certainly couldn’t tell these students they’ll all find jobs.
Margaret Talev of Bloomberg reported.
Obama Urges College Grads to Reject Climate-Change Skepticism
President Barack Obama called on Americans coming of age to demand that politicians respond more aggressively to climate change, comparing those skeptical about...
University of Wisconsin – Madison doctoral student Jason Morgan says that American military prowess has been hollowed out by academia and the culture of irony.
….Universities have the market cornered when it comes to theorizing a society free from the tired old “half of us are men and the other half are...
Doesn’t this practice kind of single out gay students and treat them as different?
Katherine Timpf of Campus Reform reports.
Colleges nationwide celebrate gay graduates with special graduation honor cords
Colleges and universities nationwide gave special honor cords to gay graduates — and those who consider themselves allies of gay graduates — to wear...
Barnard College now seems to be a target for the latest campus diversity craze: Transvestite Acceptance!
We recently noted that a renown gay activist offended students at University of Chicago by using the term, “Tranny.”
Now, Barnard and Columbia students from the boards of GendeRevolution and Proud Colors demand that the famed women’s...
The staggering level of student debt is just one problem among many in higher ed. Change is coming.
Jennifer Kabbany of The College Fix writes.
Demise of Traditional Higher Education Model Predicted By Conservative Scholars
LOS ANGELES – The higher education system as it stands today will crumble. It’s a question of when, not...
The last time we checked on New York University, the “Home of the Facebook Hookup Page,” administrators were exploring the possibilities of a new electronic communications policy.
However, its students have focused their attention on electronic communications in an entirely different way.
Hooded sweatshirts can now help students to send subtle and covert...
We featured Will’s column here last week. Apparently, some senate Democrats were unhappy about the article. George Will has written a response to their concerns in the Washington Post.
George Will responds to senators on his sexual assault column
Dear Senators Blumenthal, Feinstein, Baldwin...
A Stanford University professor of economics appears to have made a big play in the trial that could end up forcing the NCAA to compensate its student-athletes.
According to ESPN, the legal team for former UCLA basketball star Ed O’Bannon called Roger Noll to the stand Monday. Noll is an economy professor...
We have recounted the many failings of race-based affirmative action policies and measures seeking to overturn race-based college admissions preferences.
A law professor offers a new approach to affirmative action in admissions that she says could help the disadvantaged without some of the legal and political issues that challenge current approaches. Inside...
This should sound alarm bells. Suffolk is a top New England school.
Peter Schworm of the Boston Globe reports.
Suffolk University freezing salaries for year
Suffolk University, facing a $11 million drop in budgeted revenue and a dip in enrollment, will freeze employee salaries for the next fiscal year.
Administrators said the move is necessary...
Captain Capitalism, better known as Aaron Clarey, suggests students consider working as security guards for their schools as a way to pay for school in several of his outstanding books for young people.
Inside Higher Ed’s Charlie Tyson delves into the world of student security guards.
Tragedy was not averted at Seattle Pacific...
The higher ed bubble begins to claim another college faculty.
Jane Stancill of the News Observer writes.
William Peace University offers buyouts to tenured professors
William Peace University is offering buyouts to many, if not all, of its tenured faculty.
Fifteen faculty members have been offered payments of $...
College student Treston Wheat says that the United Nations should pay for mistakes made during the response following the earthquake in Haiti.
The United Nations has failed again as an international institution, and it should pay for causing an epidemic of almost biblical proportions in Haiti. Not many people are aware of...
Isn’t transparency supposed to be a good thing? What are Democrats trying to keep the public from seeing here?
Jon Offredo of Delaware Online reported.
Democrats gut university transparency bill
House Democratic leadership on Thursday gutted legislation that would make the state’s land-grant universities more transparent under the state’s open-records laws.
Rep. John Kowalko’s legislation...
It appears that the students at Amherst have good reason to protest the schools “no frat” rules.
A new study shows going Greek is good!
Researchers at Gallup believe they found a formula for a good life after college, and students in fraternities and sororities are more likely to follow it than most.
The...
As the dust settles on the congressional primary race results that saw Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor defeated by a little known challenger, many pundits are offering their theories about this stunning upset.
Loyol...
William G. Gale and Benjamin H. Harris of Brookings ask the question below.
The libertarian in me says no.
Should Taxpayers Rescue Debt-stressed College Grads?
This week, President Obama announced a plan to extend financial relief to households carrying student loan debt. The executive order would allow an additional 5 million existing borrowers with...
