Eric J. Hollenberg is a Harvard student who writes the “Behavioral Economist” column for The Harvard Crimson.
His first column makes an intriguing analogy between Wall Street and gambling.
According to Bloomberg Magazine, over 15 percent of the class of 2013 went to work for Wall Street, down from an incredible high of...
The student claims he didn’t want to hurt anyone with the bombs, he just wanted to make noise. That sounds believable, doesn’t it?
Russell Westerholm of University Herald reported.
Penn State Altoona Student Charged With Unlawfully Building a Bomb Pleads Guilty as Part of a Deal
Vladislav Miftakhov, an 18-year-old student at Penn State...
After more than a decade of decline and alleged financial mismanagement Wilberforce University, the country’s oldest private historically black university is in line to be the next institution to lose its accreditation.
Charlie Tyson of Inside Higher Ed files this report:
In 1865, on the night Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, Wilberforce University burned...
When leftist student groups take over the office of a college president, as we saw at Dartmouth earlier this year, are they forced to pay any sort of security fees?
Christopher White of the College Fix reports.
Forced To Pay Security Fee For Gun-Rights Event, Students Demand Refund
Boise State charged security fee for...
No need to call in the PC police, no need to take offense. But considering that College Board AP tests are supposed to be graded seriously and objectively, disapproval is warranted.
From Jolie Lee of USA Today:
‘Insensitive’ T-shirt gets an F at College Board event
The College Board apologized for a “culturally and...
Things would probably move faster in this arena if certain lawmakers didn’t continually use the issue to score political points.
Michael Stratford writes at Inside Higher Ed.
House Starts In On HEA
The U.S. House education committee on Thursday advanced a package of legislation that would boost federal support of competency-based education, overhaul how...
Who would have thought? College graduates tend to move to cities with the best opportunities, and that the best opportunities in the forms of jobs and amenities tend to follow college graduates to those same cities. Expectantly, there arises a pattern of differences between the lifestyles of college graduates and non-graduates.
Leave...
This is a follow up report to a story we covered last week about the president of the University of South Carolina.
Hans von Spakovsky of the Daily Signal reports.
University President Calls Law Requiring Study of Constitution ‘Archaic’
University of South Carolina president Harris Pastides is refusing to comply with a state law...
The University of Michigan’s chapter of Young Americans for Liberty (YAL), a national student libertarian group with multiple campus chapters (disclosure: your correspondent is affiliated with them at his school), won a $14,000 settlement from the school after filing a discrimination lawsuit in 2013.
The lawsuit was brought against the school for...
The leaders of AFSCME and Senator Harry Reid should be asked to explain this and it should be broadcast on every single news network.
Greg Piper of the College Fix reported.
Government Union Drops Black Interns Because Of Koch Relationship
Black college students will pay a price because the country’s largest government employee union doesn’t...
Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) says her recent survey shows that colleges are failing to adequately try sexual assaults, especially among student athletes.
Here’s more from Michael Stratford at Inside Higher Ed:
McCaskill says her survey shows colleges ‘falling short’ on dealing with sex assaults
WASHINGTON — More than a fifth of colleges nationwide allow...
Leave it to a liberal to decide on conditions for everyone else. They always know what’s best.
I notice she’s talking on MSNBC rather than providing any assistance at the border herself.
Via FOX Nation.
Professor: Catholic Churches Helping Illegals Is Good As Long As They Don’t Talk Jesus
Lehigh University professor and MSNBC guest...
Despite the numerous claims to the contrary, a college degree does in fact look like it’s worth it, as the income gap between college grads and non-grads is growing. However, the gap’s widening is mostly due to continual downward trends of non-grads’ household incomes.
Myles Udland of Business Insider has the story...
Of course, if there are any other problems with Obamacare, the president can just change the law on his own again. Isn’t that how lawmaking works now?
Joel Gehrke of National Review writes.
Obama’s Law Professor: ‘I Wouldn’t Bet’ on Obamacare Surviving Next Legal Challenge
President Obama’s old Harvard Law professor, Laurence Tribe, said...
Are you tough enough to attend Wheelock College, an 850 student, predominantly female college in Boston? Wheelock, along with Suffolk University, another Boston school, realizes it can’t compete with the prestige of neighboring Harvard and MIT, so they’re trying a new angle: appeal to the working class and level some snark...
Mitch Hall at The College Conservative gives a rundown of frequently used liberal buzzwords that taint discussion and twist conservative beliefs into easy targets:
Because of both the frenzied competition among different media outlets, as well as our own shortening attention spans, flashy buzzwords and provocative headlines are...
Another example of the destruction of religious freedom in the age of Obama.
Joel Gehrke writes at National Review.
Christian College May Lose Federal Funding over Letter to Obama
The accreditors who control what schools have access to federal funding are reviewing a Christian college whose president signed a letter to President Obama pertaining to religious...
Another higher ed bubble brewing?
Nick Anderson of The Washington Post reports:
In Moody’s U.S. college credit ratings, downgrades far outnumber upgrades
Howard University’s credit rating from Moody’s Investors Service fell this month for the second time in the past year, largely on concerns about money woes at its hospital.
But the historically black university...
I’m sure all that sweet money from government sponsored student loans has nothing to do with it.
Peter Jacobs of Business Insider reported.
There Are Now 50 Colleges That Charge More Than $60,000 Per Year
As the average cost of higher education in America continues to rise, at least 50 American colleges and universities...
In the 1970s and 1980s, many gay rights activists and organizations — including the International Gay and Lesbian Association — supported and marched with NAMBLA, which (as you’d know if you’ve watched South Park) stands for the North American Man/Boy Love Association: quite literally, advocates for paedophiles.
In 1994, GLAAD and other...
In a new post at Minding the Campus, KC Johnson examines Senator Claire McCaskill’s curious disdain for due process when it comes to sexual assault cases on campus.
Claire McCaskill Declares War on Due Process
Over the past several months, Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) has emerged as the Senate’s most ferocious opponent of campus...
In terms of getting a good job, the Class of 2008 graduated at the worst of all possible times in recent history. A new study shows that four years after graduation, the Class of 2008 was earning on average $52,200 a year in 2012, about a thousand more dollars than the...
